China
After much deliberation, we decided to buy the route Beijing, Shanghai, Hainan, Hong Kong.
Arriving in Beijing, we settled in the hotel with our group of 10 people. I note that throughout the rest the hotels were 5 stars and fully corresponded to this category! After accommodation, they brought us to a restaurant of Mongolian cuisine, where we all got to know each other. On the first day we were taken on an excursion to the main square, etc. and the Forbidden City. The Forbidden City is very large and by the end of the tour, the legs began to get tired, plus the humidity and high temperature! We had dinner at the Peking duck restaurant, after which the whole group dispersed around Beijing at night. The next day, the Chinese Wall and the Medical Center, in which, after the diagnosis, they tried to sell "medicines" to everyone for 200-300 dollars. Many have purchased specifically! In the evening we went to the street of bars, where we spent all the time until closing, smoking hookah and drinking whiskey!
On the third day, we had to move by train to Shanghai, and since the night crossing, the whole day was full of excursions. The tea ceremony, the Gate, the wall of reflected sound, the antique street, the Olympic objects. . . The station struck me with its cleanliness and shunktsionalnost! The train is also very clean and modern! Chinese passengers are neat and friendly. Unlike our tourists, they immediately go to bed, and do not sit for a long time and eat... vodka! )
Arrive in Shanghai early in the morning, immediately visit the TV tower, walk along the river and have lunch at a restaurant. Further accommodation at the hotel, by the way with very modern and beautiful rooms, after which a visit to the temple and something else that we did not go for! We decided to go shopping, having previously asked the guide where it was and the address for a taxi. There are no traffic jams in China at all (at least in the Moscow sense), so if you have the name of the place in Chinese, then you can completely walk on your own! You can also call your guide and ask him to explain. There are a lot of shops in Shanghai, but don't get your hopes up for low prices! Of course, there are shops where some brands are cheaper than in our supermarkets and boutiques, but in general the difference is not big. The next day, on the way to the airport, we stopped at a pearl and silk factory, where we spent a few hours. our compatriots needed to buy a mountain of gifts!
When we got on the plane to Sanya, a thunderstorm began and we sat on the plane for 10 hours!! ! despite the fact that it took only three hours to fly! So 13 hours and we are on the island of Hainan! The guide patiently waited for us for which many thanks to him!
to be continued....
