Bags packed. Tick.

Flights confirmed. Tick.   Web check-in. Not available for international flights, so will have to check-in the old school way - at the airport!

Passport. Tick. Travel VISA.  Tick.

Weather forecast for tomorrow in Beijing is 17 degrees and sunny. I can't believe I will be in Beijing by this time tomorrow!

Did you know the population of Beijing is over 21,000,000 and the Beijing airport is the second busiest airport in the world.  Holy ****!

Butterflies in my stomach?  Big time!


And the adventure begins...... Come With Me!

5 more sleeps....

Did you know?

• 8,500 :     km.  Distance between Vancouver and Beijing,
• 11 1/2:    hours. Direct flight from Vancouver to Beijing. Wow! Better have a   couple of good books and a pillow!
• 15     :     hours.  Time difference between Vancouver and Beijing
• 5,500 :     miles. The length of the Great Wall of China.
• 206   :      B.C.    When the Great Wall of China opened.
• Great Wall of China:   only manmade structure visible from space
• Baht  :      currency used in Thailand
• Yuan :     currency in China
•  Mandarin:  Language spoken in mainland China.

6 more sleeps!

Saturday evening. Six more sleeps till my trip to China and Thailand.

Gotta say I am excited and just a wee bit nervous. I am looking forward to a great adventure. Off to Beijing, China on Friday. Three days in China where I will explore Beijing and many of its landmark locations. Tiannamen Square, Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, and more. Then the biggie.... a trek on the Great Wall of China. Tick. This one will be a tick off the bucket list. Three hours, seven and a half kilometres from the villages of Samatai to Jinshaling. Camera ready!

Then on to Bangkok for four days of exploration... Temples, markets and really great food.

And finally, a week long photography expedition to Chiang Mai in Thailand where we will work on our photography techniques, especially night photography, and have some amazing adventures. Riding elephants, Thai cooking, night markets, and the culmination.... Shooting the Festival of the Lanterns in Chiang Mai.

Stay tuned and Come With Me....