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A5 Adventures in Asia: September 2016
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A5 Adventures in Asia. A blog about our family's adventures from Colorado to Chengdu China and back! Friday, September 30, 2016. The little tree-wheeled wagons (tuk tuks) and scooters are everywhere. The tuk tuks are like motorized rickshaws and can be vehicles for hire, like taxis, or transport trucks. They all share the road and hardly anyone wears a helmet. Amara's personal favorite. The píngguŏ (Apple) cart. Notice one scooter on the right going the wrong way with a baby in front. ;). I love this one!
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A5 Adventures in Asia: November 2016
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A5 Adventures in Asia. A blog about our family's adventures from Colorado to Chengdu China and back! Monday, November 28, 2016. One of the biggest bummers about Chengdu is the horrible air quality. On a good day, it would be bad by Colorado standards. On bad days, it is probably dangerous. We have some temporary mask, but we are looking to invest in something better for the winter months. On a good day, you can see these apartments which are probably about 2 miles from out apartment. I don't think we hav...
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A5 Adventures in Asia: May 2016
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A5 Adventures in Asia. A blog about our family's adventures from Colorado to Chengdu China and back! Tuesday, May 17, 2016. Today we took the kids to apply for their Passports. They don't know yet why we need passports, but we will tell them as soon as the new adventure is confirmed. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). China: A New Adventure. Alan recently posted this as our announcement that we are heading to China later this summer: It is with great anticipation that I anno. Chengdu Sichuan Province, China.
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A5 Adventures in Asia: Shanghai Disneyland
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A5 Adventures in Asia. A blog about our family's adventures from Colorado to Chengdu China and back! Saturday, December 31, 2016. The first night we were in Shanghai, we decided to take a trial run by taking the metro over to Disney Town to check the route and to buy our tickets for the next two days (Disney Town is like Downtown Disney if you have been to Orlando.) On the last stop before we got there, the kids were looking out the window of the metro trying to see who would see the castle first. Next w...
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A5 Adventures in Asia: January 2017
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A5 Adventures in Asia. A blog about our family's adventures from Colorado to Chengdu China and back! Monday, January 30, 2017. Jin Li Street Lanterns. Today we made the trip over to the Remicks for a little fun. In the evening, we joined them and some friends of theirs for a trip over to Jin Li street to see the lanterns. As we drove up, we saw loads of people. It made staying together as a group interesting, but it was still a fun evening. You can see all the people at the base of the lanterns. Once ins...
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A5 Adventures in Asia: August 2016
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A5 Adventures in Asia. A blog about our family's adventures from Colorado to Chengdu China and back! Saturday, August 27, 2016. Coloring by Alana :). Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). China: A New Adventure. Alan recently posted this as our announcement that we are heading to China later this summer: It is with great anticipation that I anno. Chengdu Sichuan Province, China. Bridge over the Jin River. We are moving to the Sichuan Province. Chengdu is located near the "U" in Sichuan. Gardens by the Bay.
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A5 Adventures in Asia: June 2016
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A5 Adventures in Asia. A blog about our family's adventures from Colorado to Chengdu China and back! Friday, June 24, 2016. China: A New Adventure. Alan recently posted this as our announcement that we are heading to China later this summer:. He has been to Chengdu twice and is excited to share the journey with the whole family this time. Alan's first visit to Chengdu December 2014. Restaurant over the water. The school where Alan will be working (UESTC). Is that a panda crawling up the building?
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A5 Adventures in Asia: October 2016
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A5 Adventures in Asia. A blog about our family's adventures from Colorado to Chengdu China and back! Sunday, October 30, 2016. Going to Amy's House. I totally forgot about this post, so here it is. really late. On October 30, Linlin and her daughter Amy invited us over to their house in Xipu to spend the day. We ate food, played outside, went roller blading, ate more food, and went home. :) There. Now you are caught up. Here are the pics from the day. A few of Amy's school friends joined in the fun too.
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A5 Adventures in Asia: July 2016
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A5 Adventures in Asia. A blog about our family's adventures from Colorado to Chengdu China and back! Wednesday, July 27, 2016. When do we leave? This seems to be the question of the day. :) We want to know the answer too. Stay tuned for updates when this can actually happen. The minivan or the car. No dryer (but we do have a washing machine! Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal. Privacy and a bedroom for each kid. Three bathrooms (but our place should have a real toilet. not the squatty potty I have been. Saturd...
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A5 Adventures in Asia: Dujiangyan City
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A5 Adventures in Asia. A blog about our family's adventures from Colorado to Chengdu China and back! Tuesday, December 27, 2016. December 27th - Part 1 - Morning. We have never seen them through the haze.). Here is a short description of Dujiangyan City:. Today we visited the Dujiangyan Irrigation System. Mount Qingcheng will have to wait for another day. And by the way, we are told that Mount Qingcheng and this area are famous for inspiring scenes from the movie Kung Fu Panda. I love the detail. We saw ...