– Travelogue –

CHINA 2020

China Discovery Tour

December 28, 2019 – January 14, 2020

Table of Contents

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  • Begin Trip | Day 1
    • Flight | Bangkok to Beijing Capital International Airport
    • New World Beijing Hotel
  • Day 2
    • Tiananmen Square Beijing
    • Forbidden City Beijing
    • Beijing Olympic Park
    • Drive | Beijing to The Great Wall of Mutianyu
    • Lunch at National Stone
    • The Great Wall of Mutianyu
  • Day 3
    • Temple of Heaven Beijing
    • Beijing Summer Palace
    • Lunch | Man Jie Dumpling Beijing
    • Beijing Hutongs
    • Beijing | Sights Around the City
  • Day 4
    • Drive to Beijing Airport (Capital)
    • Flight | Beijing to Harbin
    • Meet Harbin Tour Guide (Sherry) & Driver
    • Drive | Downtown Harbin to Hotel
    • Harbin Splendent Hotel
  • Day 5
    • Drive to Unit 731 Museum (Pingfang District Harbin)
    • Unit 731 Museum Harbin
    • Sun Island International Snow Sculpture Art Expo Harbin
    • Lunch | Local Harbin Dumpling Restaurant
    • Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival
  • Day 6
    • Lao Daowai Harbin
    • Saint Sophia Cathedral Harbin
    • Zhongyang Pedestrian Street Harbin
    • Harbin Ice and Snow World
    • Flight | Harbin to Zhengzhou
    • Meet Tour Guide (James) & Driver
    • Crowne Plaza Hotel Zhengzhou
  • Day 7
    • Drive | Zhengzhou to Dengfeng
    • Shaolin Temple and Pagoda Forest
    • Lunch at Yongtai Temple Vegetarian Restaurant Dengfeng
    • White Horse Temple Luoyang
    • Thai Temple Wat Hame Assavaram at White Horse Temple
    • Lee Royal Hotel Mudu Luoyang
  • Day 8
    • Longmen Grottoes Luoyang
    • Lunch at Traditional Chinese Restaurant Luoyang
    • Luoyang Old Town District
    • Tianzi Jialiu Museum Luoyang
    • Speed Train | Luoyang to Xian
    • Meet Xian Tour Guide (Rainbow) & Driver
    • Sofitel Xian On Renmin Square Hotel
  • Day 9
    • Xian Daqin Terra Cotta Lacquer Furniture Art Factory
    • Terracotta Warriors at Emperor Qinshihuang’s Mausoleum Site Museum
    • Lunch at Huaqing Aegean International Hot Springs Resort
    • Shaanxi History Museum Xian
  • Day 10
    • Xian Muslim Quarter
    • Xian Ancient City Wall
    • Lunch at Restaurant near Big Wild Goose Pagoda
    • Da Cien Temple – Big Wild Goose Pagoda
    • Flight | Xian to Zhangjiajie
    • Meet Zhangjiajie Tour Guide (Wendy) & Driver
    • Pullman Zhangjiajie Hotel
  • Day 11
    • Yellow Dragon Cave Zhangjiajie
    • Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon Glass Bridge
  • Day 12
    • Visit to Zhangjiajie Avatar Mountains Canceled Due to Rain
  • Day 13
    • Sunshine Hotel Zhangjiajie
  • Day 14
    • Flight | Zhangjiajie to Guilin
    • Meet Guilin Tour Guide (Evelyn) & Driver
    • Sheraton Guilin Hotel
    • Zhengyang Pedestrian Street
    • Kali Mirch Black Pepper Indian Cuisine Guilin
  • Day 15
    • Li River Cruise – Guilin to Yangshuo
    • Making New Friends & Meeting Chinese Buddhist Monks on Li River Cruise
    • West Street Xi Jie Pedestrian Street
    • Yangshuo Green Lotus Hotel
  • Day 16
    • Elephant Trunk Hill Guilin
    • Li River Pedestrian Walk Guilin
    • Reed Flute Cave Guilin
    • Flight | Guilin to Shanghai
    • Meet Shanghai Tour Guide (Laura) & Driver
    • The Yangtze Boutique Shanghai Hotel
  • Day 17
    • Top of Shanghai World Financial Center
    • Tianzifang Shanghai
    • Shanghai French Concession
    • Nanjing Road Shopping District Shanghai
    • Lunch at Traditional Chinese Restaurant Nanjing Road
    • Yuyuan Bazaar Shanghai
    • Huangpu River Night Cruise Shanghai
  • Day 18
    • Flight | Shanghai to Bangkok
  • End of Trip

Travelogue – China Discovery Tour 2020

– BEGIN TRIP | DAY 1 –

28 Dec 2019

– DAY 2 –

29 Dec 2019

Beijing Olympic Park

29 Dec 2019

Drive | Beijing to The Great Wall of Mutianyu

29 Dec 2019

Lunch at National Stone

29 Dec 2019

– DAY 3 –

30 Dec 2019

Beijing Summer Palace

30 Dec 2019

– DAY 4 –

30 Dec 2019 | New Years Eve

Drive to Beijing Airport (Capital)

31 Dec 2019

Meet Harbin Tour Guide (Sherry) & Driver

31 Dec 2019

– DAY 5 –

01 Jan 2020 | New Years Day

Drive to Unit 731 Museum (Pingfang District Harbin)

01 Jan 2020

– DAY 6 –

02 Jan 2020

Lao Daowai Harbin

02 Jan 2020

Meet Tour Guide (James) & Driver

02 Jan 2020

– DAY 7 –

03 Jan 2020

Drive | Zhengzhou to Dengfeng

03 Jan 2020

– DAY 8 –

04 Jan 2020

Meet Xian Tour Guide (Rainbow) & Driver

04 Jan 2020

– DAY 9 –

05 Jan 2020

Xian Daqin Terra Cotta Lacquer Furniture Art Factory

05 Jan 2020

– DAY 10 –

06 Jan 2020

Xian Muslim Quarter

06 Jan 2020

Meet Zhangjiajie Tour Guide (Wendy) & Driver

06 Jan 2020

– DAY 11 –

07 Jan 2020

– DAY 12 –

08 Jan 2020

Visit to Zhangjiajie Avatar Mountains Canceled Due to Rain

12 Jan 2020

– DAY 13 –

09 Jan 2020

– DAY 14 –

10 Jan 2020

Meet Guilin Tour Guide (Evelyn) & Driver

10 Jan 2020

Sheraton Guilin Hotel

10 Jan 2020

– DAY 15 –

11 Jan 2020

– DAY 16 –

12 Jan 2020

Meet Shanghai Tour Guide (Laura) & Driver

12 Jan 2020

– DAY 17 –

13 Jan 2020

– DAY 18 –

14 Jan 2020

– END TRIP –

14 Jan 2020