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We took a day trip out of Beijing (about 4 hours by bus) and hiked for about eight miles along the Great Wall.
It lived up to the hype.

China - Great Wall

Enjoy,
-peebo

From Xian we flew to Shanghai and took the Maglev Train into the city–top speed 268 miles per hour. (It was awesome.)
Highlights in Shanghai included:

Yuyuan Gardens
The Shanghai Museum
Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Hall (Much more interesting than it sounds)
Nighttime walk on The Bund
Living it up in the swank, Rui Jin Hotel
Walking around the tree-lined French [...]

It was hard to leave Yangshuo after only two and a half days days in the area. There was so much more to see and explore but, alas, it was only a 15 day trip.
Our host in Yangshuo, Mr. Wei, arranged for a car to drive us from Yangshuo to the airport in Guilin (~ [...]

While in Yangshou we took a day trip to the fishing village of Xingping–about a 45 minute (and 4 Yuan) bus ride north.
We had some anxiety about finding the right bus in Yangshou (after a horribly frustrating experienced in Shenzhen) so we did our best to memorize the phrases we’d need to ask for the [...]

So, it’s the Sunday after Thanksgiving and I’m in Arkansas with the family. Me, Katy, Mom and Dad are at a department store in Little Rock. Katy has just finished shopping for a dress (very nice…) to wear to her office Christmas party and we’re all goofing off in the random-gadget area of the [...]