Category Archives: Week 1

This covers the two days traveling to Tibet. Woke up this morning to a misty start. The city of Xining is different the others we have stayed at, it is much quieter both traffic and pedestrian wise. Te sidewalks are … Continue reading →

An interesting eating experience last night. Our guide had recommended a restaurant opposite the hotel, with a caution not to eat at the smaller establishments. We headed over to the restaurant only to find we were in the land of … Continue reading →

Well, we survived Beijing, even after finding our own evening meals for the last three nights. Luckily the restaurants have menus with pictures! Prices are pretty good with an evening meal for 2 costing $20-25 Cdn. There was much debate … Continue reading →

A later start to the day as we had a shorter itinerary, we also had a new guide who just happened to be the husband of our previous guide! Today we headed out to the Temple of Heaven, then for … Continue reading →

Today’s trip was modified slightly due to a number of roads being closed tomorrow for a large triathlon in the area of the Summer Palace. We finished doing two major trips today and then two smaller ones tomorrow. Today’s trip was … Continue reading →

Jet lag wasn’t too much of an issue for me, I woke up for an hour around 4 AM then managed to get back to sleep again. Lyn managed to sleep right through. China is 12 hours ahead of Canada … Continue reading →

A couple of years ago there were a number of tours to China on sale for around $2500 including air fare. We decided that China was going to be high on the list of places to visit. About a year … Continue reading →