10/11/98: I stayed in bed with a cold, while Ruth went out to get train tickets onward… On her way over one of the bridges that spans a canal she noticed a…
Eat Your Veggies
10/10/98: A friend of ours told us to look up the Jiao Tong hotel when we arrived in Chengdu. He said it was the newest and cheapest place in town. We couldn’t…
Travel Day 200!
10/9/98: Travel day 200!… On the train we met Gene and Deb, from Alberta, Canada. He’s a university Prof. who teaches technical writing, and she is a CPA… They are traveling for…
They Buried His Army With Him
10/8/98: Today we visited another one of China’s mainstay tourist sights: the Terra Cotta Soldiers… This burial site includes more than 8,000 life-sized clay soldiers, each apparently modelled after real men in…
The Older Part Of Town
10/7/98: Arrived in Xi’an and were surrounded by a horde of taxi drivers hoping to take us to our hotel… Though we had chosen our hotel before we left Lanzhuo, the driver…
The Bucket List Item I Didn’t Know I Needed
10/6/98: Visiting a factory in China was not on my bucket list, but now I know it should have been, because today it happened… John set up a business manufacturing toys, so…
Helping With The Little Things
10/5/98: Ruth and I wandered around the open market near John & Ivette’s apartment and took some photos… This evening we babysat the kiddos so John and Ivette go out on a…
Amusement Park
10/4/98: It is Sunday, but no churches in this city, so we all had a time of worship right there in John & Ivette’s apartment… Then we all ate lunch at a…
Into Central China
10/3/98: This train winds into Central China through some incredible countryside. John K., who picked us up from the train, later told us he had read somewhere that this route was among…
The Honeymooners
10/2/98: Made train without a problem… Our 4-bunk sleeper compartment was shared with a Chinese couple from Beijing… The language barrier made for a comical attempt at conversation which we all enjoyed…