for years we have been discussing returning to China to see something new- it's a big country and there are lots of options.
on our first trip we did the whole touristy China- we went specifically to see the Three Gorges before the dam on the Yangtze flooded the region and they were forever changed... and before we got that far we of course did Beijing (great wall, summer palace, temple of heaven, forbidden city, Tienanmen square, hutongs etc...) Xian (terra cota warriors) Chengdu (panda preserve and gate way to Tibet) Tibet (three days in Lhasa and surrounding area) River Cruise to Wuhan (through the Three Gorges and Lesser Three Gorges) Hong Kong (loved it- went back on our own twice since then to Hong Kong)
and we have been talking for a decade about returning so when we started to nail down destinations of choice for 2013 - it came up (again) and so I got in touch with my go-to gal for trip planning- Heidi at Nature Expeditions....
for the last week or so we have been refining the itinerary for a trip in 2013- sorry folks you'll have to wait for the actually trip because 2012 is already taken up with other locales....
here is where we will be headed- Lijiang
Shangri La
Guilin
Li River
Yangshuo
Shanghai
and last but not least - Hangzhou
so we are closing in on a final itinerary - but if anyone has any ideas about China travel in the areas outside the usual tourist circuit - let me know... comments section is attached to every post....
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