Beijing
2018年3月26日, 中国 ⋅ 🌙 10 °C
Just arrived in Beijing last evening. Long travel day but all flights were good. Eleven hour flight from Vancouver to Beijing is a marathon without a chance to nap. After experiencing the unhealthyもっと詳しく
Great Wall etc
2018年3月26日, 中国 ⋅ 🌙 9 °C
Going to be a great day weather wise except the air quality. Heading to the Great Wall today. Who would have thought, rollkuchen and arbooze for breakfast in Beijing.
Great Wall Climb
2018年3月26日, 中国 ⋅ 🌙 15 °C
Climbed a two mile stretch of the Great Wall of China that changed elevation by 500 feet. Just the climb was tough so can you imagine what it would have been like to have constructed it!
Beijing Street Food
2018年3月26日, 中国 ⋅ 🌙 15 °C
Monday night we walked along a narrow street that is famous for its street food. From fried scorpions on a stick to octopus on a stick you can get it all. Lots of different smells, some ratherもっと詳しく
Beijing at Night
2018年3月26日, 中国 ⋅ 🌙 15 °C
Lots of lights and people strolling around.
Travel Downtown Beijing
2018年3月27日, 中国 ⋅ 🌫 15 °C
Roads are great congestion not so great. On the way to Temple of Heaven. Ok change in plans. Just got “trumped” by government officials who closed the Temple of Heaven so we are on the way to aもっと詳しく
Tianamen Square
2018年3月27日, 中国 ⋅ 🌫 20 °C
Lots of people and lots of security.
Forbidden City
2018年3月27日, 中国 ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
One interesting experience was that many Chinese visitors would stop to take pictures of our tour group. The explanation was that these visitors were from provincial regions and that it was unusualもっと詳しく
Temple of Heaven and Tea House tasting
2018年3月27日, 中国 ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
The Temple of Heaven (Chinese: 天壇; pinyin: Tiāntán) is an imperial complex of religious buildings situated in the southeastern part of central Beijing. The complex was visited by the Emperors ofもっと詳しく
Peking Duck Dinner
2018年3月27日, 中国 ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
First time but not last time. Very tasty.
Leaving for Shanghai
2018年3月28日, 中国 ⋅ 🌫 20 °C
Heading for Shanghai later today but first a trip to a pearl factory and then Beijing Airport. Air quality today is Hazardous. Time to put on our masks.
Olympic Park
2018年3月28日, 中国 ⋅ 🌫 22 °C
Quick stop at the Olympic Park and then lunch at a Tibetan restaurant before heading to the airport. Air quality index is 500 which our guide said is one of the worst she has experienced. You can seeもっと詳しく
Leaving for Shanghai
2018年3月28日, 中国 ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
The gentleman drinking the coke was security at the boarding area. Now a 2 hour flight to Shanghai. Just about left “our” phones behind. Had a luxurious inflight “snack”. Yum yum! Not quiteもっと詳しく
Shanghai evening
2018年3月29日, 中国 ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Shanghai
Shanghai morning
2018年3月29日, 中国 ⋅ 🌙 19 °C
Shanghai Waterfront
2018年3月29日, 中国 ⋅ 🌙 19 °C
Shanghai Silk Factory
2018年3月29日, 中国 ⋅ 🌙 19 °C
Learned about silk production and saw the end products including duvets, carpets and silk embroidery.
Shanghai Museum
2018年3月29日, 中国 ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Artifacts from many of the Ming dynasties as eat as 20 AD.
Leaving Shanghai to Yichang
2018年3月30日, 中国 ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Went for a morning stroll to visit the old city of Jiading near our hotel in Shanghai. Approximately a 25 mInute walk. Leaving for Yichang later today to catch our Yangtze River boat cruise. Weatherもっと詳しく
Leaving Shanghai but not so fast
2018年3月30日, 中国 ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Drove about 1 1/2 hours from our hotel to the second Shanghai airport (Pudong Airport) to catch our flight to Yichang. Interesting architecture at the airport as you will see in the pictures. As weもっと詳しく
Yangtze River Cruise
2018年3月31日, 中国 ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
We arrived at our boat shortly after 1am and got up for breakfast at 6:45. Great sleep but a little short. Just waiting to tour the Three Gorges Dam. It is a hydroelectric gravity dam that spans theもっと詳しく
Three Gorges Dam
2018年3月31日, 中国 ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
The Three Gorges Dam is a hydroelectric gravity dam that spans the Yangtze River by the town of Sandouping, located in Yiling District, Yichang, Hubei province, China. The Three Gorges Dam is theもっと詳しく
Departing from Yichang
2018年3月31日, 中国 ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Leaving tonight at approximately 9:15 pm heading west along the Yangtze River with the Three Gorges Dam behind us.
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Beautiful!