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April 29th 2017

Published: June 6th 2017

The beginning of a another great adventure.... This trip would prove to be a bit different from our previous excursions; a sizable chunk of it would be with an organized tour which we typically don't do, and geographically this would be all over the proverbial map and returning to a couple of previous destinations...starting here in Beijing, then taking a 40 hour train ride west to Tibet (okay, s... Read Full Entry

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Stairway to Heaven

...at the Great Wall...really steep...

Stairs at Great Wall

Great Wall III

Great Wall IV

...an older portion of the wall, and not preserved, original...

Great Wall V

...another old original section of the wall...

Hangin' on the Wall

Great Wall VI

Guard Tower

...at Tiananmen Square...

Bridge

...in the Forbidden City...

Forbidden City II

Forbidden City III

The gang...

...at the Forbidden City...

Detail work

...at the Forbidden City...

Captain Happy

...think I was goofing here...I hope at any rate...haha... (KC)

Forbidden City IV

Erin and K

...another Hutong...

Hutong II

...on our way to another Great Leap location...

6th June 2017

RENanDREW
Ren & Andrew

'...then finished the evening with a spread of Peking Duck at a nearby restaurant'
Ah, how delicious and lovely does that sound? Looking forward to reading about that epic train trip! :)

6th June 2017

el Jefe
Jeff C

Not too bad at all!
Ah the train ride, something I was looking forward to and enjoyed but was happy when it was over...left at 8pm, and we were in the hard sleepers so six bunks and no door...the gang wasn't all together either, we were fortunate that we were together and with two others, one of the gals was alone with 5 other locals...and squat toilets on a moving train were quite the adventure...haha...

7th June 2017

cabochick
Andrea

Canuck on the move
That sounds like a great itinerary! Lol ah yes squat toilets on a moving train. I remember well. Have a great time and there's No shame in traveling by group. They Might surprise you.

7th June 2017

el Jefe
Jeff C

Canuck on the move
It truly was a great itinerary, and the tour and folks on it were excellent...pretty impressed with G Adventures, lots of stuff seen but also a healthy amount of "do whatever you want" time which is always nice...plus we had a week after the tour to ourselves for some R&R...

8th June 2017

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

Travel
The things we are willing to go through when traveling. ha ha

8th June 2017

el Jefe
Jeff C

Many many sacrifices...
...well, not at the brewery, unless you consider the stout running out and not having the t-shirt I wanted in my size...haha...

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