In my
last post about the plethora of languages in China, I ended with a mention of practicing Mandarin for my upcoming trip to
Hainan. In addition, I want to travel to the following places during this coming year:
- Beijing - Great Wall, Forbidden Palace, Tianamen Square, Summer Palace, Temple of Heaven, gardens and museums. I loved reading about archaeology and paleontology when I was younger and the shear history will be a transport to the past.
- Yunnan - City of Eternal Spring, Lijang Old Town, Stone Forest. This area remains temperate all year so it will be nice vacation from the heat during the summer.
- Chongqing to Wuhan - Yangtze river cruise from Chongqing to Wuhan through the Three Rivers Gorge Dam. Then the fastest train line in the world from Wuhan to Guangzhou.
- Harbin - International Ice and Snow Festival. Might be too inconvenient to travel during the snowy winter though so I will have to ponder this option some more.
- Day trips to Guangzhou, Zhuhai, Hong Kong and Macau. (The last 2 will be visa-dependent for my kids.)
It's a pretty ambitious vacation plan. Of course, I've taken roughly 6 weeks of vacation during the past 12 years of which 1 week each for my honeymoon and the birth of my 2 kids. Like I talked about in
Sleeping in a Closet, starting a business often is a fight for survival and there may be no time for the luxuries in life.
(Filed in china, philosophy)
For our vacation to Hainan last week, our local travel agent booked us on a tour group package. Following a tour group has some advantages and disadvantages. The good: cheap transportation and lodging with no need to make decisions on... Read More
Vacation Plans
Posted by Mossy
February 25, 2010 4:40 AM
It's a pretty ambitious vacation plan. Of course, I've taken roughly 6 weeks of vacation during the past 12 years of which 1 week each for my honeymoon and the birth of my 2 kids. Like I talked about in Sleeping in a Closet, starting a business often is a fight for survival and there may be no time for the luxuries in life.
(Filed in china, philosophy)
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For our vacation to Hainan last week, our local travel agent booked us on a tour group package. Following a tour group has some advantages and disadvantages. The good: cheap transportation and lodging with no need to make decisions on... Read More
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