Where in the world is Brian Neal?

I don't know if Brian sent this to everyone, so in case he didn't here is an email I received from him today. Sounds like he is tired but having a good time.


Well, we made it to Kashgar. It's been a long trip, let me tell ya. We got to Xi'an on our flight, spent the night, and then got on a 34 hour train the next night to Urumqi. We only had seats and there were no beds available the whole trip, so that train about killed me because I was jetlagged at the same time. Anyhoo, we got to Urumqi at 730 Sunday morning, met our friend's mom for Sunday Meeting, and then went to board another 23 hour train to Kashgar at 12. It turned out that the train was cancelled due to a bad rain storm (in the desert?!?) so I stood in line for 3 hours to return those tickets, then we went to the bus station and got tickets on that night's bus. We were scheduled to arrive after 22 hours, but the same rain storm flooded the road and caused a rockslide so we parked for 12 hours all night long and ended up arriving in Kashgar 16 hours late. That was this morning at 730. It was a long grueling trip, but nothing else bad happened and we feel very refreshed since we had beds on the bus and a shower when we got here to Kashgar. Tomorrow we might either take an overnight trip to a mountain lake, or take a two or three day trip by camel in the desert. Don't worry, it's for tourists so it's safe. Anyhoo, it's time for my afternoon nap so I'll catch up with yous guys later. Love you!

Brian