We flew back to Shanghai again, and rode the Maglev into the city at 430 km/h. Pretty stinking fast. Back in Shanghai we tried to check out a few of the common sites to see before we headed out. We visited the Shanghai museum first. Inside were a lot of Chinese...
We arrived in Xi'an, the city known for the legendary Terracotta Army. We got a nice hotel inside the old city wall, which was a great location. We were able to find a lot of things to see and do in the very close vicinity. We walked everywhere we visited inside the...
To get out of Dawson's way while he needed to study, and to see more of China, Josh and I flew to Hangzhou (HANG-joe) and then later to Xi'an (SHE-ahn). Hangzhou is a city that has a scenic lake, and is nearby mountains, I believe. We got a hotel that was supposed to...
We arrived in Shanghai and met Dawson. He met us at the airport and we drove back on a bus to his apartment. We tried and failed to hail a taxi to take us from the bus to the apartment, so we just walked. The first day there we went to the Yu Yuan Gardens and the...