Category: China

  • June 2, 2016
    It's hard to believe that today is our last full day of this vacation. We met in the lobby at…
  • June 2, 2016
    The hotel had a good breakfast buffet and at 8:30 we met our tour guide, Patrick, for the morning's tour…
  • June 2, 2016
    This morning the 5 remaining members of our group (Lysette, Sheila, Tom, Leah and I) departed the hotel at 6:30a.m.…
  • May 30, 2016
    This morning our meet time wasn't until 9:30, which was nice to sleep in a little bit longer. Our first stop…
  • May 29, 2016
    We had a good nights sleep on the much better beds in Shanghai. The breakfast buffet at this hotel had…
  • May 29, 2016
    Yet another early morning start as we prepared to leave Xian for Shanghai. The 4:30 alarm was rough after a…
  • May 27, 2016
    Today's itinerary was packed full of things to do in Xian. We met at 9:00 in the lobby of the…
  • May 27, 2016
    This morning we met at 8:00 for our trip to Mt. Huashan. The bus ride took about 2 hours. We first…
  • May 25, 2016
    We had a very early start to our day since our luggage needed to be in the hotel lobby at…
  • May 25, 2016
    Today was another optional tour day that we chose to do. We took the subway to the Lama Temple area.…
  • May 23, 2016
    Today was an optional tour to Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City. Tiananmen Square is the largest urban square in…
  • May 21, 2016
    Race day is finally here. It started very early with a 2:30a.m. wake-up call for a 3:30 departure. On the…