Chongquing to Brisbane (via Guangzhou)
16 settembre 2017, Cina ⋅ 🌙 28 °CTime to head home. A quick tour of Chongquing (pop approx 34 million) then off to the airport for the first leg of our journey home. A 2hr layover at Guangzhou then 9hrs home.
Time to head home. A quick tour of Chongquing (pop approx 34 million) then off to the airport for the first leg of our journey home. A 2hr layover at Guangzhou then 9hrs home.
Beautiful dinner tonight with the captain.
This morning we disembark and fight our way through the myriad of stalls and vendors desperate to sell their goods. Items with an initial price of 160 yuan often end up at bargain prices such as 20-30Leggi altro
This morning we transferred to another boat to cruise up the first of the Three Gorges. Hard to believe that so many villages and farmers were displaced when the Gorges were flooded during the damLeggi altro
Woke up this morning to find another boat tied up alongside - strange to be able to look into other cabin windows! After breakfast we took a tour up to the Xiling Gorge Dam project. Very impressive.Leggi altro
A welcome sleep in this morning. Pick up at 11am for our drive to the airport for a 2pm flight to Wuhan. Tour guide Cindy met us at the airport, then began a 5hr drive to Yichang then Xiling Gorge toLeggi altro
This morning we drove into town for a walk along The Bund before visiting the Shanghai museum. Had time for a little retail therapy and grabbed a bite of lunch before heading back to the bus for aLeggi altro
Early start today as we make our way to Shanghai. A visit to the Lotus Gardens and a boat trip on the Great Lake was our first stop. Very humid today. Next, we visit a green tea plantation for someLeggi altro
Our Suzhou to Shanghai tour guide Summer took us to The Lingering Garden in Suzhou this morning. Such beautiful and peaceful spaces. Next was a visit to the Silk Spinning Factory to learn about silkLeggi altro
Off to Suzhou this morning by bullet train. Great trip at over 300kph for our 5hr journey. Lovely hotel room with a view over a square with huge groups of people ballroom dancing, line dancing,Leggi altro
Viaggiatore Fabulous pics Joccy 😊