quick update

Hi, not much time to write now, but just wanted to post a quick update to say that we are in Lhasa, Tibet, after our 52 hour train journey from Shanghai. The train was actually pretty good - pretty good soft sleeper beds and with nothing to do besides look at nice scenery, eat, and sleep all day - sounds pretty good! A bit of miscommunication left us waiting an hour and a half for our pick up at the train station, but we got to our hotel in the end.

Brian and Jackie's wedding in Shanghai went very well. A good turnout of the relatives on the Miao and Go sides. The weather also cooperated with nice temps and only a little drizzle - good thing as the reception was outdoors at a very nice restaurant downtown.

Our first week of staying with people in Beijing and at a hotel in Shanghai was sort of like a normal vacation, but now that we are on our own, the real adventure begins. And that includes almost missing our train in Shanghai and running around with our luggage trying to find the right platform. But we made it in the end.

No pictures for now, but we'll try to add some more later.

Btw, China has some strange censorship where we can update our blog but we can't actually see it for ourselves. Hopefully it's looking good! We'll finally get to see it when we get to Nepal or India.