Welcome to another TR; this time as I go back to China to visit my extended family! Living in the states it's not particularly easy to coordinate my family's trips back to China between all of our work schedules, but we were able to make time for us to go back during the calendar new year. Currently I'm about half-way through the trip but there is a little bit of free time to get this started.

This will be a little different than most other TRs of China and give a glimpse into life away from the city (and will feature exactly nothing from big cities and common tourist attractions), as my folks tend to be a lot more rural (and a lot of them still are involved in agriculture). As I am generally spending most of my trip in China with family, pictures will be a little sparse as I don't particularly like going around and creeping on my extended family (and my parents would ask me weird questions if I took pictures of everything while traveling with them...) though I will do my best to discreetly get something to satisfy your curiosity. Naturally certain details will be a little ambiguous to maintain a little bit of privacy Unfortunately since I'm doing this 10-day trip with one carry-on I'm only shooting with my phone.

SEA-SFO UA F
SFO-PEK UA J
PEK-CSX CA F
CSX-HGH MF Y
HGH-PEK CA F
PEK-FRA CA F
FRA-IAH LH F
IAH-SEA UA Y

The main flights were booked using United miles, with a J award to China and an F award to return home. A cheap Y ticket was bought to go between my relatives' places. The itinerary is subject to change since the return journey hasn't been flown yet. This will be a little different than my previous TRs featuring AC's 10-across 777s and flying to Australia in Y.

As usual, this is not going to be completely politically correct or perfect, so if that rustles your jimmies then too bad.