Comfort for the Remainder

Well Ladies and Gentlemen, this will be the final post of my Adventure blog. I am now sitting at my house in Encinitas, CA. I have been around the world in 40 days. I had an amazing time in China and then I traveled to England. The flight situation was interesting to say the least. I was stuck in Beijing for 5 hours due to a delay in my flight, consequently, this made me miss my connection from London to Leeds where my amazing wife was going to greet me at the airport. It was late, I was tired and I had no Idea how I was going to get to Harrogate which is just outside Leeds. I was making my way through Heathrow airport and looking for the train station when this crazy lady came running toward me with her hands up in the air. I braced myself and tried to grab a hold of my bag to whack her over the head and then........I realized it was Susie. She drove 4 hours to London with her brother because she knew I was going to miss my flight and couldn't wait another second to see me. It was AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!

(I am not going to go into too much detail about the England adventure because I need to save some things for the Book but here are a few shots of the amazing time we had there.)

It was great to be with my wife. "Reunited and It feels so Good" I repeated that song over and over in my head. (and out loud sometimes)

It was my first time In England. Max (my brother in law) and Amy (my sister in law) took us to some awesome castles and we also did some hiking. There is a rich history in England. Everything is so green and fresh.





We also did a little relaxing on the River. We were just on Vacation Having Fun!!!!!!






For the last 3 days of our trip we went to London. Awesome. We got a hotel right next to the London Eye and just a stones throw away from Big Ben and Parliament. Oh Childhood Memories!!!!






We saw a show (Wicked), Gambled, Drank,





Ate Fish and Chips....YUM....Smashed Peas.....and just had a great time enjoying each others company.







There are some crazy laws in England.....Like this one.....Your not allowed to jump cars with your Motorcycle unless you are in certain Zones. Why????? I don't know.






Overall, we had an amazing time. It took me a few days to adjust in England and It is taking me a few days to adjust here in the States......

This Trip Changed my life. I am forever grateful to all my sponsors as well as the people who will buy my book in the future. Without you this would not have been possible. I promise that I will do amazing things with the knowledge I learned on this trip. I am a different person, I have a new passion for the world and I am making it my goal to give it my all, every second of every day to make this world a better place.

Thank you for Being a Part Of the China Adventure 2008!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

In LOVE,
Jeremy Linquist
Adventure Expert.





But, Thats not all. I will be posting random pics as I go through the 30gigs of photos and movies that I have. Check back often to see the pics that don't make the book but deserve to get some respect.

All Good Things Come to an End

Well my friends, this is a very sad day for me. I have not blogged in a few days due to some internet complications and also because I was taking every moment to enjoy what I was experiencing. I was at the tail end of a trip that changed my life. You can hear me say it now, I will be back in Chengdu. Soon. I love the city so much. I fell in love and I have been struggling to get my bearings straight since I left.
I am now in Harrogate, England visiting the Lehman family. My brother in-law and wife and two kids. I had quite the experience getting here with some delays and uncertianty, missed flights and a surprise airport pick up by my wife in London. But if you want to know more about that you will have to buy the book.

For now I will just leave you with some Chengdu Love and a couple pictures of an amazing journey.

Like I posted before, My father arrived in Chengdu and we took a trip that weekend to Huang Long and JiuZhaoGou. The scenery was breathtaking. Here are a few shots from the mountain.








Having my dad on this trip was such an amazing experience as well. I am so lucky to have a father who is also my best friend. This is not the first trip that we have taken like this and will by no means be the last. Actually, after this trip I think we have convinced him to move to China with me.





On Day 2 of our amazing adventure we took a trip to Huang Long which is at a substantial altitude. We were all very tired and this was quite the experience. Little did I know that this would be one of the craziest experiences I have ever had in my life. The full details would not be easily posted on this blog so to make a long story short, A group member got altitude sickness, the bus took everybody 4 hours away to the hotel and left me behind with two others. We traveled 45 min. by ambulance in the opposite direction to the closest hospital and after a few life changing moments of uncertainty, we reunited with our group at 4am. (once again, full details will be in the book with a special section from my dad describing what it was like to leave us there)





Luckily, we had enough time to bum around Chengdu for a couple days before the Adventure was over. Here are a few of my favorite pics.



Don't mess with the Bearded American!!!!!


We also had time to allow my dad to experience a quality ear cleaning. I am not sure if I enjoyed it more than he did. I got some great facial expressions.





finally, we were able to have one last supper with everybody and we were joined by some of our favorite Translators. It was so great to meet them. I will always have a connection in Chengdu when I return.




As you can see, All things must come to an end. Unfortunately, so did this trip.




So I leave you with my final Post from China. It is not something that I ever wanted to end but I will be able to revisit it when I write the book and sort through the 40 gigabytes of pictures and Movies. This was the greatest Adventure of my life. I fell in Love in Chengdu and the magic of this Adventure will always have a special place in my heart.

I am now in England and I will place another post to detail the continuation of my Trip around the World!!!!!

for now,
再见
zài jiàn
Good Bye