China has a culture that is over 5000 years old and many of the traditions have been passed down for thousands of years. The Chinese enjoy a plentiful breadbasket today, but for many years food was very scarce and many even starved. China is geographically a [...]
It was always my dream to go to China and celebrate the Chinese lunar New Year. That opportunity came to me in 2013. I was the tour guide for a company that wanted to go to China and Thailand. After our tour, I flew to [...]
The story that I have to share is one of the most incredible stories I have experienced in my travels. In Beijing, there is a place called the Temple of Heaven. It is an ancient temple that thousands of tourists visit, and it’s located in a [...]
For the Chinese, going to market every day is just a way of life. People in China are healthy and slim. A key to this is all the variety and the freshness of their produce. For me, a trip to China is not complete unless I [...]
Visiting the country in China is such a highlight. It took me several trip to make it out to the country. Many of the tourist sites are in the big city, but the color of the people is in the country. This week my adventure was [...]
With the gas price taking off the last few years, and fewer people traveling on a traditional vacation, there is a new word in our vocabulary. It is call a staycation. To tell you how new it is, when I type the word, it comes up [...]
Anne of Green Gables has made Prince Edward Island, Canada, famous. I wantedto go there for that reason alone.I also heard that there were great bike trails, so that was my other draw. After an amazing ride along the shores of the beautiful St. Lawrence Sea and [...]
We landed in Amsterdam that morning (Feb. 26, 2014) on our way to South Africa. This was a return to the city that I traveled to when I took my first flight in an airplane. I had just finished teaching my first year at Orem Jr. [...]
High in the valleys of the Andes visitors from around the world are able to explore the remains of the Inca civilization created in only 150 years. These amazing people worked between 1400 and 1535 when they were conquered by a few hundred Spanish conquistadors and [...]
It was eighteen years ago that I first ventured to Africa. I went on several safaris and fell in love with seeing the wild animals in their own environment. When you’re in Africa, it is the people who are in the cages of their vehicles, and [...]
