Monthly:May 2009
Guilin: We arrived in Guilin after a 12-hour long train ride in a sleeper compartment where we occupied the top bunk (three bunks per side, 6 total). The city itself is located on the Li River and surrounded by karst landscape (hills created by water erosion). Barely anyone spoke English (we’re getting used to it – maybe it’s time to learn some Chinese 🙂 as the city targets towards Chinese tourists. There were only a few things to see – […]
We landed in Hong Kong around midnight and made our way from the airport to the island of Kowloon (Hong Kong is made up of many islands) where we rented a room for the night. The room was so small and it reeked of cigarette smoke. The next morning we made our way to the China Travel Service center where we applied for visas into mainland China. We were charged twice as much to get the visas expedited (normally it […]
We’ve landed in Seoul, Korea and are currently waiting for our connecting flight to Hong Kong. In the meantime we’ve already started our souvenir collection by making a Hanji Craft (pics below).
The date is confirmed for May 18th, 2009 (booked and ready to fly)! We will be flying Asiana Airline from Seattle to Hong Kong, our first destination. From there we will head into China where we will spend 3-4 weeks exploring. My younger brother, Samnang, will be joining us in June as we explore Asia. He will be meeting us in Japan around the 20th of June when school is over. From Japan he will travel with us throughout South […]