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