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September 10, 2026 · ToddHomeschooling Weeks 1 and 2 in the books!For anyone who's been following along as Ziqin and I have planned this adventure for our family you'll be aware that we chose to homeschool for the year we're in China! This is how weeks 1 and 2 have gone!August 19, 2026 · ToddThe Night I Met Hainan’s Largest CockroachWe’ve been living in Hainan for a little over a week now, and I suppose it was only a matter of time before tropical living introduced itself properly. That happened tonight.August 18, 2026 · ToddThe Scooter We Bought in China That We Couldn’t Legally DriveOne of the first things we realized after moving to Hainan was that we needed some kind of transportation. We don’t have a car here, and while taxis and ride-share apps are easy enough to use, they’re not ideal for every little trip around the neighborhood. A common way for people to get around here and elsewhere in China is electric scooters! So naturally, we decided to buy one.August 18, 2026 · ToddWe moved to Hainan, China!It took two years of planning, and a lot of paperwork, but we finally moved to China!August 30, 2015The Always Appetizing Food of GreeceWe actually ate very healthy in Greece. Part of the reason was it’s hard not to. When I saw all the good-looking girls and guys around us, I looked down at the ice-cream cone in my handMarch 16, 2015A Glimpse of MacauAfter an hour of roller coaster ride on the ocean we arrived at Macau. A former Portuguese colony, Macau today is famous for its casino industry. Unlike Vegas, the city also has many natural and culturalMarch 16, 2015Everybody loves PandA!We flew out from Lhasa to Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province, where we met my university mate Qoo. Her name is pronounced as cool’er in Chinese. She knows me the best. She did not even bother to takeMarch 16, 2015The night at the base camp of Mt. EverestLast time I wrote about our way up to the base camp of Mt. Everest. We spent the night at the highest hotel on earth. In fact, they were just tents with electricity, but theyMarch 2, 2015Hong KongI haven’t finished the Tibet ones, but tonight I feel like writing some other places instead. So Hong Kong it is. We entered Hong Kong through Futian Port. The procedure was actually faster and easier than I thought,…February 15, 2015The Potala PalaceThe second day in Lhasa we headed to the Potala Palace. We had our breakfast at the hotel, it was self-served, western style, and it was included in our fee. It was funny the managerFebruary 15, 2015The Ride to the Base Camp of Mt. EverestMy husband is with me in Beijing at this moment, for my birthday, Valentine’s Day and Spring festival. I wont go into detail about how much weight I have put on during this period. I amFebruary 15, 2015Zombie Apocalypse – BeijingYeah, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil. It might be sacrilege, though I hope not, but that scripture, Psalm 23:4 is what came to mindFebruary 7, 2015LhasaWe took the 24-hour express train from Xi Ning to Tibet. The train actually departed from Beijing, had its layover at Xi Ning for supplies and cleaning, dropped off some passengers here and picked up theFebruary 3, 2015DAY FOUR OF EXPLORING THE QINGHAI-TIBETAN PLATEAUThe next morning we left the local inn and headed to the adjacent Gansu Province to check out another site–张掖丹霞 (Danxia Mountains in Zhangye). On our way to the destination, we began to chitchat with ourJanuary 27, 2015DAY TWO OF EXPLORING THE QINGHAI-TIBETAN PLATEAU-The night in the camp was fine with all the modern technology, namely the electric blankets. Still it took us a few minutes to warm up under the blankets. So far, altitude sickness had not botheredJanuary 23, 2015DAY ONE OF EXPLORING THE QINGHAI-TIBETAN PLATEAU–Wifey‘s Side of StoryAlright, in my husband’s post, he said he was sitting in a tent right now typing his article. You might wonder what I was doing at that moment. Let me tell you, I was takingJuly 2, 2014Mt. Everest – An Unforgettable TripWell we made it to Mt. Everest (the Tibetan is Chomolangma so in English the Chinese use Mt. Chomolangma) and then back to Shigatse. I know this post is coming out of order, I haven’tJune 29, 2014The Potala PalaceWell I’ve finally decided to add another post about our Tibet trip which is now over. Of course I am backdating this post to accurately reflect dates from our trip So on our second dayJune 27, 2014The Train from Xining to Lhasa, TibetWe took the train from Xining to Lhasa starting yesterday and arrived today. All the pictures I took from the train were taken with my cell phone because I was too lazy to pull outJune 24, 2014The Rest of the Xining TourI call this the Xining tour because that is where it started. We traveled to places outside Xining though. We even left the Qinghai province and traveled up to Gansu province close to the borderJune 21, 2014Day One of Exploring the Qinghai-Tibetan PlateauI am sitting in a tent right now typing this, though if you are reading it that means I published it when we got back to internet somewhere (update: we are still in the tent,June 19, 2014Day One in Xining, not much to shareSo we spent our first day in Xining. We didn’t really see much today, our tour of the sites around here starts tomorrow. We just went and checked out the city, we saw a templeJune 19, 2014First step on the way to Mt. EverestSo we left Beijing around noon on June 18, 2014 for our trip to Xining (in Qinghai, China), Tibet (including Mt. Everest), and Chengdu (in Sichuan, China). The thing I most want to see onMay 8, 2014Hong Kong – Day OneWe actually made it to Hong Kong today! The day started in Shenzhen where we got up and had a breakfast of fried bread sticks (youtiao), rice porridge (zhou), and some green vegetable that IMay 8, 2014ShenzhenWe enjoyed a couple days in Shenzhen and are now on our way to Hong Kong! After we made it here a couple days ago in the morning and got checked in to our hotel, we hadMay 5, 2014On the way to Hong KongI guess it’s about time I start posting on this blog. My name is Todd, my wife is Ziqin. I spent most of last year and the beginning of this year living in Kosovo but