Ni Hao! July 22, 2006

Ni hao means "hello" in Mandarin. I hope you are well. I have decided to set up this blog for a couple of reasons:

• To share with you my journey and all its events
• To keep our familiarity green while I am so far away
• To eliminate the dreaded email/travel log that some may not be very excited to receive (although I couldn't imagine who they are or why they wouldn't enjoy getting an email from me)
• and to journal the experience for myself, so I can share with my grandkids.

I have never blogged before, and I rarely read other blogs. So this will be slowly created on a daily basis and evolve over time and happenstance. I hope you, as well as I, enjoy it.
Xie xie (thanks), Evan