Michael and Kay’s Travels

Tianshui is a medium size city of about 5 million people but driving out this morning it seems much larger. Like all Chinese cities there […]

On the drive out of Xi’an we stop at a monument to the Silk Road that marks the starting point.  The monument is quite large […]

We get to have a lie in this morning as our bus departs the hotel at 9 am to take us to the Great Wild […]

This morning we have a bus tour to the Terra Cotta Warriors.  This army of figures included clay soldiers, clay horses, bronze horses & carts that […]

This morning we leave Pingyao early and as we walk out the restaurants & shops are just starting to  open. On the way out of […]

Today we only have 300 km to drive to the ancient town of Pingyao.  The city of Pingyao has a population of 10 million but […]

Today we have a short drive of 300 km to our overnight stop in Shijiazhuang en route to Xian.  We are given the morning to […]

Today we have a tour of Tiananmen Square, The Forbidden City & The Summer Palace.  Our first stop is Tiananmen Square where we start walking […]

Today we have about a 2 hour drive to the Mutianyu Great Wall so we all sit back & relax & catch up on some […]

Today we have a 510 km drive to Beijing on the highway (tollway). We have been driving for about 1.5 hours when Maja puts a […]