On Tuesday, June 11, Tony and I awoke early for what would be a long and productive day seeing the sights in China’s capital city of Beijing. I should note that from the previous weekend through Wednesday (June 8-12) was the Dragon Boat Festival in China. This meant the Chinese people were on holiday and [...]

On Monday, June 10, Tony and I flew from Guilin to Beijing. This was our last domestic flight in China. For the remaining 5 nights, we would make our home at the Crowne Plaza Wafujing. Upon arrival in Beijing, we took the “airport express” train directly from the airport, connected to the subway, switched 2 [...]

On Saturday, June 8 Tony and I said goodbye to Gianni and our new friends in Shanghai as we departed for Guilin. Until this year, I had never heard of Guilin. But when we started putting together our travel plans for China six months ago, Gianni had been the first to recommend we visit Guilin [...]

On our last full day in Shanghai (Friday, June 7), we took a day trip outside the city to Hangzhou. This city is roughly 75 miles outside of Shanghai and we got there by a high-speed train. Our day began early, but we spent the first hour or two waking up at Gianni’s place, eating [...]

While our itinerary had a nice general plan for our daytime sightseeing, our evening plans were put in the hands of our friend Gianni. He and his friends did an excellent job in this department. First, I have to say how much Tony and I enjoyed the fact that two of Gianni’s friends, Jo and [...]