We arrived home about an hour ago–SO glad to be home and looking forward to our own beds. Travel was long but uneventful–25 hours door to door. We got hung up in Newark, but what else is new. Stay tuned for pictures–may be a few days as we have to get caught up around home…

Our flight leaves around 3:00 today for the long flight home. We are all ready to come back! We did a little shopping yesterday as the Silk Street market again–can’t believe how Jiao Jiao bargains everything down for us! I have treasures for everyone! We had GREAT American food yesterday for dinner! Burgers, steaks, etc.…

This is going to be brief and it is late. We get up early to leave Inner Mongolia tomorrow for Beijing. Today we took a 3 hour drive north to the border town of Man Jhou Li. We stopped at this very large lake along the way and got out to look around. They had…

I am leaving China today, and I have a few hours so I will post some pictures here so you all can see what my parents have been describing

Today is going to be another tough one to explain–Amazing! The day started out with the Leary’s and Andrew leaving. So sad to see them all go. Poor Tom was not feeling that great this morning–not the best condition to be in when you have to travel all day! Jiao Jiao’s parents went to the…

I keep waking up early so it gives me lots of time to ramble on in these posts. Wish we could add pictures but that will have to wait. Charlie did attempt to send one email last night with 6 photos from the wedding. He made several attempts but he is not sure it went…

Today we had a delayed start as lots in the group still not feeling too well. Everyone (except Anne and Annie) rallied and off we went to a nearby forest park with springs. Jiao Jiao’s Dad’s best friend (who is the local chief of police) led the caravan in his car, with his driver, with…

Woke up early, so I thought I would add more thoughts. It is hard to describe Inner Mongolia. The town we are staying in is actually pretty big. People milling about the streets everywhere. Buildings are all very colorful–red, white, blue, yellow. We are all getting stared at a lot–much more than Beijing. Annie and…

How to begin–so much to tell! Wow is all I can say. The most incredible experience I have ever witnessed. Never again will we attend a wedding like this! The morning started out at 7:30 AM with an entourage of Audis to take us to Jiao Jiao’s home about a half an hour away. Just…

We had a great asian breakfast buffet for our start.  Because Hailar is a destination for Koreans and other Asians, their food was available at the buffet.  Don’t ask me what was what, however. Our entourage proceeded in 2 minivans to the edge of town to tour a forest park.  Since there are grass lands…