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Month: November 2015

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A Few Days out of the Cities in the Relative Quiet of Guilin and Yangshuo China

(Roy) Malone Hodges November 30, 2015 china 2 Comments

As we move around the world with our kids we have tried to intersperse times in big cities with time in the rural areas of the countries we visit. In the case of China we went from the intensity of Beijing, to the less frenetic city of X’ian and finally after...

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Happy Thanksgiving!

(Roy) Malone Hodges November 26, 2015 Bangkok, Thailand Leave a Comment

Happy Thanksgiving! We headed out from our apartment in Bangkok in search of dinner earlier tonight. I had identified a nice vegetarian/vegan restaurant and based on the map it looked like a 20 minute walk. As is often the case with TripAdvisor, the maps are just plain wrong. We ended up...

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Traveling by Train Through China on Our Trip Around the World

(Roy) Malone Hodges November 18, 2015 china, train, travel 2 Comments

We decided to save money and travel through China by train on our around the world trip. In addition to costing less than internal flights, we replaced the hassle of airports with the adventure of train stations! In the extreme, this decision meant a transit time of 26 hours from X’ian...

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Some of the People We Met On Our Travels With Our Kids Through China

(Roy) Malone Hodges November 16, 2015 china Leave a Comment

As we hoped when we set off around the world with our kids, this trip is about the people we meet as much or more than the places we go. Traveling with two sons through China provides ample opportunity for conversations and interaction. Also, we elected to travel by train through...

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Xian Mosque

(Roy) Malone Hodges November 14, 2015 Leave a Comment

I am in Luang Probang, Loas, editing photos of the boy’s encounter with the groundskeeper at one of the oldest mosques in China when I learn of the bombings in Paris. Much as the attackers of 9/11 hijacked planes full of innocents, these terrorists are hijacking an entire religion. We came upon...

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Some of the Places I Visited in China as Part of our Trip Around the World

Colin Hodges November 7, 2015 china, great wall 5 Comments

The Buddhist Temple A few days ago we went to the Wild Goose Pagoda and learned about Buddhist history and their religion. On the tour we went to the different shrines and heard the monks chant. We learned that the Pagoda leaned to one side because they had an earthquake a...

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Video Montage of Our Travels Through the Grand Canyon, Zion, and Bryce Canyon

(Roy) Malone Hodges November 6, 2015 3 Comments

We started our round the world trip in the western US in our converted school bus. We blogged a bit about the trip and some of our adventures, and I keep hoping to come back and put up a few more photos. We arrived in Laos from China last night, and I...

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