About 20 years ago Chris and I were dating and he spent a summer backpacking through China. Once he came home and developed rolls of film, he shared images of rice terraces with me. Ever since it has been in the back of my mind…
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Xingping, China
After several days in Yangshuo, we packed up our bags and jumped on a bus to Xingping. We really had no idea what to expect, but it looked smaller than the surrounding towns, on the map it was near a river, and we knew it…
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Yangshuo, China
Our daughter’s birth town and Beijing are on opposite sides of China. We knew we’d make the trip to visit the orphanage, so we figured we might as well make the most of being so far south. We considered a few options for routes back…
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Guangzhou, China
I’m chronologically recording a 2 week trip we took through southern China. This is the second post, you can find the first one from Xi’an here. From Xi’an we flew to Guangzhou. Our youngest daughter is from a small town about 4 hours by van…
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Xi’an, China {Terracotta Warriors & Muslim Street}
We just wrapped up a couple weeks exploring other areas of China. When planning our trip, I looked to the personal recommendations of others – mainly blog posts I found via Pinterest. Those posts were invaluable to us as we planned and one of the…