What's next

In a word, China. This is the part that I'm both most excited and worried about.

I'm excited because I believe (perhaps foolishly) that China will be different than most of the other places we go. When we were in Japan in 2001 it was challenging - we couldn't speak any of the language, read anything in Japanese and we stuck out like sore thumbs. We were most definitely disturbing the wah.

I expect something similar in China.

At the same time, eating was a challenge in Japan and we both lost a lot of weight (even without strenuous activity).

I expect something similar in China.

While resting one night in South Africa we watched a television program about the Olympics and the food available in China - they chose to focus on crickets, scorpions, and things that (this being ostensibly family-friendly) I won't go into.

I know we could have American style fast food, and I know that we'll eventually cave in to the need for some french fries, but I'd love to make it through China eating native. Hmm, maybe that should be eating naive.