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I’m currently in the San Francisco Bay on a fishing boat. I just caught a halibut and now I’m celebrating with a cold beer.
Life is good.
PS - here’s a picture of my dad, my father-in-law and San Quentin.

Beijing was our last stop. (When planning the trip we thought it was somehow appropriate to start in the western city of Hong Kong and end up in capital city of Beijing–covering 1,200 miles and a huge culture gap in the process.) The city has numerous historical sites, so we spent four days there, longer [...]

We took a day trip out of Beijing (about 4 hours by bus) and hiked for about eight miles along the Great Wall.
It lived up to the hype.

China - Great Wall

Enjoy,
-peebo

From Xian we flew to Shanghai and took the Maglev Train into the city–top speed 268 miles per hour. (It was awesome.)
Highlights in Shanghai included:

Yuyuan Gardens
The Shanghai Museum
Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Hall (Much more interesting than it sounds)
Nighttime walk on The Bund
Living it up in the swank, Rui Jin Hotel
Walking around the tree-lined French [...]

It was hard to leave Yangshuo after only two and a half days days in the area. There was so much more to see and explore but, alas, it was only a 15 day trip.
Our host in Yangshuo, Mr. Wei, arranged for a car to drive us from Yangshuo to the airport in Guilin (~ [...]

While in Yangshou we took a day trip to the fishing village of Xingping–about a 45 minute (and 4 Yuan) bus ride north.
We had some anxiety about finding the right bus in Yangshou (after a horribly frustrating experienced in Shenzhen) so we did our best to memorize the phrases we’d need to ask for the [...]

We took a commuter train from Hong Kong to Shenzen, where we (barely) caught a night bus to Yangshuo.
This was the only rural area we visited and it was also the highlight of our trip.

China - Yangshuo

Happy Thanksgiving.
-peebo

It took a while, but we’ve finally gone through our hundreds and hundreds of China pictures. There are still a lot we’d like to share, so I’m going to post in chunks to keep your eyes from glazing over.
First up: Hong Kong.(click the pic below)

China - Hong Kong

Enjoy.
-peebo

After a 3.5 hour flight from Beijing to Hong Kong, a two hour layover and a 12 hour flight from Hong Kong to San Francisco we made it home safe and sound yesterday afternoon. Due to time zone and International Date Line voodoo, we somehow arrived home before we left. (Departed Hong Kong at 4:25pm [...]

We hiked 8km (about 5 miles) on the Great Wall of China today….
Wow….