The JimAnna Chronicles

Just before we left on our China trip, I had the opportunity to take an aerial tour of our island, courtesy of the Navy. The purpose of the trip was three fold, to do a re-enlistment, announce an Airman’s promotion and as a going away trip for the office (since I am moving next week). [...]

Our final day in Xi’an was a whirlwind trip all over the area. We stopped by hot springs, palaces, old hotels with historical significance, a muslim mosque, and lots of people everywhere. First up was an old hotel located at a hot springs right outside of Xi’an. Inside there was a small museum that showed [...]

We had the opportunity to visit the 2,000 year old Army of Terra Cotta Warriors. This experience was right up there with our visit to the Great Wall. If you are unfamiliar with what I am talking about, the Chinese Emperor Qin Shi Huang. He was the emperor who first united China in 221 B.C. [...]

We had mixed emotions about our last day in Beijing. Our main stop on the itinerary was to a place called World Park. It’s a park filled with replicas of the world’s monunments at one tenth size. While it was somewhat interesting, we mostly got the feeling that it was a very touristy with not [...]

We decided to make a return trip to Tiananmen Square to see the difference the night made. Here are some of the images. We also visited the Temple of Heaven. This very peaceful location, that is yet another example of Ming architecture, was where a large number of Chinese retirees came to relax. There were [...]

OK, so I wasn’t able to keep up with the real time posts in China again. However, again, we have a huge number of pictures, so there will be a number of posts. Next stop on the itinerary was one of the main reasons we went to China, to visit the Great Wall of China, [...]

Yesterday we began our voyage into mainland China. However, it wasn’t until today until we began our exploration in earnest. The first stop on our itinerary was the infamous Tiananmen Square. This of course was the site of the massive 1989 pro-democracy demonstration, where tanks were seen rolling in against student protestors. It is fitting [...]

This afternoon, we had the pleasure of joining Dennis and Amanda for her first “real” hike on Guam. Amanda said she wanted to go on a hard hike. So … we decided on Pagat Cave and Cliff (which you may recall from a post last year). In fact here she is now (she did really [...]