Day 23 Tongli Water Town - Train journey to Huangshan Mountain
Mr Yang picks us up at the hotel at 10am. This gives us time to get a coffee in the morning. The only long-noses far and wide. We drive half an hour to...
Day 22 Drive to Suzhou, day trip to the classical gardens of Suzhou
Today we drive to Suzhou with Sahra. The journey takes 1.5 hours. She loves this city very much and tells us about it with great enthusiasm. Among other things, Suzho will also...
Day 21 Tour to the highlights of the city of Shanghai
Now we actually wake up in Shanghai. From the mountains straight into the mega city. These contrasts are still very impressive. Markus was with Robert almost 10 years ago...
Day 20 Tianmen Mountain, train journey to Shanghai
We set off early, pack, have breakfast and meet Mr Hu and Alex at 7.30am. At the bakery around the corner, you'll recognise us, we get a coffee and a little...
Day 19 Huangshizhai and Golden Whip Creek
Today we will enter the national park through the southern gate and drive 40 minutes over a mountain in Mr Hu's minibus. Everything is green, wet from the...
Day 18 Yuanjiajie, Tianzi Mountain and the Ten Mile Natural Gallery
Today we are supposed to be ready at 08:30, we manage, the breakfast in a canteen-like atmosphere was just OK. Markus had opted for fried rice and noodles, which was...
Day 17 Three Gorges Dam - Disembarkation in Yichang
You can already hear footsteps, voices, doors, it's still early and it's the end of the cruise. One sunrise later, we make our way to breakfast and then...
Day 16 Wushan and the picturesque gorges
Well rested, we go to breakfast shortly after 8am because nothing happens until 11am. Markus treats himself to a massage including pedicure, you should see his back, bright red. But if it helps....
Day 15 Ghost town Fengdu, War Fire of the Three Kingdoms Show
Unfortunately, Markus has now also caught a cold and has slept badly. We find something to eat for breakfast in the large buffet. At 8.40 am we are sitting in the restaurant on deck 3...
Day 14 City tour of Chongqing, start of the cruise on the Yangtze River
We were picked up by our tour guide Han at 10 o'clock this morning. She explained something about Chongqing to us. It is a city state and covers a total of 84,000 km2, and has...