Hello again. I have recently finished my first trip report that I just posted to the site. It is for China only (Not sure if I will have time to write up Taiwan). This is my first stab at a country report - I hope you like it. You can find it under Destinations -> Asia -> China. Or click here. There is a downloadable slideshow at the end of the page. You have to scroll down quite a ways to get there. Generally speaking, I would like to tour through more of a country before writing a report. For the larger ones such as China multiple reports are warranted. This China report is kind of a test in a way. Please let me know your thoughts about the writing style -- too negative, too positive, bjective/subjective, balanced, etc...and the pictures too.

I have also posted another article in the writings section - Curse of the Camera.
Quality, thoughtful writing takes time. More time than I seem to have these days. Believe it or not, in many ways I am actually more busy than when I was working. Between my final preparations (Selling stuff, moving stuff to storage, health insurance/travel immunizations, etc..), learning languages, configuring the website, and hanging out with friends -- doesn't leave me as much time as I would like to get all of the ideas out of my head onto paper. I don't like sitting in front of the computer too long either so that limits my ability to get new material on the site. One day at a time I say...I've got plenty in front of me.

I already think my timetable for visiting places is too aggressive. I have a feeling when I am on the road, I will only be transiting (As opposed to spending quality time) through alot more countries than I'd like to because of the desire to spend more time in certain places, and because my brain will only be able to absorb so many new things in a given period of time before getting "tired." Plus, it takes time to write! Which is part of the absorption process.

I'll be adding a "What's New" area soon so it will be easy to determine what has changed on the site. Hopefully I'll be able to upgrade the engine behind this journal soon too. I write this journal through an online weblog tool called Blogger. The Professional version allows you to automatically notify people when a new entry is written.