This Oklahoman Life

Home is family. Since I married Jun I consider myself as having two homes. One in China with Jun, and one in Oklahoma with my mom and brother. After three weeks of traveling around the Americas, Jun and I were finally going to visit them. And for us to go home. The flight into Oklahoma…Read more This Oklahoman Life

A Jaunt in Las Vegas

When we had started to plan our trip, everything was working out well until we had to arrange how we would get to Oklahoma. Arriving from South America late in the afternoon made it impossible to get the only direct flight to Oklahoma City from LAX. One option we had toyed around with was to…Read more A Jaunt in Las Vegas

Peruvian Explorations

When we first planned this month-long trip, the one place we kept circling back on was Machu Picchu in Peru. We played around with different possibilities, but it always ended up being quite expensive. Then on a lark we checked a travel website and saw that Avianca had a sale for that week and the…Read more Peruvian Explorations

Finding Bogotá

Our trip to Colombia was almost thwarted by an Avianca check-in staff member. When we began the check-in process, the staff member checked me in first without any problem since I didn’t need a visa to travel to Colombia. When she started to check-in Jun, however, she was unaware of the requirements for a Chinese…Read more Finding Bogotá

Southwestern Explorations

The second part of our vacation was a road trip to visit some of the amazing national parks in the Southwest. I was excited to visit these parks as I had wanted to explore them for a long time, and I finally had the opportunity to do so. Day 1 The first park we visited…Read more Southwestern Explorations

A Southern California Spring

Two weeks into my two month break from work, Jun and I started our month-long trip in Los Angeles. Our flight into LA went smoothly and we even arrived early. Our plane, however, had to wait 20 minutes before we could park at our gate. When we did disembark we then had to wait for…Read more A Southern California Spring