Summer of Sue

Alice Springs and The Outback

As part of our experience in Australia, we wanted to go to some of the classic places. One of those is the Outback and seeing Ayers Rock, which they also call Uluru, the Aboriginal name. So we flew to Alice Springs in the middle of Australia. Okay, so this couldn’t be more different then being…

Sydney Australia, convicts and kangaroos

Matt and Sue let Beijing and found themselves in Sydney Australia. It was only 2 time zones away but it seemed that the jetlag finally caught up with us and we had a little bit of a slow start. But we found Sydney a really cool and fun City with lots of interesting history.

Beijing — emperors and so many people

Our travelers arrived in Beijing to start exploring this historic and huge city. The first thing we found was that there were millions of people who lived there and thousands of tourists everywhere. Our boutique hotel was in the hutongs, an older part of the city, very traditional small…

Lijiang on the Tea and Horse Road

Matt and Sue have left Dali and are headed towards Lijiang, with speedy Kon at the wheel, over the Tea and Horse Road also known as the Southern Silk Road. We met our guide Ally in Lijiang. She was a lovely Naxi (Nah-she) woman, who was eager to tell us all about her heritage and the history…

Dali

We take a train from KunMing to Dali, it was so much fun to be greeted by someone holding the card with our name on it. We were met by our guide Stephen and our driver Kon. They drove us to Erhai lake, you can see in the first three pictures. Stephen told us all about the history of Dali and how it had once been a…

High Speed train to Kunming

We were on our way to Kunming in the Yunnan province. Our mode of transportation was high-speed train, but we needed to take the Shanghai metro to the train station first thing in the morning. Our train departed at 7:30 AM so we were up bright and early. (The Shanghai metro is possibly the best…

China trip-started in Shanghai

Our trip started well, long flight but in business class means we sleep a bit. We get Metro passes and take the train to our hotel. The next day, things were a little more challenging. We had hoped to find a temporary phone, but no luck, plus can’t get cash so we are feeling a bit hampered…

Back in Bahstun… for a short stop over

Phase 1 of our SummerOfSue brought us to Copenhagen, Croatia, Italy, UK and finally Belize…

Sailing in Belize, No More Drama, Spotted Eagle Rays, Swimming with Sharks

We haven’t drown or been taken by pirates. We have been enjoying the amazing…