The Trans-Siberian Railroad: We traveled to Irkutsk, Russia from Beijing via the Trans-Mongolian railroad – the blue-line on map below, with a three-day stop in Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia. […]
A guest blog by Holly Melton (with heavy contributions from Mark) Mark has been quite happy – he has been able to download the Wall Street Journal quite easily on […]
Mongolia was a very pleasant surprise for us. When we were planning our trip we had the choice to take the train from Beijing back to Vladivostok and then take […]
We were in Mongolia for four days total. The third day was really magical. We started the day, leaving our “Ger” and drove out of the Terelj National Park. On […]
To conclude our trip to China, we took a bullet train from Shanghai back to Beijing. The trip by bullet train is about 5 hours and it was very comfortable. […]
If Beijing is China’s Washington D.C., then Shanghai is China’s New York City. People in China are ENTREPRENUREAL and I like and admire that quality. Commerce is thriving everywhere we […]
A Guest Blog by Holly Melton Written Wednesday, October 31, 2013 Dear Readers: I confess to spending too much time shopping and too little time blogging. I’ll do better (well, […]
After a great day in Chongqing, we boarded Victoria Cruise’s ship “Katarina” for a cruise down the mighty Yangtze River to the recently completed marvel of modern engineering known as […]
In the afternoon of the second day of our Yangtze River Cruise, after having passed through 2 of the 3 Gorges for which the Three Gorges Dam is named, our […]
Guest blog by Holly Melton I know you have had this experience too. A serendipitous event that turns an ordinary day into memorable one. Mark and I had that experience […]
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