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The only thing about Shanghai that I had heard of was the Bund, and it is the Number 1 tourist attraction. So we went there via the Nanjing Road East … Read more

Day 70 (23rd July) Shanghai On this kind of trip there are brilliant days, good days, average days, bad days and crap days. This was the latter. The idea was … Read more

We almost missed the Maglev train to Shanghai because we were waiting in the wrong station, but got to the platform just as it arrived. We had had to buy … Read more

It was a case of getting a bus journey of over 5 hours from Fenghuang to Changsha or taking the Maglev high-speed train which took two hours from what, rather … Read more

Nothing much to say today. We went down the road to the riverside and, crossing a bridge, walked down a different side of the river. It was much better than … Read more

We got to the bus station for the 8.50 bus to Fenghuang at about 8.10 and were immediately shepherded onto a large taxi by a lady who, as at Yichang, … Read more

When we went to Tianmenshan mountain in 2012, everything was easy and greatly enjoyable. We went to the terminus of the world’s longest cable car, bought tickets, took the 35-minute … Read more

The visit to Wulingyuan national reserve, 35 kms north of Zhangjiajie, was supposed to be a highlight of the trip. With massive vertical sandstone peaks, it was where the “Avatar” … Read more

A useless day. The only train to Zhangjiajie which doesn’t set off in the middle of the night or take 12 hours left at 10.24 and it was too late … Read more

In 2018, the ship passed down a massive lock built into the Three Gorges Dam, which was a unique experience. The Dam has created a reservoir of water which drives … Read more