An Out of the Country, Out of this World Road Trip deserves its own website. Welcome to Maria, Perry and Nowell’s Excellent China Adventure.

We took a two week trip around China and Hong Kong and really had some fun. China is a HUGE country and we saw about 1% of it. I’m impressed at how much we did and more impressed by how little we did.

Until you go to China, you cannot appreciate the scope of the country. To all but the most jaded Washington bureaucrat, a billion is a big number. China has more than a billion people and their cities reflect the sheer scope of a population number that size.

You really don’t get it until you travel 27 miles along a city of more than 35 million people... one city!

I hope you will get a little bit of the flavor of the country from my photos and captions. I plan to go back and explore some more.

To my Chinese friends, I say a deep and humble “Thank You ”xie xie” (pronounced 'sheh sheh').

I hope to see you again. Also, you are welcome to my home and city by San Diego Bay if you visit our country.

Nowell (web master)

and my friends,

Maria (ring leader)

Perry (ring master)