Shanghai Noon

X-post from an ancient blogger account. Original post here: https://raleighc.blogspot.com/2008/06/shanghai-noon.html Well Shanghai has been the toughest city to get the hang of so far. It seems that fewer people speak English here than the first two cities. Yesterday, I flew in from Xi’An at around 5:30 which really wasn’t so good. For one thing I … Read more

Adventures in Xi’An

Cross post from an ancient blogger acount. Original post here: https://raleighc.blogspot.com/2008/06/adventures-in-xian.html Getting to the hotel here in Xi’An turned out pretty easy with a touch of good fortune. I probably should have just taken a taxi, but I was feeling pretty adventerous after using the subway in Beijing so I decided to take the bus. … Read more

ugh. airports…

Crosspost from an ancient blogger account Original post here: https://raleighc.blogspot.com/2008/06/ugh-airports.html So here I am in the international Beijing Airport 4 hours early only to find out your flight must be leaving in less than 2 hours for you to even get to the gate! Luckily I found this outrageously priced internet bar. At least the … Read more

So much to see, so little time…

Crossposting from an ancient blogger account Original post here: https://raleighc.blogspot.com/2008/06/so-much-to-see-so-little-time.html Wow. Long time, no post. Sorry about that. I’ve been busy exploring as you can imagine. Plus, I didn’t feel like I had much to post about saturday or sunday. Saturday and Sunday were just a ton of walking. Saturday my goal was to get … Read more

What better time than now?

For posterity I’m importing some of my old posts from blogger.com Original post here: https://raleighc.blogspot.com/2008/05/what-better-time-than-now.html I thought to myself now would be a good time to get a blog rolling. Better late than never right? The main impetus to start one is my impending trip. It almost demands a log of my experiences since I’ll … Read more