Around the World
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Beijing (Day 29)
Read more: Beijing (Day 29)Climbing the Great Wall and a walk along the Spirit Way. Finishing the evening with hot pot – and a power outage.
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Beijing (Day 30)
Read more: Beijing (Day 30)Revisiting the Forbidden City with Roger Moore – 007 himself – as our guide. And an entire chicken for dinner.
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Leaving Beijing (Day 31)
Read more: Leaving Beijing (Day 31)Final day in Beijing including a trip to see the pandas at the Beijing Zoo before boarding our train to Xian.
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Xi’An (Day 33)
Read more: Xi’An (Day 33)Touring the Terracotta Warriors of the First Chinese Emperor …and having an unusual dinner of dumplings.
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Xi’An (Day 34)
Read more: Xi’An (Day 34)A visit to the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda in Xi’An before departing for Shanghai …and inventing backstories on fellow passengers.
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Shanghai (Day 35)
Read more: Shanghai (Day 35)Settling into China’s largest city: Shanghai. Wandered the Bund and observing the new skyscrapers in the Pudong.
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Time Check: Day 35
Read more: Time Check: Day 35After thirty-five days, we are in the same country as Fogg: China. Fogg is in Hong Kong, we have just arrived in Shanghai.
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Shanghai (Day 36)
Read more: Shanghai (Day 36)Settling into China’s largest city: Shanghai. Wandered the Bund and observing the new skyscrapers in the Pudong.
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Shanghai (Day 37)
Read more: Shanghai (Day 37)Last day in China spent at the Shanghai Museum and a celebratory drink at the Pease Hotel before we sail to Japan.