Our one month vacation to China from September 21st ot October 16th 2008. We visited Beijing, Xi' an, Sanya, Guilin, Yangshou, Suzhou, and Shanghai. Favorite area - Guilin.

Tonight's the night we make history, Hanie you and I...I can't really blog about this night because I had so much fun that no words could express how I felt. I just want to say that during the whole drunken period, there was this guy who infiltrated himself into our group and his face ended up in some of the photos. Plus, Najiah and I met some cute randoms... nuff said :DOne for the books!!!

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In late September and October, the Stamp River is the site of one of the world's most spectacular natural events - the return of Chinook Salmon to their native streams after 4 years in the salt water of the northern Pacific Ocean. Stamp Falls is a barrier to the passage of these fish to the quieter spawning gravels upstream. For centuries Chinook salmon have attempted to jump the falls but few were successful until the Canadian Government many years ago built fish ladders into the rock to hel…

This would be my first trip and flight since 9/11. I would see how security has been changed in person, and the difficulties getting through it. I can remember taking only a minute before that. When trying to get through it this time, I had to deal with an idiot, who says one thing, then tells me it was wrong. I dd get through, and onto a plane. The plane left Philly, and arrived safely into Denver. Then I picked up my rental and drove down to Colorado Springs. The drive on I-25 was very scen…