Monthly Archives: September 2016

A Quieter Day

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

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No Tanks Today

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

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The Great Wall

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

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Here we go again!

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

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