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Day 24 & 25: Fooled by the Haze
Hong Kong while it’s still an Asian city has been very much westernized through it’s century of British rule. So much so that it was easy to be fooled into thinking we weren’t in Asia anymore. The city is cleaner and more efficient than any of the other cities in the area with maybe the Read more
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Memory Lane : Nanjing
It’s been almost 2 weeks since Nanjing so it is probably about time I caught up on the posts. We learned a lot about Nanjing after we spent some time there. I will admit that I was and still am quite ignorant when it comes to China. Originally we decided to stop in since we Read more
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Day 23: Hot Kong
After a long day of traveling on Tuesday we took it pretty easy yesterday. We unfortunately had to set out early in order to get our visas straightened out. After only 15 minutes though at the consulate we were all set. We didn’t really have anything planned as we had assumed the visa process would Read more
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Tip: Overlanding From China to Hong Kong to Vietnam
Disclaimer: this post is boring. I’m only writing it for other travelers trying to do the same thing or similar to us as it was not east finding this info online. We unfortunately had to fly from Shanghai to Shenzhen because all of the trains from Shanghai to Hong Kong were booked. Shenzhen is the Read more
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Day 20&21: Strolling the Streets of Shanghai with some Lions
We’ve known that our friends from Paper Lions were going to be playing in Shanghai for expo for a while so we made sure our schedules would line up so we could get together on the other side of the world. When you’ve been away from home for a while being able to all of Read more
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Day 19: Expolicious
On Saturday we spent the entire day wandering around the Shanghai 2010 expo grounds. The expo is both the largest and most expensive ever held with the grounds covering over 5 square km and an anticipated 75 million people to pay a visit. At an estimated cost of $45M the grounds were definitely impressive. In Read more

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