New site! (pictures later!)

Finally a new blog.

The previous site was stupid and stingy with uploads so I've been hunting for a new site as we have too many pictures and vidoes to show and we're not even halfway yet in our journey. I wanted to start a blog on this site from the beginning but it never worked except here in Xi'an. I never thought Chinese internet censorship would be so effective! I dont know why it works here in this hostel but oh well don't care.

I can't start putting the pictures yet though, I've been hogging this computer in the (free) internet cafe for far too long I feel like everyone's breathing down my neck hinting me to piss off. Usman and I will continue to update this site depending on whether Big Brother allows it and whenever we have the time. I have a feeling I will be the one doing this but I'd like to remain optimistic with Usman.

Just a quick update before I start flooding the site with photos n videos: We left Beijing after spending a week there and then moved on to Inner Mongolia's capital city to pursue Usman's romantic dreams of living a nomadic life in epic grasslands (will tell you how that went horribly wrong). After that we went further inland to the Gansu province visiting a very Muslim town (and autonomous Muslim prefecture) called Linxia where we saw Muslim community not just alive and well but seeming to flourish with the continous building of new mosques. Leaving the town we head for Gansu's depressing capital city Lanzhou where we hoped to extend my visa (we were told to go to Xi'an). And now we're in Xi'an, a fabled city of the ancient Silk Road.

So keep on checking the site! I can't add the pictures yet, people are crowding this place and sneering as they munch and drink. Will do it as soon as possible! Hope you guys will keep on coming and see how we're doing.

-Ihsan