China Adventures 1 minute clip 2009

My trip to China included visits to all of the major tourist places. I started in Beijing which included a 5 mile hike along the Secret Great Wall of China. I then began my train travels to see the Shaolin Monks and then on to see the Terra cotta warriors.

I then trekked up Hua Shan to all five summits before taking the cable car down as the rains increased and darkness was falling.

After that I enjoyed seeing the Pandas feasting on bamboo and sugar cane in Chengdu. Chengdus Peoples Park was a lot of fun visiting with its Tea Houses and people enjoying each other dancing, performing, playing badminton or just sipping tea. With a short bus ride, I then was amazed at viewing the largest Buddha in the world in Le Shan.

From there I traveled to Chongqing to begin my 4 day cruise down the Three Gorges to Yichang and the Three Gorges Dam with stops on the way at the Fengdu Ghost City and the White Emperor City along with a cruise on a smaller boat up the Misty Gorge in Wushan.

I visited Changsa and Shaoshan, the home town of Mao during the May 4th youth day.




After I arrived in Guilin, I traveled to see the Dragons's Backbone Rice Terraces and watched the Yao women with their long hair perform for us.

From Guilin, I took my most enjoyable river cruise down the Li River to Yangshuo.

Once in Yangshuo, I enjoyed my bicycle tours and bamboo raft ride down the Yulong River and surroundisng area with my guide, Miki and English student Wei Li. I also saw the Impressions Liu Sanjie performance on the Li River which involved over 600 performers. The director, Zhan Yimou, is the same person who directed the opening ceremony of the Beijing Summer Olympics.

The heavy rains of Yanghsuo and Xingping got me to take the night train to Kunming and Dali and bright blue skies and sunshine where I bicycled around and visited the local school before I headed off to Lijiang, which was another walking street village with channels of river running through. It was then off to trek on the Leaping Tiger Gorge.

After the Leaping Tiger Gorge trek, I visited Shangri La before heading to Shanghai and then on to the walled city of Pingyao before leaving China.

Rick Hunt filmed it April 2009. For more travel pictures go to: www.huntforgold.homestead.com

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