АнглияHillingdonHeathrowHeathrow Central Railway Station51°28’12” N 0°27’15” W
27 июля 2017 г., Англия ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
About to embark on our Asian Adventure! This trip celebrates the silver wedding anniversary of both couples and has taken a year to organise after booking May 2016, with numerous planning weekends,Читать далее
КитайShanghai31°13’52” N 121°26’49” E
28 июля 2017 г., Китай ⋅ ⛅ 35 °C
Checked in at the Portman Ritz-Carlton Hotel and were able to go straight to our room (actually straight for breakfast!). After a few hours kip we took a taxi to the World Finance Centre ObservatoryЧитать далее
КитайShanghai31°13’52” N 121°26’49” E
29 июля 2017 г., Китай ⋅ ⛅ 34 °C
First stop today with our tour guide Richard was the Yuyuan Gardens in the Old City. This is a beautiful example of a Chinese classical style - beautiful landscaping and architecture that dates backЧитать далее
КитайHubei ShengLaoguanzui30°9’18” N 114°2’5” E
30 июля 2017 г., Китай ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
Flight number 3! Good bye Shanghai, hello Wuhan! En route to the boat, we had a visit to the Gui Yuan Temple - the only surviving temple from the Cultural Revolution. This gave us amazing views overЧитать далее
КитайHubei ShengLaoguanzui30°9’15” N 114°2’12” E
31 июля 2017 г., Китай ⋅ ☀️ 9 °C
The boat stayed at Wuhan overnight and we disembarked to got to see the Hubei Museum. This is normally closed on a Monday but Viking has some power and it was opened especially for us! It was great toЧитать далее
Путешественник Sounds like you are having fun! Feel free to bring home any odd pieces of jade, mingy old vases of carpets/ duvet covers you think I may like x PS think I've finally deciphered how this app works 😳🎎🏮🎏x
КитайHubei ShengYingzizui30°50’19” N 111°3’30” E
1 августа 2017 г., Китай ⋅ ⛅ 32 °C
After a few busy days it was nice to have a lie in. Today it was Pam and Martin's 25th wedding anniversay and we also celebrated Debbie and Steve's too (it was really in April but the holiday is toЧитать далее
КитайHubei ShengBaishixi30°49’60” N 111°1’53” E
2 августа 2017 г., Китай ⋅ ⛅ 32 °C
Alarm set for 6.45 am to see us go into the first ship lock of the Gezhouba Dam. Quite a sight to see. Once through this we entered the Xiling Gorge - the scenery changed from flat landscapes and highЧитать далее
Путешественник Amazing! Really enjoying reading about your adventures! Continue to have a fabulous time x
Путешественник Finally got on it ! Great reading about your adventures and of course the photos . Happy 25th Wedding Anniversary to both couples, well done 😂love to you all xxx
КитайShaanxiXi’an34°15’30” N 108°55’43” E 3 августа 2017 г., Китай ⋅ ☀️ 34 °C
Today we continued to sail down the Yangtze taking in the impressive scenery of both the Wu Gorge and Qutang Gorge. Spectacular! . We docked for a short time at Wushan and travelled by sampan up aЧитать далее
КитайShaanxiXi’an34°15’30” N 108°55’43” E
4 августа 2017 г., Китай ⋅ ⛅ 34 °C
We woke this morning to the boat docking at Shibaozhai. We did try to make the early morning tai chi session but yet again failed miserably!!
After breakfast we disembarked and walked up the 100+Читать далее
КитайShaanxiXi’an34°15’30” N 108°55’43” E
5 августа 2017 г., Китай ⋅ ☀️ 35 °C
A very early start today as we said goodbye to our home for the last six nights - but no-one minded at all as squeezed in a visit to Chongqing zoo before we flew to Xian.
We got to see the famousЧитать далее
Путешественник Have a lovely time all xx
Путешественник Have fun!