We finally went on our 5 day trip to southern Jordan! Internet has been nearly impossible for the past week, and in any case I’ve kept myself so busy that I’ve had nearly no time on the computer at all. Hopefully I get some blog posts in before I start forgetting anything about our adventures! I’ve said it before – one amazing thing about Jordan is how few physical restrictions the country has for its ruins and landmarks. In the Roman Theater in Amman, we were able to climb directly [...]

Once again I am unsure of where to even begin, for this past week has been yet another major and amazing adventure.  Perhaps it is most important to begin with our trip to Agra, the city of the famous Taj Mahal. Because all of us wanted to visit, because we had been warned that Agra was difficult to navigate, and because it was cheaper than taking a train or public bus, we opted to take private van.  The insanity began as soon as we parked in the lot of the [...]

Wooooooooooow… Really loving the last two weeks of this life, traveling through northwestern Yunnan. We swung through Weishan, the first capital of the Nanzhao kingdom during the Tang dynasty.  A low-key, beautiful town, with a great deal of original architecture still shaping the layout of the village. After spending a day on nearby Weibaoshan, one of twelve holy Daoist sites in China, we headed to Shibaoshan and its monastery, ate amazing temple food, woke up to see the sunrise, were confronted by local monkeys, and watched shooting stars at the [...]