-- The photo above, although taken while still in the Sky Harbor Int'l Airport (Phoenix, AZ, USA), depicts clearly the bravery of marching off into the great unknown, strolling merrily towards the vessel bound for a strange foreign land. This land, of course, is China, home to the oldest standing civilization and one of the most misunderstood cultures to Westerners, which was indeed a shock to finally be in, and shall be documented in the following posts, so, please stay tuned! First though, we'll cover the basics of travel below.
