Beijing

heather showing us that a, maybe opening doors in our hostel was not such a good idea, and b that maybe we werent staying in a very clean place

beijing rush hour

forbidden city





after ending up with two plates of duck liver cooked in different ways, we decided maybe japanese kanji didnt work so well in china

Shanghai

two more of the worlds 10 tallest buildings from the pearl of the orient tower

if you ever wanted to know how to write Escalade in chinese here you go

hong kong

one of the most amazing waterfronts imaginable, with 3 of the 10 tallest buildings in the world

the best resturant view i have ever had, from Burger King no less

im back

after an amazing trip through southeast asia and china, im back to the US and it feels great to be home. as i start to upload and sort through the pictures from the trip ill start to post them. people have been asking me about my plans, so here you go: ill take a week or so to relax at home and catch up with family in San Diego and in a couple weeks ill be moving to the bay area to work for my aunt until im off to England in november for Bron's wedding. In the meantime ill be looking for jobs and just taking some time to readjust to the US and try to come up with a new name for the blog so let me know if you have any suggestions. In the meantime, here are a couple pictures from the first day of Chris and my time in Hong Kong. ill update more soon.