Month: May 2017

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 […]

This morning we have a local guide, Kevin, to take us to the Confucius temple and the Confucius mansion.  Confucius’ family name was Kong and […]

This morning we have approximately 500 km to drive to Qufu the birthplace of Confucius.  We drive for about 2 hours on a highway (toll […]

We have a city tour on this showery morning, so a mini bus picks us up from our hotel with our guide Helen and the […]

We are met at our hotel at 7:15 by 6 staff members from saic, Aiden,  Chris, Gary, Hui, Annie & Susan.  They also have a […]

Today we have a 450 kilometre drive to Shanghai on the highway and the toll gates are working again so we have to pay as […]

This morning we have a quick snack for breakfast & leave the guest house at 6 am for our 40 km drive to Huangshan. The […]

This morning we are being shown around the Sculpture Factory which is one of the china production areas of the city.  Tony has a couple […]