China Trip

From China Trip

I recently returned from a fantastic 5 weeks in China.

We flew into Chengdu and went to see some very cute Pandas!
We got perfect weather for the Eclipse (22 July 2009) and I took far too many photos. We watched it from Tongnan a tiny little village North of Chongqing.
We then took a Cruise from Chongqing to Yichang down the Yangtze river passing the Three Gorges damn, which was very big!
We climbed Wudang Shan Mountain the Birthplace Tai Chi. It had many MANY steps!
Up to Xian to see the Terracotta Warriors and then down to Hangzhou with it's very pretty lake.
Short Train to Shanghai worth it's fantastic futuristic skyline.
up to Beijing for to see Tianamen square and the Forbidden city.
Down to Qingtao for a few Tsingtaos, and a short stop at Shenyang to see a very pretty palace.
Back to Beijing for a few days then Fly to Hong Kong for the most relaxing 3 days of the whole trip!

Fab five weeks!
Just what I needed but it has started that Travel bug gnawing again!