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By Mark Melton on October 12, 2013 • ( 1 Comment )

Beijing – Part 2: The Great Wall of China

On our second day in Beijing we drove about two hours out of the city to the Jinshanling section of the Great Wall. This section of the wall is the […]

By Mark Melton on October 11, 2013 • ( Leave a comment )

Beijing – Center of the Chinese Universe – Part 1

On Monday, October 7th our Trans-Pacific cruise ended in Tianjin, China – a port city 3-hours east of Beijing. Tianjin is a large city and the ship’s Port Lecturer suggested […]

By Mark Melton on October 9, 2013 • ( Leave a comment )

Ports of China – Part 2: Dalian

They used to say that the state bird of California was the crane, because there was so much building going on, there were building cranes everywhere you looked. The amount […]

By Mark Melton on October 8, 2013 • ( 3 Comments )

Ports of China – Part 1: Qingdao

Qingdao and Dalian were our two ports of call in China before we arrived in our final Chinese port – Tianjin, where we would disembark the ship for the final […]

By Mark Melton on October 5, 2013 • ( 2 Comments )

A tasty bite of South Korea – Our day in Busan

Korea is amazing! Consider the country’s modern history, occupation by China and later Japan – our lecturer Dr. Leavell called Korea the Poland of Asia. Then suffering a devastating war […]

By Mark Melton on October 3, 2013 • ( Leave a comment )

Vladivostok – Mother Russia’s San Francisco on the Pacific

Vladivostok is the Pacific terminus of the 5,778 mile long Trans-Siberian Railway. Running from Moscow in the West to Vladivostok in the East, the Trans-Siberian Railway is the longest continuous […]

By Mark Melton on September 30, 2013 • ( 3 Comments )

Hai, Japan – we want more!

Guest blogger: Holly Melton Mark and I have been told repeatedly that cruising is a Smorgasbord – you get just a taste of a country and can decide to go […]

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