Tagged: Travel

Amsterdam – the complete trip

Note: I tried keeping up while on the trip, but didn’t do a good job. I still want to keep a log of our adventures, so I wrote up the trip and posted it...

Hello Amsterdam

Monday, March 27, 2017 We arrived mid-morning into Amsterdam and navigated our way to our cozy little room. We found the place on AirBnb. It looked perfect for us and so we were anxious...

Off to Europe

Back to travelling and writing. I made a big (and hard) decision this past week, but one that would provide me more free time. As we launched on our trip I decided that I...

Home

Our flight home from Hong Kong left at 7pm, so we had some time to kill before leaving. Our plan was to check out late, try and get our bags checked in, and do...

Hong Kong Day 3 and 4

Hong Kong is a big city and the number of stores, little shops, food stands, and people is just amazing. In some ways, I would want to spend enough time in this area to...

Hong Kong Day 2

Our first full day in Hong Kong started off a bit rough. The air quality here is poor and that, combined with constantly going in and out of a/c buildings and having fans blow...

Guangzhou to Hong Kong

The train from Guangzhou to Hong Kong isn’t a bullet train, but only takes about an hour and a half. Our train didn’t depart until noon and you don’t need to check in super...

Why you should stay at the Garden Hotel

I’m writing this as a separate post because I was impressed with our stay and when we mentioned it, our guide wanted to know what to tell others about it. I’m a better writer...

Huazhou to Guangzhou

Before leaving Huazhou, we had an interesting experience as we went to breakfast in the large dining room downstairs of our hotel. As I mentioned, they do not see a lot of westerners in...

Huazhou

We arrived in Guanzhou and walked out to a massive train station where we met our next guide, Sarah, who will be with us to the orphanage and for the rest of our time...