That's it! We're Moving!

Lest any of you feel a bit jealous of our travels, I will tell you a little about our more unsavory happenings. Finally, we have been done in by one of them.

In Fiji, we managed extreme heat, human hungry bugs, mice flying out of garbage cans, and extremely slim food pickings.

In New Zealand, everything was pretty good actually;)

In Palm Cove, our pool was green and slimy. And we couldn't use the beach, that was not so nice.

In Sydney, our apartment was cockroach infested. Never seen more in my life. AND the apartment sat on top of the loudest bar on all of Bondi Beach. All night long...

In Hong Kong, our whole apartment was the size of many of your kitchens, and the amazing views were obsured by the most hazardous air quality conditions ever recorded.

But in Beijing, we've caved. We had to move. Our nice little apartment become a toxic hazard every night as thousands of Chinese returned to their apartments. The sewage stench that seeped into our little home left us with stinging eyes and chronic gag reflexes. We had all the drains covered and towels blocking the bottom of the bathroom door. And still the stench filled our apartment. It was so bad that Justin was refusing to even enter the bathroom unless his entire head was wrapped up, and I jokingly considered using a diaper one night to avoid entering. We debated moving for 3 nights and finally after we noticed the smell was also coming from the kitchen drain we cried Mercy! This could not be safe for any of us, not to mention how incredibly disgusting the whole scenario was.

We packed up all 11 bags and are now sitting very cozily in a much, much nicer and larger serviced hotel. Wishing we would have done so days ago.

Liu Pei was very gracious about it, refunding our money and still being a wonderful guide.