My flight to Chengdu leaves in about 12 hours and I thought I would go ahead and continue the tradition I started last summer(SethsEuroTrip.blogspot.com), and blog about my travels. Currently the plan is to fly into Chengdu China, meet up with my friend Jake (the man I traveled primarily with last summer), who has been living in Kunming for the past year, and travel north east for a week. We plan to arrive in Beijing a week from Saturday (Aug 30th) to meet up with my brother Mike. From there the three of us will take the next two weeks and travel southward down the east coast of China hitting most the major metropolitan areas along the way.
I hope to be able to update this every few days, but obviously am not sure when I will be able to so bear with me.
Below is a rough outline of what I have assumed I will do on the trip. Obviously this itinerary will most likely change over the next three weeks, but I don't think I'll deviate too much seeing as I had to submit my itinerary and hostel reservations to the Chinese government. I apologize for the odd format, but I just copy and pasted the spreadsheet I had been working with, and this is the format that Blogspot defaulted to.
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Day 1
Arrive in Chengdu (1:30pm)
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Day 2
Chengdu 成都
Panda Research Base
Tian Fu Square
Sichuan Opera **A must see!!! We will go to a show!!!
Monday, August 25, 2008
Day 3
Chengdu 成都
Jin Li
Massage / Foot Washing
Wenshu Temple, (文殊院)
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Day 4
Xi'an 西安
City Wall of Xi'an
**16 hour train ride to Xi'an from Chengdu, we may need to look into a flight or something.
Forest of Steles
Wolong Temple
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Day 5
Xi'an 西安
Army of Terracotta Warriors and Horses (兵马俑 Bīng mă yŏng)
Big (Wild) Goose Pagoda (大雁塔 Dà Yàntǎ)
Drum Tower （鼓楼 Gǔlóu）
Grand Mosque (清真寺 Qīngzhēnsì)
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Day 6
Shaolin temple
Shaolin Temple (少林寺 Shàolínsì), also known as Shaolin Monastery
**must arrive via Zhengzhou
Friday, August 29, 2008
Day 7
Shaolin temple
Songyue Pagoda
Gaocheng Guanxing Tai
Zhongyue Miao
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Day 8
Get to Beijing (hopefully in the morning)
Check in to Hostel and just walk around a little in Beijing
**11 hour train ride to Beijing from Zhengzhou, we may need to look into a flight or something. Flight = $121 from Zengzhou, so this seems to be our best option
Meet up with Mike (2:30 flight arrives, so maybe a 5pm meeting time/place)
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Day 9
Beijing 北京
Tiananmen Square (天安门广场 Tiānānmén Guǎngchǎng)
Pan Jia Yuan (潘家园), also called the "dirt market" or the "weekend market,"
Forbidden City (故宫 Gù Gōng) (also known as the Palace Museum)
Chairman Mao Mausoleum
Monday, September 01, 2008
Day 10
Beijing 北京
Day trip to Badaling (Great Wall) 1 1/2 hr Bus
Summer Palace (颐和园 Yíhé yuán)
Tuesday, September 02, 2008
Day 11
Beijing 北京
Prince Gong's Mansion (恭王府 Gōngwáng Fǔ)
***Leave around 8ishpm and head to Jinan
Drum Tower
Temple of Heaven (天坛 Tiāntán),
Beijing opera at the Laoshe Tea House (老舍茶馆 Lǎoshě Cháguǎn) ---- In the morning, about 40 minutes, and is free
Wednesday, September 03, 2008
Day 12
Jinan 济南
Baotu Springs
*** 4 hour train from Beijing
Lingyan Temple
***Arive Late on the 2nd?
Thousand-Buddha Mountain(Qianfoshan)
***Leave around 8ishpm and head to Nanjing
Thursday, September 04, 2008
Day 13
Nanjing 南京
Gulou Square
*** 5 hour train from Jinan
Confucius Temple
***Arrive Late on the 3rd
Zhonghua Gate
***Stay 2 nights Leaving early on the 5th
Presidential Palace
Monument to the 1937 Nanjing Massacre
One of the bridges over the Yangtze has sculptures that are a classic of socialist art
Friday, September 05, 2008
Day 14
Suzhou 苏州
Gardens, any and all. They are supposed to me magnificent
*** 1 1/2 hours from Nanjing
The Garden of the Master of the Nets (Wang Shi Yuan 网师园)
*** in by 12pm out by 9pm -- simmilar to Venice '07
The Humble Administrator's Garden (Zhuo Zheng Yuan 拙政园)
The Lingering Garden (Liu Yuan 留园)
Soochow (Suzhou) University's Main/Original Campus
Ping Jiang Road
Dong Zhong Shi ">Baita Road (Bai2 Ta3 Lu4) --> Dong Zhong Shi
Saturday, September 06, 2008
Day 15
Shanghai 上海
*** 40 minutes from Suzhou
***Arive Late on the 5th
Nanjing Dong Lu (南京东路)
Sunday, September 07, 2008
Day 16
Shanghai 上海
Ohel Moishe Synagogue
Jade Buddha Temple
The Bund
Fuxing Rd (复兴路)
Oriental Pearl TV Tower
Monday, September 08, 2008
Day 17
Fly to Macau
Tuesday, September 09, 2008
Day 18
Macau 澳門
Leal Senado Square
Casinos
**Probably fly to Hong Kong in the evning seeing as we have already spent a night in Macau
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Day 19
Macau 澳門
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Day 20
Hong Kong 香港
Nathan Road
Outdoor markets
Water Front
Friday, September 12, 2008
Day 21
Hong Kong 香港
Avenue of Stars
Chatham Road South
Wong Tai Sin Temple Complex
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Day 22
Fly from Hong Kong back Home
11:45 am flight home. United 0856 out of HKG
12:pm who knows what Jake Does, but he'll be alone in Hong Kong
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