Since I'd already spent 10 days in Beijing last year and saw many of the major highlights and markets, the one place I hadn't ventured yet was the Summer Palace. To be honest, when I was here a year ago, I had no idea that the palace was both as large and as nice as it is. And since it is…

With some short weeks spent at home back in the U.S. it was time for me to head back to China. The plan was to meet back up with my friend and I arrived in Beijing to start out the trip. It was an odd feeling though as soon as I stepped off the plane. It had been almost a year…

Coming home from abroad after having been exactly 12 months and 8 days since I'd left the U.S. before finally hearing over the plane's intercom, "Welcome to New York… thanks for flying Cathay Pacific". I touched down on U.S. soil after a 15+ hour flight from Hong Kong a day earlier. Needless to say, it was near emotional after hearing those…

It's now been a few months of both living in and teaching and tutoring English in China and I can honestly say its been quite an experience! Luckily, I've been able to travel around a bit while I've been here teaching English. But for the most part, the experience of actually living in a foreign country is so much different from…

While putting together my last video "RTW Travel Year in Review" I came across a video that defines whether you need to really travel for a year to see the world (or even a few months for that matter). I think so many of us feel we need to 'wait till retirement' to travel, to see the world, or simply to…

It is completely normal for a place of business to call you after 11pm on any given night of the week. My Chinese shoe size is 43 Chinese women in Shenzhen absolutely love umbrellas, rain or shine and even inside the metro station! Is there a new worldwide trend going on I'm unaware of? If a Chinese person doesn't know you…