China 2007 – Part 6
Our final flight inside China was from Xian to Beijing, a city of 14 million, the third largest in the country. The bus trip from Beijing to Badaling is a link to China’s past and , of course, no trip to China would be complete without a visit to The Great Wall, Tiananmen Square, and […]
China 2007 – Part 5
The next flight in China took us to Xian, at the very center of the country and the oldest city in China — and with 3,100 years of history. A small city — 8 million people — with the most amazing statistic that the city is adding 9,000 new automobiles per month. The traffic is […]
China 2007 – Part 4
The Viking River Cruise began in Maoping and proceeded for 612 km (380 miles) along the Yangtze River. The Yangtze is the longest river in Asia and the third longest in the world after the Nile in Africa and the Amazon in South America. Some of the cities — there are 185 located throughout the […]
China 2007 – Part 3
The flight to Yichang brought us to within two hours of the Three Gorges Dam. After a drive by the dam we reached Maoping where we boarded the ship that would be our home for the next four nights. On the first morning we toured the dam and then started the cruise in the afternoon […]
China 2007 – Part 2
The flight northwest from Hong Kong to Guilin, in the northeastern part of the Guangxi province, took about an hour. Like all of the five flights we took in China, the plane took off and landed on schedule and the flight attendants were pleasant and gave you the feeling they sincerely wanted to be of […]
