Hi Silvia,
Thank you so much for organizing our tour of China.
Everything went well, and we had a wonderful time. And thank you again for treating us for dinner in Guilin-it was a delightful evening.
The Guides and Drivers worked out very well. There were a few minor hiccups when local tour organizers changed guides but their replacements worked out well, even in Chongqing where the guide stepped in at the last moment and had not been fully briefed as to our itinerary but then did an admirable job filling in our time, except for the planned hot pot dinner and which you made sure we had in Shanghai.
In fact Chongqing was the only place where the itinerary planned went off the rails as the Three Gorges Museum was closed as it was Monday and as the water in the Yangtze was so low we could not embark as you had planned but had to take a three hour coach drive to embark. That was not a good day, but it was the only one on our whole tour.
For us the highlights of our visit were Pingyao, Lijiang, Guilin and Yangshuo and the Li River Cruise and Hangzhou. Of course the Terra Cotta warriors, the Great Wall, Forbidden City, and Tiananmen Square are must sees but to our mind they paled compared to getting to seeing the less popular tourist sights you had arranged.
If we had any disappointment it was the Three Gorge Cruise as a combination of not good weather and less than five star ( more like three star) accommodation on the Victoria Cruise less enjoyable than we hoped.
Thank you so much for arranging what my wife and I feel was a wonderful vacation and chance to see the many and various aspects of China. It is rare having visited a country that I say I will go back, but in the case of China I certainly would.
Again you did a wonderful job.
Frank
Frank's Guided Private Tour to China of 2018
Day 1 Beijing Arrival
Day 2 Beijing: Free day
Day 3 Beijing: Mutianyu Greet Wall, Chang Tomb,
Day 4 Beijing: Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, Sacred Road.
Day 5 Beijing: The Summer Palace, Temple of Heaven, Confucius Temple, the Imperial College
Day 6 Beijing to Pingyao, Pingyao: Double Forest Temple
Day 7 Pingyao to Xi’an, Pingyao: Pingyao Ancient Town, Ming and Qing Street, Rishengchang Draft Bank
Day 8 Xi’an: Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum, Big Wild Goose Pagoda, Muslim Quarters, Grand Mosque
Day 9 Xi’an: Free day
Day 10 Xi’an to Lijiang, Lijiang: Lijiang Old Town, Black Dragon Pool Park
Day 11 Lijiang: Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, Yufeng Temple
Day 12 Lijiang: Free day
Day 13 Lijiang to Guilin, LIjiang: Baisha Mural, Joseph Rock's Former Residence at Yuhu Villag
Day 14 Guilin: Reed Flute Cave, Palace of Prince Jingjiang, Home visits to a local family and learn how to cook Chinese cuisine from housewife
Day 15 Guilin to Yangshuo, Guilin: Li River Cruise
Day 16 Yangshuo: Taichi Boxing Course, Countryside trip by car, Afternoon free at leisure
Day 17 Guilin to Chongqing, Chongqing: The Three Gorges Museum, Ciqikou Ancient Town
Day 18 Yangtze Cruise
Day 19 Yangtze Cruise
Day 20 Yichang to Hangzhou
Day 21 Hangzhou to Shanghai, Hangzhou: West Lake, Lingyin Temple & Feilai Peak, Huqingyu Tang Chinese Medicine Museum, Hefang Street, Longjing Tea Plantlong
Day 22 Shanghai: Yu Market, Yu Garden, Oriental Pearl TV Tower, Jade Buddha Temple, the Former French Concession
Day 23 Shanghai: Free day
Day 24 Shanghai: Zhujiajiao Water Town, the Bund, Nanjing Road
Day 25 Shanghai Departure
