CHINA TRIP

August 4-16, 2010

DAY 1 Shanghai - World Expo sightseeing, then dinner with Baji Men

DAY 2 Shanghai - World Expo sightseeing, then dinner with Master Yang's brother at Kublai Khan hotpot

Sri Lanka

Coiled dragon fountain outside Thailand

Anthony with mascot Haibao

DAY 3 Zhu Jia Jiao (an ancient water town)- sightseeing and shopping

DAY 4 Shanghai - World Financial Center and the Bund, then night train to Jinan

DAY 5 Jinan - Jinan Springs and Da Ming Lake, then Anthony trained whip chain with Masters Wong and Tan, then high speed train to Beijing (243 kph)

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Jinan Springs

DAY 6 Beijing - Tian An Men Square and Forbidden City, then train to Qinghuangdao and dinner with Vice-Mayor Li

DAY 7 Qinghuangdao - Taiji demonstration then sightseeing in 2 parks: Ocean-side and Olympic parks, then dinner with Ma Long

 

DAY 8 Qinghuangdao - Great Wall Old Dragon's Head and First Pass then dinner buffet at the hotel

origin of the Great Wall, the Old Dragon's Head

DAY 9 Qinghuangdao - 10 am train to Beijing shopping at the Silk Market, then dinner with Ma Long followed by the night market at Wang Fu Jing

Zhou Lianyu - calligrapher extraordinaire

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DAY 10 Beijing - Temple of Heaven, lunch at the Hard Rock Cafe and a little Wang Fu Jing shopping before the flight to Shanghai

Taiji class in the Temple of Heaven park

Professor gives us a Chinese lesson

Professor and Anthony

DAY 11 Flight home