Two Backpacks One Couple
Follow us on our world tour
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Thursday, June 5th – Saturday, June 7th, 2025 World Tour Days 215 – 217 Day 1 Meeting Old Friends Our morning started with another journey to the train station, this time to catch a direct train 4 hours to Xi’An. Waiting for us in the city were our two friends, Benny and Carmel, who we met on our overland truck in Africa about 6 months prior. They also just happened to be on a trip in China and had one day overlap with us there. We had tried to book the same hotel, but after we each sat waiting for…
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Sunday, June 1st – Wednesday, June 4th, 2025 World Tour Days 211 – 214 As it was the holiday weekend, the train we had tried to reserve was fully booked. It was a nice excuse to have our first domestic flight experience to Chengdu. It made me realize I could have booked more flights as it was cheaper and faster than the train. The airport was beautiful with views of the surrounding mountains from the large windows lining the gates. Once we arrived in Chengdu we checked in to our hostel which was downtown and lively with other travelers. Many…
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Monday, May 26th – Saturday, May 31st, 2025 World Tour Days 205 – 210 Monday was a big travel day leaving Hangzhou by train. Luckily Nick was feeling much better after having some rest days. The train station was so big it felt more like an airport. There was even blueberry flavored soft serve ice cream, which I loved. We did not notice it until we had already eaten, but the station also had a Tim Hortons. The train was 8.5 hours, arriving to Zhangjiajie at 10pm. Nick and I enjoyed the views of flooded fields, and an intense red…
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Friday, May 23rd – Sunday, May 25th, 2025 World Tour Days 202 – 204 After a wonderful few days in Huangshan Nick and I took an afternoon high speed train to Hangzhou east train station. It was less than 2 hours long and passed many of the classic sights we’ve been seeing on our train rides. There were villages, rice fields, and mountains. It was raining pretty hard so was difficult to see out of the window, though. The train station itself was massive but luckily easily labelled for us to navigate out of. In Hangzhou we stayed in a…