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January 03, 2006
the journey continues...
time flies.
I can't believe we're coming to the end of our China adventure. I remember our first day here, thinking 5 months is such a long time, but really it zipped by. the days turned into weeks, weeks into months, and now... well, now it's time for us to start planning the Next Big Thing. originally, the plan was to head back to the States at the end of January, but... Britt landed a gig teaching a 3-week English Camp in South Korea. it was a $$$ opportunity we just couldn't pass, to compensate for the -$ Chinese salary we've been making thus far. and also, we get to stay with Keith and finally see what he's been raving about for the past 2 years.
now that the semester is done, and our teaching obligations in China are OVER (yay!) it's time for us to get our travel on! so, here's the plan: we're taking a 2-day sleeper train from Beijing to Xi'an, where we'll stay a couple of days, see the Terra Cotta Warriors and the Mosques. Then hop another sleeper train to Guilin, spend a night there and then take a river cruise down the Li River to Yangshuo. We'll probably spend a day or so in Longsheng, rent bikes, see the terraced rice paddies and small hillside villages along the way. They say the Yoa people in that region have the longest hair in the world! Then we'll fly back to Tianjin, pack up our apartment and head to Tangu (port city) to catch the overnight ferry to Incheon, South Korea, where we'll live for a few weeks until it's time to fly home, some time mid-February.
I'm really glad we're able to travel at the end of our China time, beacuse now we're more familiar with the culture and it won't be so shocking. we can just cruise around, using the bits and pieces from our China experience to help us along the way. may this journey never end, wherever it may carry us...
Posted by daiseykat at January 3, 2006 02:58 PM