Farewell China. HELLO America!
Monday, June 21, 2010
Last stop: Shanghai
Yes, the time has come for us to depart this crazy country. We are in Shanghai right now(went to the World Fair last night... AMAZING, a post about that to come later), and I wanted to post one more time before we leave TOMORROW! It's really weird to think that in a few hours(comparatively speaking) we will be back in the good ole USA! We feel like we have seen a good bit of China, and we are ready to be onto the next thing in life. Here is our finally completed map of all the places we visited in China:
Farewell China. HELLO America!
Farewell China. HELLO America!
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
They're fierce, if you rile 'em
Saw these guys doing Taichi.
Matt said: Look at those Kung Fu Masters!
I said: They're just doing taichi, not kung fu.
Matt said: Ya, til someone pisses 'em off.
True dat.
Yunnan
We've been in Yunnan since Saturday, the first two nights in Kunming and now we are in beautiful DaLi. The sky is sooo amazingly blue and clear here, I don't know if we've been in smoggy Hunan for too long, but is the sky normally this blue?!? Sorry, not really much to say, but I haven't blogged in awhile... so here are some photos:
Of course you put organisms in the trashcan... where else would you put them?
The sign said this ginormous chinese chess set is in the Guiness Book of world records for something... maybe size?
Around 'Old' DaLi
Of course you put organisms in the trashcan... where else would you put them?
The sign said this ginormous chinese chess set is in the Guiness Book of world records for something... maybe size?
Around 'Old' DaLi
Saturday, June 5, 2010
Ya, I know what's up
Sometimes my best friend Matt likes to 'tell stories'.
Sometimes I don't believe him when he tells me things. Not because he means to decieve me, but because sometimes I think his memory is a tad bit defective.
The other day we were watching Chuck, and some people were sitting in a hotel room in Paris, and Matt told me that it would be impossible for them to be staying in a hotel that had that view of the Eiffel Tower. He thought that they were too high up(in Paris they can't build more than five story buildings because there are so many tunnels underground that the buildings would be too heavy and colapse the subway). Anyways, I didn't really believe my handsome husband, choosing instead to place my confidence in Hollywood. They don't just make stuff up on TV. I should have listened to the fellow, not only did he serve his mission in Paris, but has been there several other times.
Then, lo and behold, while we were watching Alias they were *suposed* to be in Vietnam on a secret mission, but when it showed the shot of *suposed* Vietnam, I recognized something. I rewound to get a closer look at this:
See that builing in the right hand corner? That building I have been to, and I have not travelled to Vietnam. That is in fact the Summer Palace, located in Beijing, China.
And needless to say, there are not any tall buildings in the vicinity. Normally, that barren wasteland is a lake, sorry Alias, you're not fooling this lady.
There are two morals to this story:
1. As it turns out, you can't believe everything you see on TV. I should probably just listen to my well traveled husband at least in regards to forgein travels, physics and ice-cube filled bathtubs.
2. I now feel at least a little accomplished in my travels...I'm happy that I can recognize at least a few places that most people would not(another being the mountains from Avatar)even if all those places are in China! Ah, I'm excited for the day when I have been to so many places that TV will never be able to pull a fast one on me.
Sometimes I don't believe him when he tells me things. Not because he means to decieve me, but because sometimes I think his memory is a tad bit defective.
The other day we were watching Chuck, and some people were sitting in a hotel room in Paris, and Matt told me that it would be impossible for them to be staying in a hotel that had that view of the Eiffel Tower. He thought that they were too high up(in Paris they can't build more than five story buildings because there are so many tunnels underground that the buildings would be too heavy and colapse the subway). Anyways, I didn't really believe my handsome husband, choosing instead to place my confidence in Hollywood. They don't just make stuff up on TV. I should have listened to the fellow, not only did he serve his mission in Paris, but has been there several other times.
Then, lo and behold, while we were watching Alias they were *suposed* to be in Vietnam on a secret mission, but when it showed the shot of *suposed* Vietnam, I recognized something. I rewound to get a closer look at this:
See that builing in the right hand corner? That building I have been to, and I have not travelled to Vietnam. That is in fact the Summer Palace, located in Beijing, China.
And needless to say, there are not any tall buildings in the vicinity. Normally, that barren wasteland is a lake, sorry Alias, you're not fooling this lady.
There are two morals to this story:
1. As it turns out, you can't believe everything you see on TV. I should probably just listen to my well traveled husband at least in regards to forgein travels, physics and ice-cube filled bathtubs.
2. I now feel at least a little accomplished in my travels...I'm happy that I can recognize at least a few places that most people would not(another being the mountains from Avatar)even if all those places are in China! Ah, I'm excited for the day when I have been to so many places that TV will never be able to pull a fast one on me.
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