Asia 2006
USA - Cross Country Trip
June 2006
- 2006-06-08
- Grand Junction - Left today with Kim Lerner, Jen Resnick and the big and fat Shanty
- 2006-06-09
- Kansas City
- 2006-06-10
- Chicago
- 2006-06-11
- Philadelphia
- 2006-06-12
- Rhode Island
- 2006-06-13
- Rhode Island
June 2006
- 2006-06-14
- Air China flight CA 0982 K (B744) JFK → Beijing
- 2006-06-15
- Beijing —
- 2006-06-16
- Beijing —
- 2006-06-17
- Beijing — Great Wall with Luke and Kate
- 2006-06-18
- Beijing —
- 2006-06-19
- Beijing —
- 2006-06-20
- Beijing —
- 2006-06-21
- Beijing —
- 2006-06-22
- Beijing —
- 2006-06-23
- Beijing —
- 2006-06-24
- Beijing —
- 2006-06-25
- Beijing —
- 2006-06-26
- Beijing —
- 2006-06-27
- Beijing — Mùtiányù Great Wall with Peter and Janet
- 2006-06-28
- Beijing —
- 2006-06-29
- Beijing —
- 2006-06-30
- Beijing —
July 2006
- 2006-07-01
- Beijing —
- 2006-07-02
- Beijing —
- 2006-07-03
- Beijing —
- 2006-07-04
- Beijing —
- 2006-07-05
- Beijing — Temple of Heaven
- 2006-07-06
- Beijing —
- 2006-07-07
- Beijing —
- 2006-07-08
- Sleeper bus — Sleeper bus from Beijiao Long-Distance Bus Station to Erlian via Discover Mongolia
July 2006
- 2006-07-09
- Train to Ulaanbaatar — Arrive to Erlian in the morning and hang around for a bit. We take a minibus to the border. I take a picture of a gas station and we are pulled over by security demanding a bribe. We enter Mongolia and go to the Zamïn-Üüd train station. We buy tickets to Ulaanbaatar. Our train leaves at 5:20pm.
- 2006-07-10
- Ulaanbaatar —
- 2006-07-11
- Ulaanbaatar —
- 2006-07-12
- Ulaanbaatar —
- 2006-07-13
- Ulaanbaatar —
- 2006-07-14
- Karkorum —
- 2006-07-15
- Karkorum —
- 2006-07-16
- Ger — in the middle of no where
- 2006-07-17
- Lake Tsetserleg —
- 2006-07-18
- Karkorum —
- 2006-07-19
- Ulaanbaatar —
- 2006-07-20
- Ulaanbaatar —
- 2006-07-21
- All-night train ride —
China (2nd time; 20 nights)
July 2006
- 2006-07-22
- Hohhot — Back to China
- 2006-07-23
- Datong — Train to Datong
- 2006-07-24
- Datong — Yungang Grottoes
- 2006-07-25
- Datong —
- 2006-07-26
- Shanghai — China Railway N214 from Datong to Beijing West The train ride is magical, be sure and do this segment during the day. In Beijing, I barely catch China Eastern flight 5128 to SHA Shanghai Hongqiao Airport. Enroute, the kind chap sitting next to me suggests I visit Qian Dao Hu in Zhejiang. In Shanghai, I take a taxi to Jeremy’s flat in the French Concession and visit some bars.
- 2006-07-27
- Shanghai — Stayed with Jeremy in the French Concession, round 3
- 2006-07-28
- Shanghai —
- 2006-07-29
- Shanghai —
- 2006-07-30
- Shanghai —
- 2006-07-31
- Shanghai —
August 2006
- 2006-08-01
- Nanjing — China Railway T718 from Shanghai to Nanjing. It is pouring rain in Nanjing. My hostel denies my reservation so I sleep in the office.
- 2006-08-02
- Night on train — I tour Nanjing in the day. In the evening, China Railway 2521 from Nanjing to Huangshan, Anhui. I arrive to Huangshan station early the next morning.
- 2006-08-03
- Huangshan — Epic hike up Huangshan and sleep at Beihai Hotel.
- 2006-08-04
- Tongkou — I hike around the summit of Huangshan and then walk down a different path than I took up. We decend slowly and I find myself with a group of cheerful people. At the bottom I grab tranport to Tongkou.
- 2006-08-05
- Tongkou — I tour Hongcun, Anhui, China, Emerald Valley, Tangkou
- 2006-08-06
- Qian Dao Hu; met Juliet; ended up in Hangzhou that night
- 2006-08-07
- Hangzhou; Stayed at the Mingtown Youth Hostel
- 2006-08-08
- Hangzhou — Stayed at the Mingtown Youth Hostel
- 2006-08-09
- Shangahi — China Railway T730 from Hangzhou to Shanghai. I arrive to Shanghai railway station two hours later and stay in a hotel in Puxi, north of the Puzhong.
- 2006-08-10
- Shanghai — I transfer to the Mingtown Hiker Youth Hostel; Went out with Jason at night in Gubei to the Champs Bar, et al.
Canada
August 2006
- 2006-08-11
- Air Canada flight AC 0038 V (B763)
- 2006-08-12
- Vancouver
- 2006-08-13
- Vancouver
- 2006-08-14
- Vancouver
- 2006-08-15
- Vancouver
- 2006-08-16
- Shanghai Pudong PVG, China → Vancouver YVR, Canada
Air Canada flight AC 0554 V (A319)