Wake up call at 5:45. After a buffet breakfast we were in the lobby, ready to go by 7:30. Our first stop was the jade factory. We had an interesting seminar on jade. Unlike Barry, Cole, Steve and Carol, I managed to forego the temptation to buy. For me the highlight of this stop was getting a great picture with the Terracotta Warriors. Not the real ones; those are in Xian. …
Our gang met up at 6:30am for the hotel’s buffet breakfast. It was a mix of western and Asian breakfast food. The sun made a brave attempt to shine through the haze of pollution. Our tour consisted of thirty three people from The Greater Toronto area, Montreal, Winnipeg, Sudbury, Ottawa, And Niagara. Our group was made up of middle aged people , people in their twenties, a senior, one …
I found this unbelievable deal on the internet; a ten day escorted trip by UTO to China for $790.00 Canadian per person including round trip flights to Beijing from Toronto, flights between Beijing and Shanghai, all accommodations in 4 and 5 star hotels, all breakfasts, 1/2 of your lunches, all ground transportation, admission to many of the sites and all taxes. The trip visits Beijing, Wuxi, Hangzhui, Suzhou and …
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Beautiful sunshine and the temperature was over 30 degrees. We were picked up at our hotel at 8am to start our last day in Vietnam with a tour to the Mekong River Delta. Of course traffic was crazy. At one point a family of four on a motorbike (with young children) were driving down the wrong way on the freeway. There is a lot of horn blowing in Vietnam. …