I had seen everything I planned to see in Pretoria, but I wasn’t done there yet. I had hunted done the 1913 Pretoria guide through the National Library website and ask a librarian feature. My great grandfather mentioned this guide … Continued
To round out my five celebratory posts for Adventure Patches’ five year anniversary, I want to talk culture and share my new personal professional statement. Culture is what makes the world such a remarkable place full of diversity, wonder … Continued
Musical Instrument Museum one of the best museums I’ve ever visited Over the Thanksgiving holiday my parents came to Scottsdale for a visit. Unlike last Christmas when they came, none of us got severely sick, so we were able to go and … Continued
On the way to Dunhuang we stopped in Lanzhou, the capitol of Gansu province on a long layover. As we woke up on the train we looked out the windows and saw desert landscape that reminded both Aaron and I … Continued
After a 27 hour train ride, Aaron and I arrived in Chengdu, the biggest city of the western Chinese provinces. I’ve been waiting for this trip since I decided to come to China for two main reasons; Sichuan is the … Continued
The next several posts chronicle my trip around China over the last couple of weeks. Many posts I wrote on the train in between destinations. On the trip I spent just over 100 hours on 7 trains traveling almost 10,000 … Continued
Our first day on the trip and first of the New Year was wonderful. It started with a short bus ride to Xingping, a small fishing town between Guilin and Yangshuo. After walking down a 1,000-year-old street with, of course, … Continued