May 7, 2010

In Case You Were Wondering...

Ash and I are headed to China on Sunday!  Crazy, I know!  Shauna wanted me to blog while I was there, and I said HECK NO.  So, I'm putting on my blog our itinerary so that you can imagine what I would blog about...

Sunday 9th


 Leave Provo at 8am

Monday 10th

 Arrive at 8pm at Hunsakers

Tuesday 11th

 Buy Train Ticket

• Forbidden City

o Jing Shan Park

o Tian’an Men Square

• PM Wangfuijing Market

Wednesday 12th

• Temple of Heaven

• Olympic Village

o Birds Nest

o Water Cube

 Shower!!

 Train to Shanghai at 21:15

Beijing ► Shanghai

Train number: D31 D321 D307 D301 D305 T103 T103 T109

Beijing (main) depart 11:05* day 1 21:15 day 1 21:30 21:35 21:40 22:09 22:09 22:15

Shanghai arrive 20:57 day 1 07:22 day 2 07:42 07:47 07:52 11:09 11:09 11:33



Thursday 13th

 Arrive in Shanghai at 07:22

 SHANGHAI DOWNTOWN

• Best of Shanghai Day Tour: 08:00 Pickup (8 hours)

o Highlights

- Jade Buddha Temple

- Fresh Water Pearl Gallery

- People Square

- Shanghai Museum

- Lunch

- Yuyuan Garden

- Shanghai Old Street

- Bund

- Silk Factory

- Xin Tian Di

 Buy Train ticket



Friday 14th

• Shuzhou and Zhouzhuang Water Village Day Tour: 07:30 Pickup (10 hours)

 Itinerary / Activity Schedule

- Net Master Garden

- Ancient City Wall

- Grand Canal

- Suzhou No. 1 Silk Spinning Factory

- Lunch

- Zhouzhuang Water Village

- Boating on Waterways

 Train to Beijing at 21:38

Shanghai ► Beijing

Train number: D32 D302 D314 D306 D322 D322 T104 T110

Shanghai depart 10:42 day 1 21:23 day 1 21:28 21:18 21:38 21:38 21:58 22:04

Beijing (main) arrive 20:32* day 1 07:35 day 2 07:40 07:30 07:45 07:45 11:17 11:23



Saturday 15th

 Arrive in Beijing at 07:45

• Summer Palace (old summer palace)

• Xian Shan Park (Botanical Gardens)

Sunday 16th

• Church

Monday 17th

• Great Wall of China

o Ba Da Ling side, go death

Tuesday 18th

• Hongqiao Market

• Silk Market

• Pearl Market

• Cow Street Mosque??

• Acrobat Show??

Wednesday 19th

 Leave Hunsakers at 9am

6 comments:

abbybrossette said...

don't forget my picture or some 'memento' from the water cube.

Charlotta-love said...

Oh wow. Have fun. And please, please, please don't miss a train on Friday. That could really mess up your "train number: 3345742789327483927489327693724893277384927" schedule. Take lots of pictures.

Taffers Dawn said...

JEALOUS!!!!

Mark and Shauna said...

Luuuuuuuuuuuucky! SO excited for you guys! Have TONS of fun!!:)

Shayla said...

also jealous!

GrannyG said...

I was exhausted just reading your schedule. You and Ashley are really going to have a marvelous trip. Do take pictures and post them when you get home. And give our great grandkids a big hug for us.