UPDATE: Check out all our pics here.

I’m back from China. The trip was amazing — a whirlwind of ancient sights (Great Wall! Tiananmen Square! Never-ending pagodas!), food (drool), intense bargaining sessions (”How much is 300 yuen? QUICK!”), bus ride laughs, loogies everywhere (must now roll my suitcase in bleach), squatty potty mishaps (”Just keep walking. It’ll dry.”), fancy hotels, taxicab drivers who aren’t afraid to die, Matt’s always-amusing antics (”On the count of three, everybody say Democra-ceeeeee!”), Shanghai drunkenness, fake everything, pictures galore, fob-ulous souvenirs and lots of good, happy times. China rules!

Here is my photo essay. I’ll try to upload a complete gallery with captions this weekend. It’s good to be back in America.