Yesterday I woke up in an isolated monastery on the side of a mountain in Sichuan province, China.

My friends were attempting to reach the summit in a single 20-hour sprint. 

After 12 hours of non-stop hiking up the mountain, I decided to stop at a monastery… continued on my blog with pics

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This is where I was yesterday and woke up at the monastery. Lonely Planet calls Mt. Emei a “cool, misty retreat” and it appears on many top lists of things to do in China.

It’s 3,099m tall (10,167 feet) and is the highest of the Four Sacred Buddhist Mountains of China.

I really like this speaker. Fast-paced and funny. Good message.

My friend Ramit recently got a tour of Central Park from this guy. Great story of a private org fixing what government couldn’t or wouldn’t do. I love Central Park and am thankful for his work.

I’ve always dreamed of flying business class for long flights. The times I’ve done it, I’ve never paid myself: always sponsored by someone else.

For the first time, I just booked my own business class international flights: Toronto to Chengdu, China. Then a return ticket of Bangkok to New York City.

I paid this service Flightfox $150 to help me book those with miles, and it was TOTALLY WORTH IT. Each business class ticket was about 80,000 miles and much better than anything I could find online.

Not a sponsored link. My friend Taylor McKnight told me about it and I used it and paid for it.

Chongqing, China on Aug 25 - 27 the guided tour led by our marketing director and my friend Michael Alexis continues

Bangkok, Thailand on Aug 28, 29, 30 to see my friend John and his family

Bali, Indonesia approx Aug 31 to Sep 7 to take surf lessons, read books, and some R&R. Thinking I will be mostly in Canggu.

Museum Hack is continuing to hire more sales reps to fuel our growth. We just hired 3 new reps and would love to find 2 more awesome people to work with us!

We are looking for someone with B2B sales experience to fill a part-time Sales Rep position. 

We made this entire special web page with job info and why this is an excellent opportunity for the right person. Check it out, or forward it to someone you know who has a home office space and is great at sales?

Thanks for reading! 

As I send this, my friends and I are sitting down for dinner in a Chinese seafood market in the small town of Le Shan. The mountain hike yesterday was intense so we are laying low today, drinking a lot of tea, and eating delicious food. Not many Westerners here so we are getting lots of Hellos and photo requests. Very friendly people and I love the tea culture everywhere.

Nick Gray

Founder and CEO of Museum Hack and hopefully your friend

p.s. Did you see my post about the PANDA ZOO in Chengdu, China? If not, read the blog post here (complete with panda photos).