Day one is here
13 de setembro de 2024, Inglaterra ⋅ ☀️ 4 °C
Well leisurely breakfast in the hotel, dining room looks out onto the airfield, nice breakfast too better than scrambling for something at the airport 😉. Now to head to the BA check in. BreezedLeia mais
Day 2 begins
14 de setembro de 2024, China ⋅ ☁️ 33 °C
Well it's midnite at home 7am here lol, we should be landing around 08:10 so Shanghai here I come woo hoo
Well got to the hotel and I'm melting 🫠, mind you it's only 31 °
Omg a giant shoppingLeia mais
Day 2 more on the river
14 de setembro de 2024, China ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
Day 3 shanghai tower
15 de setembro de 2024, China ⋅ 🌬 30 °C
Well there's the remnants of a typhoon heading to us so we are going up Shanghai tower this morning before the rain hits us ☔
Day 3 shanghai museum
15 de setembro de 2024, China ⋅ 🌬 31 °C
Second part today was Shanghai museum, what a lovely place, loads of room and some fantastic stuff on show, wish we had have longer here
Day 3 lunch then silk factory
15 de setembro de 2024, China ⋅ 🌬 33 °C
Well it has to be Chinese for lunch ha ha , the on to visit a silk factory, it was really interesting, we were shown the stages of the silkworm, through to the spinning of the silk and I was amazed atLeia mais
Day 3 gardens and tea ceremony
15 de setembro de 2024, China ⋅ 🌬 31 °C
Well our guide is trying to get everything done before typhoon bebinca hits shanghai tonight. The wind has picked up and it's just trying to rain but hopefully we can get round Yu Gardens. before theLeia mais
Day 3 shopping in the market
15 de setembro de 2024, China ⋅ 🌬 31 °C
Well it's raining, my phone is low on charge so photos are on my camera for now so I will upload when I'm home
Well it's 5am and the rain has woke me up not sure if it's the rain or the wind lol , weLeia mais
Day 4 shanghai to wuzhen typhoon bebinca
16 de setembro de 2024, China ⋅ 🌧 28 °C
Well woke up early with the high winds and the typhoon is just about to hit Shanghai, airport, railways and most things have shut down. We are due to set off at 9am but don't yet know whether we willLeia mais
Wuzhen Water town
16 de setembro de 2024, China ⋅ 🌧 24 °C
Well we finally out ran the tornado, a two hour journey took nearly five hours 😵💫 couldn't use the main roads and had to use b roads, with the driver avoiding all the fallen trees andLeia mais
Day 4 watertown by night
16 de setembro de 2024, China ⋅ 🌧 26 °C
Lovely night time stroll
Day 5 watertown,shanghai to xian
17 de setembro de 2024, China ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
After a flying visit to the Watertown today we head back to Shanghai to catch an internal flight to Xian.
The weather this morning is looking brilliant so hopefully the trip back to Shanghai will be aLeia mais
Day 5 xian
17 de setembro de 2024, China ⋅ ☀️ 32 °C
Met at Xian airport by our rep who told us that it was the Autumn Festival and she had some Mooncake for us.
Before going to the hotel we would be going to see Xian's city walls which are the world'sLeia mais
Day 5 our hotel
17 de setembro de 2024, China ⋅ 🌙 30 °C
Well everything looks good in the dark,
Day 6 terracotta warriors
18 de setembro de 2024, China ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Really looking forward to this, its a little bit warm to say the least but excited to see them
Our guide decided to sing us a song on the way there, then asked if anyone else wanted to sing a songLeia mais
Day 6 changle park
18 de setembro de 2024, China ⋅ ☀️ 35 °C
Arrived back from seeing the warriors and had some free time before going out for our evening meal and show so decided to walk round the local park (change park)
Day 6 trip to theatre tang dynasty show
18 de setembro de 2024, China ⋅ 🌙 32 °C
Day 7 bullet train to Beijing
19 de setembro de 2024, China ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Looking forward to the journey to Beijing on a bullet train, got my ticket and can't wait. Just arrived at the station , god it's clean and spacious.
Comfy seats and no tilting on the train ,305 kpmLeia mais
Day 7 forbidden city
19 de setembro de 2024, China ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
Visit to Imperial palace (forbidden city)
Day 7. Chinese people
19 de setembro de 2024, China ⋅ ☁️ 31 °C
Day 7 a stroll along the canal
19 de setembro de 2024, China ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C
An evening stroll along the canal at the back of the hotel
General pics
20 de setembro de 2024, China ⋅ 🌧 17 °C
Various pics
Day 8 the great wall
20 de setembro de 2024, China ⋅ 🌧 16 °C
Ming dynasty section of the great wall of china, many various dynasties built parts of the wall.
Wow what a hike, it certainly helped with my respiratory, having climbed all those steps it'sLeia mais
Temple of heaven
20 de setembro de 2024, China ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Day 8. Acrobat show
20 de setembro de 2024, China ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
In the evening we went to the Red Theater and saw the Suining Acrobatic Troupe.