Returning from the Great Wall we all decided to celebrate our last night in Beijing with a local specialty, Peking Duck. Robert explained that Beij...

Happy 86th Birthday to my Grandpa! Today we set out with our friends to see the Great Wall of China at Simitai. Several people recommended seeing ...

Beware, parts of this journal entry are disgusting. Our plan for the day was to meet our friends underneath Mao's picture in front of the Forbidde...

We arrived in Xingang and our ride was waiting for us...yippee! Our scheduled transfer from the ship included a driver and an English-speaking guid...

After leaving Nagasaki, we sailed into the Yellow Sea on our way to Xingang, China where we will conclude our cruise. Today is our last day aboard...

Our primary goal in Nagasaki was to see the Atomic Bomb museum and ground zero. We had no idea that Nagasaki was so beautiful! It was a warm day an...

Politically, China may be a Communist regime, but economically they are as capitalistic as you can get! We loved Shanghai and we shopped and shoppe...

Our first introduction to Japan was not great. We arrived in Okinawa around 11 a.m. to discover that the Japanese wanted to "quarantine" our boat a...

Our ship docked in Keelung, about 10 miles north of the capital city of Taipei. Brian and I jumped on the train to Taipei and spent the day navigat...

Ok, it sounds corny, but it was the only way I could think of to express how unbelievably magnificent Hong Kong is...wow! I loved Hong Kong, it wa...

Brian and I have made some good friends on this ship and together we have all become celebrities! There are 8 of us, another couple from Washington...

Nha Trang, which for some reason the computer changes as above, is a beautiful beach resort in the middle of the Vietnamese coast. Many people trav...

The day before disembarking in Vietnam we discovered that it was going to be quite a chore to get into Saigon. We actually docked the boat outside ...

We left the ship about 11 a.m. and headed for the city center on the shuttle. We needed a map and some Singapore dollars and then we began walking....

Boarding a cruise ship is not as easy as it looks on the Love Boat. Since this is my first cruise, and since I was an avid watcher of the Love Boat...

After we finally made it down the yellow brick road to the wizard....I mean the Emerald Buddha...we went on a journey to meet up with my cousin Sar...

After leaving the internet cafe on Monday we decided to try again to see the Grand Palace. So we jumped on the train, and on the boat and traveled ...

You spend the entire day sweating and sweating and sweating and you long for the cool AC of the SkyTrain! :) Luckily I am dating a man who does not...

It sounds even better than Vegas baby! :) Brian and I arrived at midnight on Saturday night and after clearing customs we were met with our ride w...

It strikes me that true heroism is doing what is necessary, whether you want to or not, whether you feel prepared or capable of performing the task...

Next October we are embarking on the trip of a lifetime, 3 weeks touring Asia! Because I have never been to Asia and because I don't speak any of t...