After a very hot and humid vacation up to this point, we were happy to jump on board the Victoria Queen for a cruise down the Yangtze River from Chongquing to Fengdu. This was a three day cruise with several stops along the way...

The incident took place on the Cháng Ān Dà Jiē (长安大街), or “Great Avenue of Chang’an” just a minute away from Tiananmen, which leads into the Forbidden City, Beijing, on June 5, 1989, the day after the Chinese...

Check out our penpals! The boys loved to repeat the American hand signals as you can see. Emily and Michaela learned to write their names in Chinese from their friends-Chinese calligraphy is more difficult than it looks. Sophia...

    The Dazu stone carvings at Chongqing are one of ancient China’s most valuable treasures. They were declared a National Key Cultural Relics Protected Unit in 1961, and in 1999 they were listed as a World...

The pandas were a highlight for the Peterson kids. They were not very active, which is probably a good thing given their size compared to the kids. They seemed quite busy chewing and chewing. Emily got the short end of the...

We were able to visit a few factories on our journey. Shown here are photos a cloisen vase factory and a silk factory. The cloisen work was beautiful and elaborate. We were able to watch the artists form the vases through each...

Sophia enjoys a 4 star toilet. Note assistance from mom required each time to avoid falling on the residue of other contented visitors.Unfortunately, the Peterson clan had to frequently visit the Chinese toilets due to our...