Will be leaving Chengdu tomorrow
Trip Start
May 07, 2008
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Trip End
May 24, 2008
Dear Friends and Family, we continue to have some aftershocks in the range of 4.8 - 5.0 but have not had to leave home yet today.
We did evacuate from our host family's home for about 4 hours yesterday because we were told another big quake was supposed to occur. Fortunately, this didn't happen. We watched the local news last night for about 30 minutes and the devastation in outlying areas is unbelievable. There is not much we can do except pray for these families.
If you like, you can track all of the recent seismic activity at the USGS site located at:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Maps/region/Asia_eqs.php.
We have managed to get plane tickets from Chengdu to Xichang for tomorrow morning. We will only have one day in Xichang but then will be on schedule (hopefully) for the remainder of our journey.
I'm sorry I haven't been able to upload any pictures but will have many stories and pictures to share when we return home.
We appreciate all of your prayers and feel your support across the miles.
With love,
Wendy for the Tueys
We did evacuate from our host family's home for about 4 hours yesterday because we were told another big quake was supposed to occur. Fortunately, this didn't happen. We watched the local news last night for about 30 minutes and the devastation in outlying areas is unbelievable. There is not much we can do except pray for these families.
If you like, you can track all of the recent seismic activity at the USGS site located at:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Maps/region/Asia_eqs.php.
We have managed to get plane tickets from Chengdu to Xichang for tomorrow morning. We will only have one day in Xichang but then will be on schedule (hopefully) for the remainder of our journey.
I'm sorry I haven't been able to upload any pictures but will have many stories and pictures to share when we return home.
We appreciate all of your prayers and feel your support across the miles.
With love,
Wendy for the Tueys
