Having just come back from a 3 week trip to China I decided to provide my experiences to everybody that is planning or has been to China. I am going to do this in a multi-part blog. I hope this both fuels and controls your expectations if you are thinking about a trip to China. This, by the way, does not include Hong Kong and Taiwan which are considered part of China family in the eyes of Mainline China, because I consider separate entities. (please..no comments on the status of these two wonderful areas)
As to my subject of this post, I went to China to spend some time with my fiance's Son's family who have been posted in Shanghai for 2 years with 3M. If you are going to go that far, which for us was about 18 hours by air, you really should tour around some. So we added a individual tour that covered Guilin, Xian and Beijing. All in all we spent about 3 weeks.
For those thinking about travelling to China, I can say it will change your thinking about China and will likely eliminate any stereotypes you have had in the past. You will experience locations like the Great Wall that can only appreciated by actually being there. Pictures and videos are good, but these pale in comparison with the actual sensory experience of being there.
In the following posts I am going go into the details of our experience. I do not think it will spoil the "Christmas Morning" experience of anticipation, but will manage your expectations.
For those that have been to China, please comment on my experiences both for my enjoyment and the readers of my blog.
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