• Longsheng Rice Terraces & Dazhai Village

    About 20 years ago Chris and I were dating and he spent a summer backpacking through China. Once he came home and developed rolls of film, he shared images of rice terraces with me. Ever since it has been in the back of my mind…

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  • I’d rather talk about Owen

    We were walking to our apartment earlier this week and she turned to me. “Mom, do you think you could take some photos of me and Owen before we leave. I want to hang one in my room and send one back to him.” Absolutely.…

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  • Xingping, China

    After several days in Yangshuo, we packed up our bags and jumped on a bus to Xingping. We really had no idea what to expect, but it looked smaller than the surrounding towns, on the map it was near a river, and we knew it…

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  • Yangshuo, China

    Our daughter’s birth town and Beijing are on opposite sides of China. We knew we’d make the trip to visit the orphanage, so we figured we might as well make the most of being so far south. We considered a few options for routes back…

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  • Guangzhou, China

    I’m chronologically recording a 2 week trip we took through southern China. This is the second post, you can find the first one from Xi’an here. From Xi’an we flew to Guangzhou. Our youngest daughter is from a small town about 4 hours by van…

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