i'm baaack

Well, I have finally returned from China. I actually got back Tuesday morning but have been recovering from jet lag since. I was supposed to get back late Monday night but my flight from Newark to Dayton (near Cincinnati) was cancelled because of weather. So I got to stay in a lovely roach motel in New Jersey then fly out early the next morning. And jet lag has kicked my butt more this time than ever before. About 4pm I can feel it and I'm dragging by 8. I am waking up at 3 or 4 in the morning too. In fact it is 4:23 am right now.

China was incredible. I will post more details later but suffice it to say that I had a great time and learned a lot. I will wax cheesey for moment and say that I do feel like I only saw half of China because I didn't see it with Shanna. It is really important to me to hear her perspective and opinion so when seeing the sights that I did I felt like I was missing something.

I honestly did try to blog from China but apparently blogger is blocked in China. I tried in two different cities but with no success. Remember that China is still a communist country and has a lot of controls in place despite having open markets. There were certain portions of Wikipedia that were blocked as well. One of the girls on the trip was doing a project on human trafficking in China and most of the websites she tried to visit for information were also blocked. Gotta love censorship.

I've decided to include a few photos to wet your appetite then starting tomorrow I'll update once a day and go through my trip city by city, one city each day. I know I know that is more than you're used to from me so you might overdose but take 2 aspirin and I'm sure you'll be okay. Beijing tomorrow!!

This is not a rainy day-that is pollution. It was like that everyday the entire week.

On the Great Wall. Just jam packed with people