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
At nearby Songshan is another famous temple, the Shaolin Temple – home of kung fu. Before heading back to Hefei, we journeyed to this beautiful place hoping to see some awesome monks practicing the true arts of kung fu. We … Continued
After Xi’an we made our way back to Hong Kong via Guangzhou and the Shenzhen border crossing for a reprise to our October adventure. I don’t know exactly what it is, but I really like Hong Kong. It is unlike … Continued
If I thought the Pearl Market in Beijing was crazy then the Hefei temple market is ludicrous. It is huge and has everything except clean bathrooms and enough space. Right in the heart of downtown Hefei is an old temple … Continued
Since we were already in Hong Kong for the temple, we took advantage and saw some of the sights like the Peak and Tian Tan Buddha. Unfortunately, most pictures from HK were on the memory card that died on me. … Continued
After a couple of days in Guangzhou, we hopped on a train to Hong Kong. It’s only a short train ride and took us almost the same amount of time to get through immigration on both sides of the border. … Continued
So, Hefei has a walking street just as any big city should. Last Saturday, Aaron and I met there for pizza at Pizza Hut and boy was it yummy. Anyway, this walking street is typical of any walking street with all … Continued
On our way home from Nashville, we continued down Interstate 40 through Memphis. With only a couple of hours for the home of the blues and birthplace of rock and roll, we made a few quick stops. Our first stop … Continued
Rather than just driving straight back from the Carolinas to Texas, which would take just under a day of full driving, I wanted to take a couple of days and stop a couple of places, Nashville and Memphis. Our first … Continued
In addition to spending time with family, while in Columbia, South Carolina we saw some of the sites including some public art, the State House, some historic homes, the gardens at the Governor’s Mansion and of course the temple. Columbia … Continued