Things that surprised us about China – This list couldn’t be limited to only 5 – Too many surprises
- We saw blue skies in Beijing – no smog
- Not that crowded
- Streets are super clean
- More English used than we expected
- Fashionably dressed
- Recycling
- How modern china is
- How expensive China is
Five Best Airlines – Have flown on 14 different airlines so far
- Etihad
- Thai Airways
- Kenya Airways
- Ethiopian Airlines
- WestJet
Five Most Useful Things We Brought with Us
- Luggage scale
- VPN account
- Electronics – IPhone, IPads and computer
- Tom’s camera holster
- Bum pack to hold passports and money
Five Most Useless Things We Brought with Us
- Stool softeners – never used
- Sleep sheets – Used only three times - finally left these in China
- Emergency radio – never used but still glad to have brought it
- Kids stuffies
- Compression bags – we used these but could have traveled without them
Five Things We Have Seen on Motorbikes in Asia
- Live chickens
- Live pigs
- Five people on one motorbike
- A man sleeping (thankfully not while driving)
- Babies held in driver’s arms while driving
Five Things We Have Seen in Every City
- KFC - surprisingly
- Pigeons
- Chinese Food
- Toyoto Vehicles
- Coca-Cola not Pepsi
Five Biggest Mouth Dropping Moments
- Thousands of large fruit bats in Cairns
- Cathedral in Wilchezka Salt Mine
- Being three feet from the Pope
- Huge Spider in McDonalds in Bargara
- Getting so close to lions
Five Food Most Eaten
- Pasta
- Perogies (but only because we ate so much in Poland and Ukraine)
- Chicken
- Rice
- Cereal
Five Phrases Most Often Said
- “What’s the wifi password?”
- “Where’s my phone?”
- “Did you finish your homework?”
- “Man, it’s hot!”
- “Get off the wifi!”
Five Biggest Surprises since leaving Canada
- Bray (boy we sponsor in Tanzania) actually wrote his letters to us
- Boys are not home sick
- Tom drinking beer
- The Maps App on our iPad (non 3G) works even when not connected to wifi
- Being able to communicate with locals everywhere
Five Things you don’t see in Canada
- A nun every five minutes (Krakow)
- People in stores and restaurants in bare feet (Australia)
- Your 13 year old son buying beer (Spain)
- Young kids riding segways in the town square (Ukraine)
- Kids without helmets on motorbikes (Asia)
Five Things Gone Wrong …. so far
- Before leaving Calgary – sunscreen explosion in Tom’s backpack
- Left Apple TV in Barcelona
- Kim’s ongoing banking woes
- Logic board on computer crashed
- Ceiling collapse in Marrakesh Riad (thankfully not our room)