Top 5 Posts from 5 Years of Adventure Patches
This week Adventure Patches turns five! I published my first post for an assignment in a college five years ago today. I didn’t know I would continue beyond that semester-long […]
Category Archives: China
My China Scrapbook
Last year I designed a scrapbook from my time in China with all of my blog posts and more pictures than I was able to share in the posts. For […]
New Year’s Memories!
The end of another year signals the start of a new one. I’ve been thinking about my most memorable New Year’s celebrations, and really there are only a few that […]
Thanksgiving Day 20: McDonald’s
The Golden Arches, Mickey D’s, McDonald’s. Some of you have already turned away disgusted because I would be grateful for this fast food franchise, but let me tell you why. […]
Thanksgiving Day 19: Heating (when necessary)
I currently live in a place where I probably won’t use the heater very often, but I am grateful I have it. Why? A year ago I was in a […]
Thanksgiving Day 17: My time in China
I recently spent about a year in China. It was great! I’ve been thinking more about it lately as I’ve been finalizing a 2013 calendar with pictures from China, working […]
Thanksgiving Day 16: I can use Chopsticks!
Yep, I can eat with chopsticks. Just over a year ago, I enjoyed Chinese food but never used chopsticks. After all, they always gave me a fork at the restaurants […]
Beijing, part two
Our journey to Beijing took us on two trains; a twenty four hour overnight train to Xi’an and another eight hour D train to Beijing. Last time we were in […]
Western China’s Ancient Remnants
From the Mogao Caves we hopped in a taxi for the day to visit a few other sites outside of Dunhuang including a 2,000 year old wall and gate and […]
The crown jewel of Buddhist grottoes – the Mogao Caves
The main draw for Dunhuang and why the town gets any real attention is because of the Mogao Caves, a series of ancient grottoes that have been preserved by the […]
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