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The girls arrived home on Thursday from interim trips. Eleri had fun in Xian – the grade 6 trip. She arrived home around 8pm. It is simple and easy to be living 5 minutes from school as Jim hopped on the scooter to get her. Emersyn called to tell us someone had left […]
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October Holiday with a big adventure to Bhutan. Bhutan is a landlocked country in South Asia located at the eastern end of the Himalayas. It is bordered to the north by China (Tibet) and to the south, east and west by India. It shares with Nepal the world’s greatest concentration of mountains and a […]
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June 14-24 2014: Emersyn and I participated in the annual Concordia Marine Ecology Program dive trip to Koh PhiPhi, Thailand. This was the second year at Koh PhiPhi were we are surveying a designated section of reef to document changes in coral, fish and invertebrates. The data collected goes to Reef Check who studies […]
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Jim had a company meeting in Taipei, therefore, the Company organized for all the families to come to Taipei – a family boondoggle. The only problem was our girls were still in school. Chinese New Year break began Wednesday at noon. The Chinese students have three or more weeks off for Chinese New Year. […]
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October break is National Holiday or Golden Week in China. School just began, but we have a week off for Golden Week. We have spent many Golden Weeks in Shanghai – the weather is generally nice at this time…but, this year we are spending the week in Thailand. Thursday, September 26 – From […]
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The girls have an extra long spring break this year, BUT Emersyn was off on her leadership adventure in the Kunming mountains. Emersyn arrived home on Friday evening to tell her tales. We enjoyed the excitement in her voice as she gave us details of her adventure. Saturday was for laundry and packing for […]
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For Spring Break, we headed to the beach with our friends – the Humes (John, Mary, Kelly & Erin), the Jenkins (Scott, Jennifer, Sean & Sophie) and the Bishops (Dan, Faith, Avery & Riley). This is the Humes last China Holiday before moving back to America this summer. Therefore, we splurged on the Shangri-la […]
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Ladies trip to Tibet – where do I begin. Unfortunately, I am writing this in February, 10 months after the trip. My posts are best when I have the time to blog about our adventures immediately upon returning home. But, life gets in the way. I even debated about going on this trip as […]
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Spring forgot to come to Shanghai, therefore, we went in search of the sun for Spring Break. We found the sun in Phuket, Thailand. Emersyn had a week off which turned into nine days due to the additional days given by the Shanghai government for the opening of the World Expo on May 1st. […]
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This post comes with a warning: It is an extremely long post. If you have the time, get a cup of coffee, tea or soda before you begin. Enjoy! Day One – Travel day to Chiang Mai, Thailand Our adventure began with a flight through Bangkok for the first leg of our flight […] |