Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
While working on this year’s 2026 vacation itineraries with the aid of GenAI tools, something struck me: what if I used these tools to do analyses of past trips? Specifically, with an eye towards understanding my overall travel behaviors, my
This 21 day family vacation to Yunnan and Western Sichuan has been the longest we’ve had. We initially thought we’d be able to handle that long a stretch without breaking a sweat. As it turned out, by the time we’d
This is the first of two last posts on our trip, and jotting down my notes for how each equipment item that came for the trip fared. I’m comparing this trip to the one in Chubu-Kanto Japan last December and
Every trip we take out of the country, the wife will be especially interested in taking pictures of flora of all kinds! Here’s a selection taken by her this trip.
While this was the longest vacation we’ve taken as a family – 21 days, compared to the 18 days we spent in South Korea last year – the number of distinct places we visited this trip was actually fewer. This
We’d completely neglected earlier on in our itinerary planning check which of the two international airports we’d be departing Chengdu from. There are two airports: Shuangli, which is located near to the city center, and Tianfu, which is much further
We stayed four nights at the Citadines South Chengdu, a service apartment block that’s south of city center and about 30 minutes by car. Our comments! The block is 24 floors, with our apartment located on the 22nd floor. The
Our initial already sedate plan for Day 20 was to return to Chengdu city center and visit Kuanzhai Alley, A historic district featuring renovated Qing Dynasty-era buildings. Howeever, one look at the weather outside mid-morning today made us think again:
Day 19 continued into our laid back winding down segment of this long holiday: it was spent visiting Chunxi Road, Chengdu’s popular and well-known pedestrian shopping street. It’s a fairly large area, very pedestrian friendly and packed with skyscraper-like luxury
While on our Didi car ride from Chengdu East Railway Station to Citadines South Chengdu yesterday, we passed by a mamooth structure that the daughter observed was the Chengdu New Century Global Center: which according to Wikipedia, is either the
We opted for a leisurely check-out timing on Day 17 since we had nothing planned for the day apart from making our way back to Chengdu. We took onboard the check-in time for our Chengdu accommodation – Citadines South Chengdu
For the Jiuzhaigou segment of our trip, we stayed for two nights at Jisheng Hotel, a small-ish property. Our comments! We were booked into a Yin Yi 2-Bedroom Movie Viewing Family Suite, which is a single unit with two separate
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