Our day started at 4:20am. After checking out, Celia escorted nineteen of us to the airport. The rest of the group were flying back to Montreal in the afternoon. (We had said our goodbyes to each other the night before). The Radisson Hotel had packed breakfasts to take with us. Included was a hard boiled egg, bun, yoghurt, water and a very stale muffin. We said goodbye to Celia …
The day was sunny. We were on the bus at 8am for our full day in Shanghai. The day before, as a group we had agreed on the day’s itinerary. Our first stop was the Buddhist temple of the jade Buddha. Celia spent the bus ride time explaining the geography of China and Buddhism and whatever topics we had questions about. The temple was beautiful with many golden buddha. The most …
At least it wasn’t raining today. We had another eclectic huge buffet breakfast. There was everything from omelets to stir fried veggies to crispy little fish. I think I may have even tried roasted insects. I was the only one that tried those. We travelled through Hangzhu, past the Yangtze River and to the tea village of Longjing. I learnt a lot about tea but didn’t buy any because …
I woke up at 2:45am and no matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t get back to sleep. At 7am we went for another huge buffet breakfast before checking out of the Gloria Grand Hotel Wuxi. The day was dull with pouring rain which suited the geese and pair of black swans that lived in the water area in front of our hotel. Vince made an announcement on the bus that the …