{"id":1608,"date":"2012-04-25T10:40:43","date_gmt":"2012-04-25T07:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/?p=1608"},"modified":"2012-05-01T17:29:14","modified_gmt":"2012-05-01T14:29:14","slug":"getting-ready-for-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/2012\/04\/getting-ready-for-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting ready for China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Although I am currently getting ready for China, I am having the experience I always do when I am getting ready for any of the tours I guide- whether to China, to Vietnam\/Cambodia\/Thailand, or to Ecuador\/Galapagos\/Peru.  There are about a million pieces of data: information, equipment, communication with providers of services, scheduling, purchasing, packing, communicating with the travelers- that swirling around in my head simultaneously.  At this point in the preparations, I am unable to think a full thought or make a complete sentence because there is a conference going on in my brain at which the pros and cons of all sorts of things are being discussed: what sights should we add? what food should be bring along? what written materials shall we distribute? how do we get people to meet at the initial gathering of the group as they arrive on 7 different flights on two different days?  In discussing these things with my husband, I find myself starting in the middle of a thought and am sometimes so wrapped up in what I am thinking that a solution he offers, no matter how logical and obvious it should have been to me, is something I hadn&#8217;t even thought of.  Sometimes I wonder why I do this.<\/p>\n<p>Then I remember: I love traveling.  I long to see China again.  And mostly, I love seeing my travelers being amazed, sometimes astounded, by the sights I show them.  For two weeks, my husband and I work harder than one can imagine, day and night, but for two weeks, we are able to provide one incredible experience after another for our people- the sights, the entertainment, the experience of being with a group of people who are there to see and to enjoy something totally new.<\/p>\n<p>So as I prepare, I also remind myself that in under two weeks, a wonderful adventure begins!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1609\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1609\" src=\"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/IMG_2656.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Two of our travelers enjoying the Great Wall of China\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/IMG_2656.jpg 640w, https:\/\/drsavta.com\/travelkosher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/IMG_2656-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1609\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two of our travelers enjoying the Great Wall of China<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although I am currently getting ready for China, I am having the experience I always do when I am getting ready for any of the tours I guide- whether to China, to Vietnam\/Cambodia\/Thailand, or to Ecuador\/Galapagos\/Peru. 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