With my time in China now at an end, I thought it would be good to look back and see what I've learned and realize what I would have done...

So I had four days off from teaching and some friends and I went south to the Guangxi Province. We spent our first full day in Guilin...

So my next four-day vacation was to Guilin and Yangshou. We did both places on the same trip so this week I'll tell you about the city of...

What I Learned The garbage trucks are cute. You know how we have these huge monster trucks that eat our garbage and trundle along. The...

After China, I was looking forward to some downtime, coming back home and getting my life started, maybe putting off big travel for a...

Saturday So we took the Jiankou Great Wall Camping Trip through China Hiking (www.chinahiking.cn). It was two days during the end of...

What I Learned Your food is going to touch. I've known this for a while but I didn't think of it in this way until recently. I ordered my...

You might remember that I was in Beijing not too long ago and during that week in China's capital, I visited the Forbidden City (aka the...

What I Learned The little things are hooks. There are these little gray out-croppings on our seats on the train. I finally learned their...

What I Did Thursday We finally got to the Forbidden City and it was such an adventure that you're going to have to read all about it next...

What I Did Sunday The taxi picked us up and took us to the train station without too many hiccups. Although at one point our driver said...

You can't go to Shanghai and not go to Disney. Well you totally can if that's not your cup of tea but I really enjoyed it. When we first...

I'm going to to start by going over a quick guide to Shanghai, how I got there, where I stayed, what I saw, where I ate. If you just want...

What I Learned Bring tissues and hand sanitizer. Bring it with you wherever you go. whenever you go. The toilets here are squatters and a...

Alright, so last week I was talking about day trips. This week is the same deal. I'm talking about my excursion to Golden, Colorado to...