I finished off my blog from yesterday😁 First sighting from the coach😁. If I can climb Snowdon then I can do this🤣 My dream achieved.. This is Ron from our group I don't think this picture truly shows how deep the steps are Ceri on his way to the highest point before the public couldn't …
Author: sharron1964
As my friend so kindly put it, "you're in your second half century and you're nearer to 100 than you've ever been"! Thus begins my voyage of discovery! I am so lucky to have two jobs that I absolutely love. My second job has afforded me the luxury of being able to treat myself and it's at this job that I met a lovely lady by the name of Louise. Unknowningly to Louise she was going to be the reason that I am now embarking on this journey of a lifetime (for me anyway). Louise has family in Manhatten and quite often spends weeks, if not months visiting them. It was during such a discussion that I too realised that I also have family and friends in far away climates and why shouldn't I go and visit them. This particular journey will be emotional. Not least because on one of the legs of my journey I am visiting my aunt, who I have never met before, who is my dad's sister. Sadly my dad passed away in 2014 so hasn't lived to see this moment.
I have decided to start this blog to diarise my journey. So let me begin.......
Day 12 of 13
Today I visited Tiananmen Square and Forbidden City. I wish I could retain all the information I was given however it's impossible. The square was huge and we didn't have time to see everything. They are preparing for golden week which starts on the 1st October and is to celebrate the founding of the people's …
Day 11 of 13 – off to Beijing today
Morning everyone. Spending the morning in Xian before flying to Beijing. I just remembered I didn't have a bridge photo yesterday😂 Before I tell you about today this is... Empress Sharron from yesterday So today we went to the old part of Xian (pronounced she han if I haven't already told you). There's a big …
Day 10 of 13 – The Warriors (I apologise if you can’t see all of my photos. I will try to remedy when back in UK)
Oh my goodness today has been an amazing day. I have taken as many photos of the warriors as there are actual warriors, roughly 6,000🤣 I won't bore you too much so I've selected a chosen few🤔.... my few is lots and lots.. This is the hospital for poorly warriors that didn't survive 2,000 years …
Day 9 of 13 Hello pandas
Today I got up early (again) to meet the pandas and they were so lovely albeit the red pandas weren't too keen to be photographed😂 Mum and baby And sibling looks on.. More pandas😁 This one was definitely male as he had a good old scratch...😂 Think I'll have a nap now.. Look how big …
Day 7 of 13
So once again I woke up to different scenery... bit gloomy Good news I found the life boat 😁 Interesting way of life.. Good news again... I found another bridge😁 So today we went to the Shibaozhai Temple on the south bank near the Qutang Gorge. It has nine storeys 😁 that's 99 steps. It …
Day 6 of 13
Last night the boat moved and so the view has changed from the people lift at the port of the Three Gorges River...I slept really well. Not sure if that was the sway of the boat or the wine 😂To this..So I got up early (again) to do tai chi 😁That's not me by the …
Day 5 of 13
Good morning. I forgot to say our group is known as Sean's family! All I'll say is Charles Manson had a family 🤣 And I forgot to show you my room yesterday.. Will be back later... Going on another trip today😁 Okay so let me show you more bridges! And non bridges... And.... Spot the …
Day 4 of 13 – bye bye Shanghai
Another early rise☹. However that's okay. Off to the airport. Just your average fish tank in the hotel 😁 Will be back later, much later with a picture of my accommodation for the next 4 nights😁 Forgot to say yesterday the train I went on was the Maglev train. The only one in the world. …
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