Category: Travel

Last month while our son and his wife were here visiting, and so there was someone to take car of the Thor (Beast), we booked a quick tripe to a little town in south eastern China – Guilin. NOTE: There are 4 slideshows in this Post, so it could take a while to load. Please be patient. To me, Guilin is know for three things: mountains that jut straight up out of nowhere, stepped rice farming in said mountains, and the remote village women who never cut their hair (Guinness World Record holders for the longest hair, I believe). And we Continue Reading →

A short while back, we went to the Shanghai Museum of Glass. We’ve been wanting to go for a year now, but its quite a ways away by subway and then switch over to a bus. With our Son and his wife here visiting, it was a perfect time to go. Plus with four of us, we decided to take a taxi for the last leg as it would be just as cheap as four bus tickets. It was a cold and rainy day outside, so it was a perfect day to visit. Its a pretty non-descript building in front, Continue Reading →

Formally known as the 2014 Pudong International Automotive Exhibition, we attended it on August 14th. Although I’ve been to a motorcycle show, this was our first auto show. Here’s a slide show of some of the event. [slideshow_deploy id=’714′]   It was loud, very loud – as though each display booth was trying to drown out the other booths. It was the first day of the 5 day show and being on a Thursday, not many people were there. Still, halfway through, we sought refuge in a McD’s on the second floor away from the noise and the crowds. Most Continue Reading →

About a year ago, we looked into renting a car to drive around Shanghai and over to neighboring cities. There happens to be a car rental place just across the street from us. They have electric cars and standard gas cars: mostly compacts and sub-compacts (like the Honda Fit). And buying a car then was still very expensive and out of the question. Not only are cars were very expensive, but parking is non-existent (or very expensive) just about everywhere, gas is expensive, and its hazardous with people walking riding everywhere and drivers driving and parking everywhere (legally or not). License Continue Reading →

Last month we vacationed back to the states for an entire month…an entire month! Yipes!! What were we going to do for an entire month?! So I thought: how about an Alaskan Cruise? Great idea! My wife’s never been and its really breathtaking. So I hurriedly booked one. Little did I know just how busy we would be in America and how that little side-vacation really would be a welcome retreat. But back to the cruise. We booked on Holland America and their ship, the M.S. Westerdam. A ten year old ship with really classic interior and design. We got Continue Reading →