Western Sichuan Day 1

Western Sichuan Day 1

Jaye and I had to get up pretty early today so that we would have time to get to the train station to catch our train. We had originally asked the same driver to take us back to the train station, but he ended up being busy the day we had to leave, so he found a...

The Most Beautiful Lakes in China: Jiuzhaigou

The Most Beautiful Lakes in China: Jiuzhaigou

I love places of natural beauty, and 九寨沟 (Jiuzhaigou) is one of the most amazing places that I have visited in China (get used to hearing that because my next few adventures were all incredible. On Tuesday morning, Jaye and I woke up early so that we could go have our...

Chengdu Pandas and Dujiangyan

Chengdu Pandas and Dujiangyan

One of the things that I really wanted to do while I was in Chengdu was to go to a panda conservatory and see the pandas. The first time I was in Chengdu for just 16 hours (several years ago), we had time to go to a mall and see the giant fake panda climbing onto the...

Fuling: Solo Adventure

Fuling: Solo Adventure

I’d never understood the appeal of solo traveling until last summer when I ended up in Hawaii for a couple of days staying with friends of friends but on my own as far as sightseeing was concerned. Since I was in Hawaii for a friend’s wedding, I spent most of the time...

The Three Natural Bridges

The Three Natural Bridges

Today we were heading back to Chongqing, but first we would spend the day visiting a beautiful national park. We decided to have a relaxing morning first, so we took a walk around the resort again—it was beautiful in the morning, but it was starting to get hot by the...

Fairy Goddess Mountain

Fairy Goddess Mountain

What a name! Fairy Goddess Mountain. I was thankful that Wendy helped me to find and plan pretty much our entire adventure outside of Chongqing. Getting out of the city and into the mountains was wonderful even though it was a bit of a long trip. We left our hotel...

Exploring Chongqing

Exploring Chongqing

Jack and Clara left today, but they had some recommendations for things that we could try. I always love following someone else’s plan because that means I don’t have to make my own and it’s a plan that has been tried and proven successful! Wendy and I also learned...