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This morning after breakfast we drove to the old village of Tongli which is known as the Venice of China. This was about a two-hour trip from Shanghai. As we walked by the old shops along the river and over … Continue reading →

We ate a good breakfast this morning, but we decided that breakfast at the Shanghai Sheraton Hotel doesn’t compare with the Beijing Sheraton. At 9:30 we met our guide, Kristy. She first took us to the Oriental Pearl TV Tower … Continue reading →

   We visited the Guilin Tea Research Institute this morning. Li, our guide, had arranged for Nico to show us the various kinds of tea picked off the same plant. The tiny top leaves are the white tea, the next … Continue reading →