Hey everyone
I’m really glad to be blogging about another trip that I’m going to be on. It’s super exciting that I get to go back to Asia exactly a year after my last trip. This time I will be more prepared especially after all the mistakes and stuff I learned from last time. I really don’t have many expectations on what to do or what I’ll get to see.

For those that didn’t follow me on my last trip here’s a link to my blog: http://loo-china-trip.blogspot.com/
For those who did follow me, I have to say a big thank you for keeping up with my posts, over the course of 3 weeks, I got about 950 pageviews which is pretty cool!

The basic itinerary for my trip is that I’m leaving on 12/30 for HK, arrive at 7pm New Year’s Eve
1/3 Shanghai
1/7 Beijing
1/11 Seoul
1/14 Back to HK
1/16 Leave for home

It’s a lot of traveling to cram into 2 1/2 weeks but I think it should run smoothly except that I haven’t gotten my passport or Chinese visa yet from the travel agent. Also, looking at the weather in Beijing and Seoul, it’ll be colder than Minneapolis, so that might be an issue. But other than that, I’ve got a new camera, bought an REI backpacking backpack to make traveling easier, and I’ll be doing all my blogging from my smartphone.