Wow, what a great adventure! Just some quick thoughts about China in general.
- I thought it would feel a lot more crowded. Besides the freeways and subways at rush-hour, I never felt over crowded. Even the sites like the Great Wall and Forbidden City were very manageable.
- Things in Beijing were very modern. Xi'an looked a little more primitive but only slightly. There wasn't any thing that we wanted in Beijing that we couldn't find.
- The pollution in Beijing is horrible. Some days the visibility was less than a mile in the city because of the smog. This is really too bad because it is a very aesthetically pleasing city with the mix of old and new Chinese art and architecture.
- When things are so inexpensive it is hard to control you spending. It seems like you are spending very little but it all adds up eventually.
Comments on the last trip were less yak-yak and more pictures so here we go.
Day 1: 26 hours, 4 movies, 3 dinners and 9440 miles
Day 2: Ti'an Anmen Square & The Forbidden City & several people taking pictures of our kids
...so in a real effort for speed and efficiency (for me and for you), I will just post a couple of more things below and if there are in questions you can put them in the comments and I will update the post. First is the list of our favorite things on the trip. Finally, if a picture is worth a thousand words, how much is 164 in video format worth. I don't know but it must be a lot.
1.Truman 2.Tally 3. Chlöe 4.Mom 5.Dad
Favorite China experience 1.Train 2.speaking Chinese 3.motorcycle taxi 4.Peking Acrobats 5.Massage
Favorite Dinner 1.BYU teachers Dinner 2.same 3.same 4.same 5.same
Favorite restaurant 1.Annie's 2.Annie's 3.Annie's 4.Din Tia Fung 5.Din Tia Fung
Favorite treat 1.Steamed bean dumpling 2.same 3.same 4.Steamed sponge cake 5. egg pancake
Most Beautiful thing in China 1. Flowers 2. Summer Palace 3. Lama Temple 4. Longqing Gorge 5. Longqing Gorge
Disappointment 1.walking 2. People smoking 3. nothing 4. pollution 5. Tian Anmen Square
Unexpected fun thing 1.Happy Valley 2. Train ride 3. Roller Coaster 4. Temple of Heaven 5. Lama Temple Buddha
Favorite mode of trans 1.Electric boat 2. 1st Class train 3. motorcycle taxi 4. Coleman's car 5. 1st Class train
Best purchase 1.splat egg 2. Kite 3. Ming Ming 4. present 5. present
Coolest thing 1.Cave of Wonders 2. Watching Bungee Jumper 3. Terracotta Warriors 4. Orphanage 5. Longqing Gorge
Favorite Ride at Hap Val 1.Banana boat ride 2. Train Roller Coaster 3. Flying Roller Coaster 4. Boinging car 5. Apollo's wheel
Favorite person met in Beijing 1.Andrew 2. Melanie 3. Ying Nan 4. Ying Nan/baby in orphanage 5. Elder Shipley
Funniest thing 1.The Karate show 2. Tally impersonating Mom 3. Truman in Pinocchio 4. Elder Shipley's tooth 5. Tally impersonating Mom
3 comments:
(Written to popular “Kung Fu Fighting” song, so play it in your mind...)
Everybody love Harris movie.
Their trip looked really groovy.
Everybody want China trip now.
we all save money somehow,
to go to see this great place,
for we want smile on our face……
(transitioning to different Chinese music with Valley girl words – just imagine it in your mind...)
China cuisine like looked oh so rad and totally yummy.
I really like want some in my rockin' tummy.
The acrobats were sweet and totally awesome,
to see that show like had to be stokin' fun.
Like the roller coaster ride looked tubular and real scary,
to ride it, like dude one is definitely and totally extraordinary
You talk about hangin’ with Elder Shipley
but in all the pic's he seems to like be a total absentee...
(transitioning to different Chinese music – if you can’t imagine it in your mind, I suggest to hire someone to play that genre of music while you read this blog...)
Tyler is always so good to share the family adventures on his blog.
Even if he didn’t invite us, we can enjoy China through his travelogue.
The pictures show China has much to see and do there,
With all the interesting people, places and a panda bear.
It was obvious this trip was an amazing time-
that produced memories which will be in the Tyler Harris family for a lifetime.
You do thee best video journals. I've watched the China one ATLEAST a dozen times - mostly to see you and Chloe and Tally dance on the Great Wall of China - that's rich. The music you picked to go along w/ your pictures was perfect. I have showed it to a couple of people and they loved it too. (what else could they say I was standing right there . . . . ) I'm sooooo glad you all got to go what a great experience and what a great memory. Rose looked darling in every picture, 'specially in the walking on water!! loveyouall
I am sick and tired of all these harris blogs, where in the h . . . is the blog and pictures from the wonderful Cascade trip last summer!!! Where we at Cascade Lake for 6 hours, and at the airport for 40 hours. By the way, Betsy still has the malignant lump on her leg, don't worry though, as long as you had fun that's all that matters.
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