I woke up last night around 4.30am and realized that I had not traveled enough around China. I have been here for almost 6 months and during this trip, I have only made my way to Shanghai. Even though I've already visited Beijing (2X), Shanghai, Hangzhou, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Beidaihe, and Dongguan, I still find this unacceptable. Starting tonight I will be planning a weekend trip once a month and a full out expedition when my father gets here.

The list:

Beijing (for Jeff)
Xinjiang
Guilin
Hainan
Qingdao
Xi'an

Tibet
Mongolia

Dad-I'm thinking for our week+ of travel, I will take you across the northish from West to East: Mongolia, Tibet, Xinjiang, Xi'an, Beijing....

maybe we will even make our way to the Himilayas...