The china that I pictured...
Trip Start
Dec 17, 2009
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Moganshan, Zhejiang, China
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Still, Connor and I have taken one vacation to the most beautiful place that I have seen yet. Moganshan is an old town where westerners used to vacation (before the communist revolution) to get out of Shanghai. We stayed at the most fantastic retreat that caters mostly to westerners. We spent the days hiking through bamboo forests and up beautiful mountains. It was all very remote and the retreat was made out of old, previously abandoned, cottages which we had to hike to. We stayed at the highest one and had a beautiful view of the mountain ranges. Of course I must mention the food that was cooked by an 'a-yi' (which means Aunt in Chinese - it is a polite term for the maid). She came to our cottage and cooked us a beautiful Chinese dinner and also a western breakfast the next morning. The breakfast included homemade bread which was a huge hit! All in all it was the perfect retreat; minus the bug bites that I recieved. My students tell me that my blood is sweet...
Website: nakedretreats.cn (and no, it's not a nudist colony)
We are off to Inner Mongolia next week to go horseback riding and to stay in yurts!
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Hey guys where is the Mongolian blog....just starting to plan my trip....kind of nervous and excited....dad is still working on your tickets....think you will be flying into New York....talk to you soon