China, 2014.
In 2014, I went on an escorted tour of China with the JustYou travel company. I had always wanted to walk on the Great Wall of China & this holiday made it possible for me to cross this off of my bucket list. It was my first time in China or Asia & I had a great time. These stories are all about my travel to China, the places I visited, the things I saw & the people that I met there.
My holiday to China began early in the morning when my friend Tony picked me up from my home in Fareham. He took me to Gatwick Airport for an Air China flight to Beijing.
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We arrived in Beijing at about 6:50 am & getting through immigration was easy. This was a huge but very well-run airport.
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Today was why I came to China: to walk on the Great Wall of China & to cross this off of my bucket list.
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Today, we visited many exciting places in Beijing. It was like walking through the pages of a history book.
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After breakfast, the coach transferred us to the airport for our flight to Xi'an. I was surprised to discover that although the plane we were flying on, internally was smaller than the plane we flew to China, it had more legroom.
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Today, we saw The Terracotta Warriors, & the Small Wild Goose Pagoda.
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Today, we left Xi´an after breakfast. We were picked up by a coach at the hotel & driven to the airport to catch a flight to Chengdu.
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Today we went to see the Giant Leshan Buddha & this evening we went to see the Sichuan Opera & Folk Art show.
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Before we moved on to Shanghai, we would be visiting the Chengdu Panda Breeding & Research Centre. I think everyone on the trip has been looking forward to this visit.
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Shanghai is the fastest developing city in China & today went on a sightseeing tour of the city.
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