Today's visit to the Great Wall of China reminded me of how rich and full China's history is compared to the United States. The United States has only been established for a few hundred years, whereas China has been around dynasties spanning longer than the entire history of the US. It felt surreal to be walking on one of the seven man-made wonders of the world. I can't fanthom how many individual people must've died constructing the Great Wall to protect the gre...

I am proud to report that we finally made it to Beijing after a billion hours of travel. At the PDX airport, I was approached by my friend Mario to buy a neck pillow. They had an awesome two for twenty deal going on that was only valid if you bought two pillows. It sounded like a great idea at the time, but I soon realized that the cheap neck pillow was cheap for a reason. It provided horrible ergonomics and was barely usable on the plane. At the Seattle airpo...