We were up very early this morning, to beat the crowd to the Great Wall, it was easy to wake with excitment in the veins.Predicted to be a bit cold and some showers, we were all geared up to take on the wall.Well, yes it's just as maginfcient as what you see on TV and in the glossy magazines, the "Wall is Grand"!    They say if you haven't climbed the wall you are not a man! Well Dad, was going to conquer that saying, he was off with others to climb t...

Our first day with the Wendy Wu Tour Group, there are 17 of us in total, and our guide Erin for the whole tour comes from Xian.A fairly reasonable start to the day, breakfast was Western, nice to have some toast, eggs and bacon, instead of the more traditional Chinese breakfast like we had at Chengdu. Has anyone tried Coogee, to me it just tastes like overcooked wet rice, no flavour, although the Chinese add spices and things like chicken, beef etc.The bus took ...

Today was an early morning, we flew Sichaun Airlines to Beijing, takes a good 3 hours, a bit like travelling in Australia from one city to another. We arrived in Beijing mid afternoon, wow the airport to start with - amazed us all, we could tell the city was developed for 2008 Olympics.Only 30 minutes to our hotel, you will see from the Beijing map, there are ring roads, we are situated on the 3rd from the middle, fairly central, but not centre, which suits ever...