Shanghai is probably the most Westernized of the Chinese cities. This is what I’ve read, at least, and given the city’s history as the chosen place of residence for European persons that makes a lot of sense. It was a very nice city to wander around in. It is very different from Beijing in that…

Trip planning is an incredibly insightful endeavor. Do you want to visit India, a country of 1 billion people with a land mass equivalent to 1/3 of the U.S., just to see its most famous icon the Taj Mahal? Do you want to see Thailand solely because you love Thai food? Does Japan remind you of elementary…

I suppose Chinese-speaking is more accurate here (or Mandarin, if you want to get even more particular about it, which I know some of you probably do). Much of our time in China was spent with Marisa’s dad Roger, who does a lot of business in the country and has been coming here for many, many…