Warriors and Horses and Chariots, Oh My!
Bleary eyed from too little sleep on the night train, we arrived at the Xi’an Railway Station before 6:00am on Monday morning. We dodged a particularly annoying tout and managed […]
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Sea-Buckthorn and Eggplant Between Four Walls
The four of us (Hannah, Neil and we Turtles) arrived at the Pingyao Railway Station on Friday afternoon, after having slept on the train (the boys reported a good night’s […]
Adventures with Hannah & Neil in China – Part 2
Part II Wednesday was a busy day. We started the day by getting some food at Costa Coffee (chocolate croissant – $2) across from the Lama Temple and made our […]
Adventures with Hannah & Neil in China – Part I
Part I It was Friday afternoon and we had about 30 minutes until Shabbat was to begin when we arrived at Roberta & Ted’s house in the northeast of Beijing. […]
Saaaay… Eggplant!!!
Our China Southern Airlines flight ($254 each) landed in Xiamen on a bright Sunday afternoon. We cleared immigration and collected our bags, and then checked back in for our connecting […]
Life is Good in Boracay
From the very beginning of this trip, Jordan was waiting to visit picturesque beaches. She had read somewhere that Boracay was the 5th prettiest beach in the world and couldn’t […]
One fish, two fish… Chased by a fish… right out of the water!
We landed in Cebu on Wednesday evening and as one does in the Philippines, headed to the departures area to catch a taxi ($4.50) which took us to Palazzo Pension […]
Boxers or briefs, sir? Mallawach?
Very early on Friday morning we arrived at NAIA Manila International Airport. After getting hardly any sleep at all on our 3.5 hour flight from Singapore (seriously, Cebu Pacific, why […]
On a ship perched on top of the world
Our Tuesday morning flight from Phuket to Singapore was short, and the American woman sitting next to us on the flight helped to prepare us for the stark cultural shift […]
Nothing like a downpour to get you some free Starbucks
After a very long journey, including two ferries and one van ride, we arrived in Phuket Town at 6:00pm on Thursday. The SeaTran van operators offered us a transfer to […]
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