I took another hard seat train ride to Xi'an. This ride was only twelve hours so it went by fairly fast and I knew what I was getting myself into this time. As I arrived in Xi'an, there was a man waiting for me with my name on a card waiting to take me to the hostel. That's the first time that's ever happened to me so it felt nice.I got to my hostel and took a two hours nap after I heard news that Ashley was getting better. After my nap, I went with six girls fro...

Dear God, Please don't take away one our few angels on earth. You're a wonderful person, you always make people laugh (except for right now), an awesome coach, the only woman in this world that I can think of that can put up with sideburns like Adam and you are going to make an unbelievable mother. Looking forward to going for another midnight swim this summer Ash! Take care. Thinking about you lots Ashley, Adam and Mika Love Humphrey. I wish I could be th...

Beijing started off well. I found my hostel within about twenty minutes. That's a new record. On the first day, I visited Tianamen square. This was a little bit of a let down. I had learned a lot about the history of this square especially the 1989 incident but there was no mention of any of this here. After having visited Hiroshima and various places in Korea leaning about the Korean war, I kind of expected it but it was disappointing to see that so many C...

My journey to China began in Shanghai. I've been told by a few people that this was not the real China though. I didn't realize what they meant at the time but now at the time of writing this, I do. Shanghai is a very modern city or so is the part that I saw. There are tons of skyscrapers all over especially the area of the bund. Once I finally get good enough connection, I will upload pictures for you all to see. There are not a lot of historic places to vi...

Just curious who's all following my blog...can you reply "hello" or "go oilers go" or "I think (Lions or Bombers) will win the grey cup" if you follow it even once in a while. Thanks to everyone who has already put messages on. I do read the the messages and I appreciate receiving them. I'm also using this to inform everyone that I have safely arrived in China. Previously, I had done that on Facebook as well but in China, you can't get on facebook. The go...