Wonders of China Fall 2009

Here is our latest visit to China. The adventure started from Shanghai, where we flew into Jiu Zhai Gou via Chengdu. Jiu Zhai Gou is located at the east of Tibet mountains. It is secluded to the national parks with 114 lakes and many waterfalls. We love the fresh air and scenic view it has to offer. Our trip continued to Chongqing where we started our 4 days cruise along the Yang Tze River. It was magnificance seeing the scenic view of the Gorges and admiring wonders of the great dam China built. We flew from YiChang to Beijing and spent 5 days there.
The trip covers the famous Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Hutong, Panda Bear visit and also climbing the Great Wall of China. Xian was a old ancient city with enrich history of the past. There laid the first emperor of China's tomb. We even had the opportunity to meet with the tomb founder of the famous "Terra Cotta Warrior". The Tomb was discovered by accident while 3 farmers were digging for a well in 1974. Today it exhibit the relics of the wonders discovery.
We flew over to Shanghai and continued to visit ZhouZhang knowned as the venice of the east. We love this little town. There are little shops everywhere with enrich culture.
Our last stop was in Suzhou and Shanghai to see beautiful gardens. What a marvelous trip for the year!