Unlike Bali, Java’s economy doesn’t thrive or depend on tourism. It was harder to get around, but more of the kind of travel we like. Thus far, our trip was […]

We spent a total of 11 days on Bali exploring 3 towns (Sanur, Ubud, and Lovina) and a private island called Menjangan Island off the Northwest coast. We begin our […]

We spent less than a week in Thailand, and started to wonder at this point, if we should have just spent our entire 6 week vacation exploring all of Thailand. […]

Leaving the Xi’an Airport to Thailand was expectedly more complicated than it should have been. When we arrived at terminal 2, we didn’t see any signs for international departures, so […]

In China, the most important holidays of the year are the Chinese New Year and the Spring Festival, for which everyone gets a lengthy vacation to celebrate with their families […]

We visited Ray’s high school which is the oldest school in the area dating back over 2500 hundred years.     A man getting his ears cleaned the traditional way. […]

Greetings! It has been a while since our last entry. We are going to Chengdu this weekend to get more visa pages in Kelly’s passport, to visit the pandas, and […]

The Mid-Autumn Festival, or Moon Festival, is one of the most important holidays in China. It is a celebration of the harvest and of the full moon so people celebrate […]

Ē Mí Tuó Fó  Now that the third week of classes has finished, we are really hitting our stride. The students are learning new words, becoming more confident, and seem to […]