The Dragon Trip will now be departing a day early on Tuesday 30th May. If we had departed on 1st May as planned we would have only had the four of us however if we leave a day early we will be with 12 others who have travelled to China specifically for the Dragon Trip.
Unfortunately, due to all the travelling WiFi will be scarce so I will post when I can but here is the detailed Itinerary so you can follow our path.
Day 1 of Dragon Trip – Tuesday 30th April
Meet 17.30 at Beijing Leo Hostel and board the night train to Hangzhou
Day 2 Wednesday 1st May
8.30 Arrive Hangzhou
9.00 Tour of West Lake
13.00 Board minibus to Moganshan
15.00 Hike through bamboo forest to mountain lagoon
Day 3 Thursday 2nd May
8.00 Hike to Moganshan Peak and Chairman Mao’s Summer House
13.00 Board Bus to Shanghai
17.00 Arrive Shanghai23.00 Shanghai Drunken Dragon Pub Crawl
Day 4 Friday 3rd May
Optional Activities in Shanghai:
Acrobatics
People’s Square, Nanjing Road and the Bund Tour
Vue Bar
French Concession
Yu Gardens
Propaganda Museum
Day 5 Saturday 4th May
Optional activities
Day 6 Sunday 5th May
Optional activities
Day 7 Monday 6th May
13.00 Board a train to Guilin
Day 8 Tuesday 7th May
11.00 Arrive in Guilin and transfer to Yangshuo
13.00 Check into hostel
13.30 Bamboo Rafting
21.00 Chinese Doctor Hot Cupping
Day 9 Wednesday 8th May
9.00 Deep Water Soloing (Rock climbing above a river, with no ropes. Only in summer)
13.00 Bike Ride to Moon Hill and a cave complex including mudbaths and hot springs
19.00 Cormorant Fishing
Day 10 Thursday 9th May
9.00 Cooking School
13.00 Tour to Monkey Janes home village
Day 11 Friday 10th May
5.00 Hike to a pagoda on a karst peak for sunrise
9.00 Board bus to Guilin
13.00 Board train to Chengdu
Day 12 Saturday 11th May
13.00 Arrive in Chengdu Transfer by metro to hostel
15.00 Mandarin Lesson
16.00 Massage from blind Masseuse
18.00 Sichuan Hot Pot (includes all you can eat and drink)
Day 13 Sunday 12th May
6.00 Panda Breeding Research Centre
10.00 Leshan Giant Buddha
17.00 Board night train
Day 14 Monday 13th May
9.00 Arrive in Xian
13.00 Bike Ride on Ming Dynasty City Walls
18.15 Volunteer at a local soup kitchen for homeless people
19.45 Terracotta Warriors
Day 15 Tuesday 14th May
16.00 Tour of the muslim Quarter and Great Mosque
19.45 Xian Water and light show
21.30 Karaoke (KTV)
Day 16 Wednesday 15th May
11.30 Visit to a Mountain Farm
Day 17 Thursday 16th May
8.00 Depart farm and transfer to train station by minibus
12.00 Board Bullet Train to Zhengzhou
16.00 Arrive Zhengzhou and transfer to Dengfeng
17.00 Go tosupermarket to buys supplies for the orphanage
18.30 Kungfu Lesson at a local Kungfu Orphanage
Day 18 Friday 17th May
7.15 Shaolin Temple
15.00 Transfer to train station
19.30 Board Night Train to Beijing
Day 19 Saturday 18th May
9.00 Arrive Beijing
13.00 Travel to undiscovered section of the Wall
15.00 Hike on restored and unrestored sections of the Wall
Day 20 Sunday 19th May
5.00 Sunrise on the Wall
8.00 Return to Beijing
14.00 Forbidden City
Day 21 Monday 20th May
12.00 Olympic Park, Fake Goods Market and Roast Duck Dinner (all you can eat and drink included)
Tuesday 21st May
Fly back to the UK!
