Explore the world with Dian Thomas! Dian loves the adventure travel brings to her life. She has traveled to over 50 countries and visited all 50 states in the United States of America. She cherishes the relationships she has made along the way as she has explored unique cultures across the world. Her travels have lead her China down to the Antarctic Peninsula south of South America.
10 Key Insights Into Traditional Chinese Food Culture As I often travel to China and observe their way of life I also gain new insights into the culture. I have been in China this time for the Spring Festival, which is their biggest holiday. It [...]
I love to have a weekend mini vacation. This last weekend I found a Pond Tour and went on an incredible weekend adventure. I look for fun weekend activities to go on all year. I like to write down all the destinations that would be [...]
Embracing the Simplicity of Country Life in China I just returned from three weeks in China where I have been several times. I am a tour director and take people there to see the way of life not only in the cities but also the [...]
A Moving Adventure Across Iowa This past week there was a moving adventure across Iowa. This was the same state that took many days for the early pioneers to cross. This time instead of wagon wheels rolling across the state, it was over 15,000 bike [...]
Tracing My Ancestral Roots: A Journey Through England’s Past My brother Jay Thomas sent me a history of my great-grandfather Edward Richins and Sarah Beard. It was a story of their lives in England, and their conversion to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day [...]
Life in China is so varied. I have been traveling to China for the past six years and with each trip comes new insights. China has the largest population of any country in the world. There are 1 billion 3 hundred million people that live [...]
China has a culture that is over 5000 years old and many of the traditions have been passed down for thousands of years. The Chinese enjoy a plentiful breadbasket today, but for many years food was very scarce and many even starved. China is geographically [...]
Inspiring Story of Amanda de Lange: Founder of Starfish Foster Home in Xi'an, China In 2007 I was asked to start leading tours to China. I had been there once in 1995 and found the country to be on the move and extremely interesting. Never [...]
Fourteen miles east of Salt Lake City, deep in the heart of the Wasatch Mountains is the mountain village of Brighton. In winter it is the home of the Brighton/Solitude Ski resort. In the summer it’s where you go to cool off from the summer [...]
In 1847 the Mormon pioneers crossed Iowa walking with their wagons. Today there are still people crossing Iowa. This week I joined 17,000 cyclists to ride from the west side of Iowa to the east. The ride went from July 25 – 31st. The ride [...]
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