http://bryanstroube.com/blog Tue, 10 Jul 2007 15:00:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Pictures from Hong Kong, the Mainland, the trans-Siberian train, Russia, and Ukraine are now on-line! You can see all 432 at http://www.stroube.com/travels/ though I suggest starting here and viewing one-by-one for the full experience ;) Still have a few short video clips from the trip that will ... http://bryanstroube.com/blog/2007/07/10/trip-photos-ready/ Title says it all, great trip! Many gigs of photos to sort through, stay tuned... http://bryanstroube.com/blog/2007/06/25/back-in-the-usa/ Arrived in Kiev this morning after an overnight train from Moscow. Went to Independence Square this afternoon. Spending tomorrow at an underground monastery, followed by our flight Friday afternoon. http://bryanstroube.com/blog/2007/06/21/kiev/ Pulled in to Moscow last night. Hardly feels like we spent six full days on a train :) Lost of pictures and comments about life on the train later. Time to explore Moscow. http://bryanstroube.com/blog/2007/06/16/moscow/ Last day in Beijing, just got back from the Forbidden City. We spent the first day here at the Summer Palace, and the first evening watching some performances at Lao She’s teahouse.  Yesterday we had an amazing hike on a remote section of the Great Wall (we were the only people there, lots ... http://bryanstroube.com/blog/2007/06/09/beijing/ Trip is amazing so far. Among other things, we explored the roof of our hotel (great view), stumbled into a mahjong parlor and made some new friends (won the second round, see pic), and ate homemade zongzi (sticky rice) in an old couple’s shop/house. And of course, enjoying all the other ... http://bryanstroube.com/blog/2007/06/06/shanghai/ Eighteen continuous years of education, over today. Strange feeling ;) Heading to the airport to get Sam in a few hours! http://bryanstroube.com/blog/2007/06/02/18-years/ Months in the making, the final cross-continent hoorah is one week away. It begins in Hong Kong, where Sam will arrive on the 2nd of June. From there, we head to the mainland, taking in a yet-to-be-determined city before heading to Shanghai and then overnighting it to Beijing. ... http://bryanstroube.com/blog/2007/05/26/one-week/ Thursday we made a day-trip to Shenzhen, the boarder town just next to Hong Kong. Sun Zhe needed to mail some things back to Shanghai (cheaper from Shenzhen), I wanted to buy some Chinese language books, and Jin Gu just came along for food and fun. If you're looking for ... http://bryanstroube.com/blog/2007/05/20/shenzhen/ The pics from last week's class boat trip are now posted. The boat met us right at Tsim Sha Tsui pear in front of the HK Cultural Center. We took it from there to Lamma Island on the southwest side of the main HK island. It was supposed ... http://bryanstroube.com/blog/2007/05/14/boat-trip/