Through China from Beijing to Hong Kong

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China is an unique destination and we spent three weeks exploring some of the major sights of the country. Our goal was to go from Beijing to Hong Kong, relying primarily on trains. We made it most of the way by this mode of travel; a holiday period delayed our exit from Xian so we took one internal flight to make up the time. Along the way we saw everything from the Great Wall to pandas to local markets, making this a memorable experience.

China Itinerary

DayDateLocation/Activities
122 September 2001Fly from Los Angeles to Seoul, South Korea, crossing the International Date Line
223 September 2001Fly from Seoul to Beijing; walk around Tiananmen Square
324 September 2001Take a bus to the Great Wall at Huanghua; Hike a short section of the wall
425 September 2001Visit the Forbidden City; Have a Mongolian Hot Pot Dinner
526 September 2001Take a 10 hour train to Luoyang
627 September 2001Visit the Caves of the Longman; Have dinner at a street market
728 September 2001Take a six hour train trip to Xian
829 September 2001Visit the Terracotta Warriors
930 September 2001Xian: Tour the Forest of the Steles in the Provincial Museum; Visit the Big and Little Goose Pagodas; Climb the Bell Tower
101 October 2001Take an overnight train to Chengdu
112 October 2001Relax in Chengdu
123 October 2001Visit the Panda Breeding Research Base; Fly to Kunming and then to Dali
134 October 2001Relax in Dali; Visit the Three Pagodas
145 October 2001Visit the Market in Wase
156 October 2001Take a 4 1/2 hour bus to Kunming, and relax, enjoying Across-the-Bridge-Noodles and attending an English Corner at night
167 October 2001Take a day trip to visit the Stone Forest
178 October 2001Take a 30 hour, overnight soft sleeper train to Guilin
189 October 2001Continue train to Guilin; take bus to Yangshao
1910 October 2001Relax in Yangshao; Take a bamboo boat ride and hike to the top of Moon Hill
2011 October 2001Take Li River morning boat trip from Xingping to Xidi
2112 October 2001Yangshao: Hire guide to ride bikes in the countryside; Visit cave; Have lunch in a village; Take nine hour overnight bus to Guangzhao (Canton)
2213 October 2001Take two hour hovercraft from Guangzhao to Hong Kong; Tour the Hong Kong History Museum
2314 October 2001Have Dim Sum breakfast; Explore Hong Kong Island; Visit Victoria Peak at sunset
2415 October 2001Travel from Hong Kong to Los Angeles, via Seoul, South Korea

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