The pollution has dropped to 393, since our arrival in Xi'an. That number still falls in the "severely polluted" realm, but doesn't have the nuclear fall-out look the city had the night we arrived. We are able to breathe (sort of) and have not let it stop us from seeing the sights. Our first day here we aggressively rode bikes along the historic city wall. While it was fun to go on tandem bikes with the kids, riding in the smog about put me over the edge. We ca...

Today has been a long day of travel. I'm writing this from the airport in Chengdu during our layover on our way to Xi'an. I probably won't be posting this until we get in late tonight to our hotel. We left our hotel in Lijiang this morning at 7am after staying up way too late. Seems like we've become night owls since we've gotten to China. Our first leg departed Lijiang at 9am and we arrived here at Chengdu at 10:45am. Our flight to Xi'an is not until 7:4...