China Checklist

While in China, I want to cross the following off my checklist:

1. Speak Chinese as much as possible (practice makes perfect!)
2. Learn to play Mahjong.
3. Eat weird street food. Scorpions, frog legs, crickets, etc.
4. Volunteer at the Panda Reserve in Chengdu.
5. Become a chopstick-eating master.
6. Try Tai-Chi.
7. Learn to make dumplings from scratch.
8. See the infamous Dragon's Backbone Rice Terraces.
9. Hike one of the nine sacred mountains of China.
10. See the Great Wall and the Terracotta Warriors (duh!)
11. Sing Karaoke Chinese-style at a KTV.
12. Visit a Buddhist or Taoist monastery.
13. Get a reflexology foot massage.
14. Explore China's night markets.
15. Meet locals.
16. Watch a Beijing Opera performance.
17. Ride a bullet train (the fastest go almost 200mph!)
18. Sample the different varieties of tea grown in China (white, green, oolong, and black)
19. Learn the art of Origami (or at least how to make a paper crane)
20. Try Peking Duck.

Well there you have it! Quite the ambitious list in my opinion, but in the words of Barney Stinson...CHALLENGE ACCEPTED!

再见

Sara