Life is difficult... my wife keeps giggling like a little girl and keeps saying "I'm so happy, I'm so happy" all the time. It's raining in Lijiang and my first bottle of Dali Beer is almost empty... I'll need to walk downstairs and get another one. And for some reason I can't type "lijinag" (see !?) - "Lijiang" correctly. Like I said - life is difficult. Quick backtrack for those still with us: We got the final visa (Schengen) aft...

Kunming was not very eventful, so we decided to head off to Lijiang after only 1 night. That's ofcourse after a nice massage a great meal for only CNY52!

Thank you again to the Propack Export Team for a wonderful farewell dinner and fantastic hotel. It was a very appreciated parting gift!

Inventory List:We are still waiting for our last visa (!!!!) but in the mean time we are getting ready to move on. All in all the list seems endless, but when we did our first test run, Joey was on 14kgs and I was on 11kg!! This will be a bit more once all the other bits and bobs are in, but I think we are doing pretty well for 7.5 months!! - - Joey - Clothes: (packed into 1 single cube) 1 pair linen trousers (long) 1 pair zip paints 1 pair shorts (al...

The night before my last week in Huizhou, Guangdong Province, China. Many endings lead to many new beginnings… It feels like yesterday when I… no it doesn't - it feels like 2 years and 4 months since the first day I set foot in the real China - or my version of the real China. At the end of this week (25 April) it comes to an end. There have been farewell dinners (and one or two more to follow) and farewell drinks (with surprisingly good Great Wal...