Day: 245 Sometimes I think a hangover is the greatest way to get astounding night shots. I wasn’t up until 11am, followed by a couple of hours on the internet chatting with my Dad and blogging. I immediately chased that with a nap until roughly four. A waste of a day to be sure, but [...]
Day: 244 I spent seven hours today in a hurling steel cocoon of death that weaved in and out of three lanes of traffic across the rain slicked road from Pingyao to Xian. My Ipod was shuffling through a playlist from my mother’s birthday party with classics like “Pour Some Sugar on Me” and “Bohemian [...]
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Day: 242 After yesterdays adventure I have been left spent for today. Waking up and showering before midday was an accomplishment. This beautiful little town was well deserving of the few strolls I took throughout the day through its maze of brick buildings and grey stone streets. Amazing food and a very chill vibe, which [...]
Day: 241 I finally managed to sleep until 8am; so fully rested and ready to tackle the day I had a cup of coffee and an omelet before hitting the odorific streets of Beijing. Having already got passed caring about the usual morning smells of decaying trash and urine that seem to coat Beijing’s alleys, [...]
Day: 240 Staring at the roof in my dorm room, it’s 5:30 in the morning again and I am wide awake. Too early to be sane but too late to fall asleep again, my alarm was set to go off in an hour. I get up and get to work, blogging, downloading pictures and playing [...]
Day: 239 With full intention to be completely over my jet lag, I rolled out of bed this morning to a breakfast of vegetable dumplings. The days intention was to see other sections of the city that I didn’t take in in my whirlwind tour yesterday morning (which is to say I didn’t see much). [...]
Day: 238 With the effects of jet lag in full effect I woke up this morning as the sun came up after only about three hours of sleep. I wanted to have a peek around, and since my body didn’t feel like sleeping anymore I headed up to Tiananmen square to see if I could [...]
Day: 237 “Mr. Lobert Paetz please make known yourself at the gate.” Funny pronunciation of my name aside, I had been slightly worried about making my next flight in Tokyo, we were running late and my connection time was slight, but obviously I had doubted the services of this Japanese airline. I don’t know why [...]
Day: 236 So with my trip to Belize winding down, I was left with only one question to answer today; should I smuggle my 5oz. bottle of the worlds most amazing Hot Sauce back in my carry-on luggage (all I had for this trip) and throw caution to the wind with the TSA’s restrictions on [...]
