Day one is here
13 сентября 2024 г., Англия ⋅ ☀️ 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. BreezedЧитать далее
Day 2 begins
14 сентября 2024 г., Китай ⋅ ☁️ 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 shoppingЧитать далее
Day 2 more on the river
14 сентября 2024 г., Китай ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
Day 3 shanghai tower
15 сентября 2024 г., Китай ⋅ 🌬 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 сентября 2024 г., Китай ⋅ 🌬 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 сентября 2024 г., Китай ⋅ 🌬 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 atЧитать далее
Day 3 gardens and tea ceremony
15 сентября 2024 г., Китай ⋅ 🌬 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 theЧитать далее
Day 3 shopping in the market
15 сентября 2024 г., Китай ⋅ 🌬 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 , weЧитать далее
Day 4 shanghai to wuzhen typhoon bebinca
16 сентября 2024 г., Китай ⋅ 🌧 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 willЧитать далее
Wuzhen Water town
16 сентября 2024 г., Китай ⋅ 🌧 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 andЧитать далее
Day 4 watertown by night
16 сентября 2024 г., Китай ⋅ 🌧 26 °C
Lovely night time stroll
Day 5 watertown,shanghai to xian
17 сентября 2024 г., Китай ⋅ ☁️ 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 aЧитать далее
Day 5 xian
17 сентября 2024 г., Китай ⋅ ☀️ 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'sЧитать далее
Day 5 our hotel
17 сентября 2024 г., Китай ⋅ 🌙 30 °C
Well everything looks good in the dark,
Day 6 terracotta warriors
18 сентября 2024 г., Китай ⋅ ☀️ 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 songЧитать далее
Day 6 changle park
18 сентября 2024 г., Китай ⋅ ☀️ 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 сентября 2024 г., Китай ⋅ 🌙 32 °C
Day 7 bullet train to Beijing
19 сентября 2024 г., Китай ⋅ ☀️ 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 kpmЧитать далее
Day 7 forbidden city
19 сентября 2024 г., Китай ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
Visit to Imperial palace (forbidden city)
Day 7. Chinese people
19 сентября 2024 г., Китай ⋅ ☁️ 31 °C
Day 7 a stroll along the canal
19 сентября 2024 г., Китай ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C
An evening stroll along the canal at the back of the hotel
General pics
20 сентября 2024 г., Китай ⋅ 🌧 17 °C
Various pics
Day 8 the great wall
20 сентября 2024 г., Китай ⋅ 🌧 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'sЧитать далее
Temple of heaven
20 сентября 2024 г., Китай ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Day 8. Acrobat show
20 сентября 2024 г., Китай ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
In the evening we went to the Red Theater and saw the Suining Acrobatic Troupe.