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Let me start by setting the stage. John Humes and I set off together on a “boys adventure†for 9 days across the Tibetan Plateau. Lhasa has the second highest airport in the world at a mere 4, 300m (14, 315ft). The trip starts in Lhasa, traverses more than 1, 000km (660 miles) of […]
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Day 4 – June 29 – Lhasa to Gyantse I should have mentioned earlier that we had a guide – Bhuchung Tsering, a local Tibetan who had been guiding for about 3 years. He would work during the summer and freeze his @$$! off in the winter. He and the driver were going […]
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Chinese New Year Celebration is a big celebration here. Most of the Chinese schools have three weeks off. Our children have one week off as they just had a Christmas break. Chinese New Year is based on the lunar calendar, which is why the dates change from year to year. This year we decided […]
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It seems the bags were just unpacked from the Olympics and the bags are repacked for our holiday to Boracay, Philippines. To get to Boracay, it feels like the movie, “trains, planes and automobiles”. It is a night flight to Manila followed by a small flight to Caticlan followed by a boat to the […]
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May holiday is Labor Day week in China. The Szatkowski family is moving back to America. Therefore, we organized a three family beach holiday to Phuket. The Szatkowski family (Betty, Jimmer, Samantha & Jack) and the Humes family (Mary, John, Kelly & Erin). We were going back to the JW Marriott to enjoy the […]
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Spring Break and the family is ready for a beach holiday after a long Shanghai winter. We decided to go to Phuket, Thailand. The last time we visit the beaches of Phuket, Emersyn was three years old. The Szatkowski Family would be at Phuket, also. We decided to try the JW Marriott Resort as […]
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October 1 is National Day in China. The week following is one of China’s “Golden†weeks, where all of China is on Holiday. We decided to make a great escape to Kota Kinabalu in Sabah, located on the island of Kalimantan (also known as Borneo) in the eastern part of Malaysia. The city is […]
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We have enjoyed living on Discovery Bay. It is a bubble from the “real world”. Our children run around the plaza with such freedom. It gives them that independence I feel most children have lost because it is not safe. Emersyn knows the rules. She must stay in the plaza, she may not go […] |