China Tour Spring 2005 - Benjamin Satterfield

Lijiang's Ancient Culture

Benjamin Satterfield — Sat, 26 Mar 2005 00:00:00 GMT

Full day Black Dragon Pool park and Dongba Institute; Museum of Naxi Culture. Nice day outdoors in the high altitude sun. You can see Jade Dragon Snow Mountain all day with it's snowy peaks.

Travel Day to Lijiang

Benjamin Satterfield — Fri, 25 Mar 2005 00:00:00 GMT

AM: fly Chengdu/Kunming (stop over)
PM: fly Kunming (stop over) to Lijiang, rest of time free 3 star Cai Xin hotel for 3 nites. it's darn cold and the hotel's heating system went out on the first night! Luckily they brought each of our rooms space heaters.

Emei Shan (Emei Mountain)

Benjamin Satterfield — Thu, 24 Mar 2005 00:00:00 GMT

Hiking day on a holy bddhist mountain. didn't see any famous monkeys though. Full day Emei Shan, return to Chengdu. Last chance to visit the hot springs for the group. leave 3 star Nine Dragon hotel. nice place!

Panda Reserve

Benjamin Satterfield — Wed, 23 Mar 2005 00:00:00 GMT

AM: Visit Panda Breeding Center, way cooler than any zoo. If you love cute fury critters, don't miss the panda reserve, especially the baby nursing area. Go rain or shine, it's not to be missed! Also check out the red Pandas (the lesser panda), they are sometimes overlooked, but you can pay to hold and pet them!

PM: Drive to Emei Shan (Emei Mountain) area and see local Herb Farms. 3 star Emei Shan hotel. Also, take a dip in the lovely and huge hot springs around the corner! They even had herbal baths to take a dip in. You can even buy a pair of retro swimming trunks for a few bucks, sweet.

Natural Chengdu

Benjamin Satterfield — Tue, 22 Mar 2005 00:00:00 GMT

AM: Herb Museum, DuFu poetry garden.
PM: Xin Hua book store.

Medical Day

Benjamin Satterfield — Mon, 21 Mar 2005 00:00:00 GMT

Full day at Chengdu's Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) college and hospital. In the evening we had the hot pot dinner.

Chengdu Immersion

Benjamin Satterfield — Sun, 20 Mar 2005 00:00:00 GMT

AM Herb Market.
PM Tong Ren Tang pharmacy Herb dinner in Qin Shan Fang Restaurant.
We're gonna stay at the 3 star Nine Dragon hotel for 4 nites.

Beijing Fling

Benjamin Satterfield — Fri, 18 Mar 2005 00:00:00 GMT

Forbidden City, Tian An Men Square and Summer Palace; or go to Great Wall in our first jet-lagged day! We cut out the forbidden city, it was just too much. Hop on the flight for Chengdu.

Shanghai in 30 minutes

Benjamin Satterfield — Thu, 17 Mar 2005 00:00:00 GMT

We got here Shanghai Pudong airport. But can we make the connecting flight to Beijing?

We have a long day of instant sight-seeing ahead of us.