China trip diary

Last Updated: September 24, 1998
I kept a travel diary. However, I won't reproduce it here; instead, I'll list the highlights. After each day, I've listed where we spent the night. Note that on travel days, some of the sights listed may be in the previous city.

August 8,9: Beijing
Fly from Toronto to Beijing via Vancouver.
August 10: Beijing
Check in at the US Embassy. Silk Alley. Arts and Crafts Store.
August 11: Beijing
Tian'an Men Square. Forbidden City.
August 12: Beijing
China Picture Studio. Ancient Observatory.
August 13: Beijing
Summer Palace.
August 14: Beijing
Temple of Heaven.
August 15: Beijing
Great Wall -- Juyongguan and Badaling. Ming tombs.
August 16: Beijing
Longqingxia. Great Wall (Badaling).
August 17: Beijing
Rest. Dinner at the Old Beijing restaurant.
August 18: Beijing
Shihuadong Cave and nearby temples. Lugouqiao (Marco Polo) Bridge.
August 19: Beijing
Beihai Park. Jingshan Park. Yonghe Gong.
August 20: Beijing
Silk Alley. Arts and Crafts Store.
August 21: Beijing
Xiang Shan.
August 22: Tunxi
Flight from Beijing to Tunxi.
August 23: Huang Shan
Tangyue Archways. Xidiguzen.
August 24: Huang Shan.
Huang Shan.
August 25: Xiamen
Huang Shan. Flight from Tunxi to Xiamen.
August 26: Quanzhou
Gulangyu. Bus from Xiamen to Quanzhou.
August 27: Quanzhou
Rest.
August 28: Quanzhou
Kaiyuan Si. Streets of Quanzhou.
August 29: Xi'an
Flight to Xi'an.
August 30: Xi'an
The Big Wild Goose Pagoda. A "tomb". Shaanxi History Museum. Forest of Steles. Shuyuanmen Dajie. Bell Tower and Drum Tower. Great Mosque of Xi'an.
August 31: Xi'an.
Terracotta Warriors. Xi'an City Wall.
September 1: Xi'an.
Northwestern Polytechnique University. Small Wild Goose Pagoda. Xi'an City Wall. Daoist Temple of the Eight Immortals.
September 2: Train from Xi'an to Beijing.
Shopping. City Wall. Boarded overnight train to Beijing.
September 3: Beijing.
Beijing Hotel. Rest.
September 4: Beijing.
Rest. Shopping. Street market.
September 5: Beijing.
Rest. Shopping. Old style Beijing restaurant.
September 6: Beijing.
Shopping. Hong Qiao market. Packing.
September 7: Waterloo.
Flight from Beijing to Toronto via Vancouver.
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