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Intrepid Season 2005 - China, Tibet, & Nepal (part I)

Brett Voegele
2005-11-19 14:15:37

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March 3, 2005

I'm currently in Denver, CO, but I'm flying out of here tomorrow. My trip takes me to San Francisco, and then on to Shanghai, China. I'll probably spend a night there before taking a bus to Suzhou. On March 7 I'll begin my 'group leader' training with Intrepid Travel, and will hopefully be leading trips fairly soon afterwards.

I'll try to update this section with new journal entries in a timely fashion. I'll also update the "What's New" section to point to any new journal entries. Unfortunately, my digital camera is currently being cleaned/repaired, so these entries will be without pictures for awhile.

See you down the road.

March 11, 2005

Greetings from Suzhou, China. After a 2-hour flight from Denver to San Francisco, and an almost 13-hour flight to Shanghai, I was back in China on March 5. The next day I met many of the other new leaders for Intrepid, and we caught a bus up here to Suzhou. The past 5 days we've spent in training to be new leaders. There have been some long days, but the trainers keep everything pretty loose. It's a great group of people from all over the world - US, Canada, China, Russia, Ireland, Australia, England, and Scotland, to name a few. We all seem to get along really well, and realize that others in this course will be our support group when we're actually out leading trips. Yesterday we met some of the returning group leaders, and they're enthusiastic and welcoming. Nice to be around so many people that love travel, and who have some amazing stories.

This Sunday I'll be leaving for Beijing, where another new leader and I will start our trip training with an actual group of travelers. We won't be leading the trip, but will be learning everything from a returning leader. That trip is scheduled for ...