Originally we planned to continue on for a few more months after Russia—traveling to Egypt, Jordan, and Africa. We dreamed of visiting the ancient cities of the Middle East and taking safaris on the plains of Africa. But as with everything in life, plans often change. We decided to shorten our trip by a few [...]
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While in Mongolia, we budgeted out our time for the rest of the trip and realized that our final days of traveling were quickly approaching. No matter how we worked it, we simply did not have enough days to sufficiently see Moscow and St. Petersburg before our flight home. One of the cities would have [...]
Stepping off the plane in Ecuador we had a rough idea of the things we would do and see in each of the countries on our list. The one exception to the list was Mongolia. We had no idea what there was to do and see in Mongolia. So it was a fortunate twist of fate [...]
Visiting the Terracotta Army was one of the attractions that I was most excited to see on our tour through China. I still remember going to the Pacific Science Center in Seattle when they displayed an exhibit on China. There were wax and metal artists creating miniature statues of lions and an [...]
On our way to the ancient cities of Dali and Lijiang, we set off by train once more. We booked soft sleeper berths again, but this car was a bit different. It was a double decker with soft sleeper compartments down below and VIP cabins above. The VIP cabin consisted of a double bed and [...]
