Postcard from China - Kuoni's China Highlights Itinerary

Chris and Lina's Postcard from China
Our route around China

Our tour route around China (based on a Microsoft Map)

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“China Highlights” Itinerary
(pronunciation hints are in green - where *Joe is pronounced with a French accent)
First, a 10 hour flight to...

Beijing: (née Peking) - 4 nights

· (the first 2 days were free to recover from the flight)
· Tiananmen Square
· The Forbidden city
· Pandas at Beijing Zoo
· The Summer Palace
· The Temple of Heaven
· Beijing Opera performance (evening)
· The Sacred Way
· The Ming Tomb Museum
· Walk along The Great Wall of China at Badaling
· Beijing Duck meal

then a 1½ hour flight to...

Nanjing: - 1 night

· Pet Bird & Fish Market
· Confucius Temple
· Yangtze River Bridge
· Jade Burial Suit at Nanjing Museum
· Mausoleum of Dr. Sun Yat-Sen
· Pearl Farm
· Traditional Chinese Medicine practice
· Nanjing City Wall

then a 3½ hour train journey to…

Wuxi: (Woo-She) - 1 night

· Li Yuan lakeside garden
· Silk spinning factory
· Oldest bridge over the Grand Canal

then a 3½ hour Grand Canal cruise to…

Suzhou: (Sue-Joe*) - 1 night

· Silk Embroidery Research Institute
· Panmen City Gate
· Oldest bridge made without concrete
· Back street walk
· Silk Museum
· North Temple Pagoda

then a 1½ hour double-decker train journey to…

Shanghai: - 2 nights

· Shopping along Nanjing Road
· Zigzag Bridge and Tea House
· Yu Yuan Garden
· Shanghai's Old Town
· Jade Buddha Temple
· Children's Palace
· Chinese Acrobats' performance (evening)
· The Bund
· Shanghai Museum
· Mongolian Barbecue
· Jade carving
· Silk carpet making

then a 2 hour flight to…

Xian: (She-An) - 1 night

· Small wild goose pagoda
where we saw loads of old people dancing
· Xian South City Gate and City Wall
(China's best preserved city wall)
· 6000 year old Ban Po Neolithic Village
· Terracotta Workshop
· Terracotta Warriors Museum
· Tung Dynasty Show (evening)

then a 2 hour flight to...

Guilin: (Gway-Lin) - 2 nights

· Reed Flute Caves
· Li River cruise
· Yangshuo tourist market

then a 45 min flight to...

Guangzhou: (née Canton) (Gwang-Joe*) - 1 night

· Chen Clan learning academy
· Six Banyan Pagoda Buddhist temple
· Qing Ping live food market
· Cantonese 13 course Banquet

then a 2 hour train journey to...

Hong Kong: - 1 night

· (1½ days free for shopping)

then a 13 hour flight back to Heathrow

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