10 May: Beijing Tiananmen Square
10 May: Beijing Forbidden City
10 May: Beijing The Imperial Garden
10 May: Beijing Outside the Forbidden City
10 May: Beijing At our lunch stop
10 May: Beijing At the Tea Ceremony demonstration
10 May: Beijing Tea Ceremony demonstration
10 May: Beijing The Summer Palace
10 May: Beijing The Summer Palace: Our Tour Guide 'Big Ben'
10 May: Beijing
10 May: Beijing The Summer Palace, Kunming Lake, the Marble boat
10 May: Beijing The Summer Palace, Kunming Lake
10 May: Beijing Show 'The Legend of Kung Fu' at the Red Theatre
11 May: Beijing The Temple of Heaven
11 May: En route to The Great Wall Jade workshop and store
11 May: En route to The Great Wall Lunch stop
11 May: The Great Wall Mutianyu
11 May: The Great Wall At Mutianyu
11 May: The Great Wall Mutianyu: cable car lift
11 May: Beijing Dinner
12 May: Beijing Drum Tower
12 May: Beijing Game of shuttlecock on square between Drum tower and Bell Tower
12 May: Beijing Ascending the Drum Tower
12 May: Beijing Drum Tower: a timepiece
12 May: Beijing Mahesh playing 'badminton' with a local girl, while Mercy waits!
12 May: Beijing 'Old Peking'
12 May: Beijing 'Old Peking', resting rickshaw driver
12 May: Beijing 'Old Peking', visit to typical family home
12 May: Beijing The IBM building
12 May: Beijing View of the Birds Nest Stadium
12 May: Beijing Beijing Red Cross Emergency Center
12 May: High Speed Train to Xi'an On the High Speed Train to Xi'an
12 May: Xi'an The High Speed Train at Xi'an
13 May: Xi'an Our hotel suite at Xi'an
13 May: Xi'an Tower blocks everywhere
13 May: Xi'an The Terracotta Warriors souvenir store
13 May: Xi'an Roadside art
13 May: Xi'an On the walk to the Terracotta Warriors
13 May: Xi'an The Terracotta Warriors
13 May: Xi'an A rose at the Terracotta Warriors site
13 May: Xi'an The Terracotta Warriors: the farmer credited with discovering them in 1974
13 May: Xi'an The Small Wild Goose Pagoda
13 May: Xi'an The Small Wild Goose Pagoda: bell
13 May: Xi'an Caligraphy lesson by the Small Wild Goose Pagoda
13 May: Xi'an Caligraphy art by the Small Wild Goose Pagoda
13 May: Xi'an Street art
13 May: Xi'an On the city wall
13 May: Xi'an On the city Wall: bicycles for hire!
13 May: Xi'an View from the city wall
13 May: Xi'an
14 May: Xi'an Shaanxi History Museum
14 May: Xi'an Shaanxi History Museum - immobile!
14 May: Xi'an Lunch stop at Theatre/restaurant
14 May: Xi'an Lunch stop at Theatre/restaurant: Eileen with our local guide 'Joline'
14 May: Xi'an The Muslim Market
14 May: Xi'an The Mosque
14 May: Xi'an Outside the Mosque
14 May: Xi'an Famous name handbags, wallets and watches at very good prices (say no more, nudge, nudge, wink, wink!)
14 May: Xi'an Trader in the Muslim Market
14 May: Xi'an Sculpture in the Muslim Market
15 May: Guilin Embarking for a 3-hour cruise on the Li River
15 May: Guilin On the Li River
15 May: Guilin Yangshuo
15 May: Guilin Yangshuo: Figures outside the Waxworks Museum
15 May: Guilin
16 May: Guilin Reed Flute Cave
16 May: Chengdu Our hotel
16 May: Chengdu An evenihg stroll from the hotel
16 May: Chengdu An evenihg stroll from the hotel: 'dancercise' at the office
16 May: Chengdu An evenihg stroll from the hotel: friendly locals
17 May: Chengdu Police station at the Giant Panda Breeding Research Center
17 May: Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Research Center
17 May: Chengdu Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Research Center
17 May: Chengdu Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Research Center: Mahesh and Mercy
17 May: Chengdu Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Research Center: Red Panda
17 May: Chengdu Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Research Center: souvenir shop
17 May: Chengdu Jin Li Alley (old quarter)
17 May: Chengdu Jin Li Alley (old quarter): delicacies!
17 May: Chengdu Jin Li Alley (old quarter): buying tea
17 May: Chengdu Jin Li Alley (old quarter): lady labourer with basket full of rubble (rebuilding Tea House)
17 May: Chengdu Jin Li Alley (old quarter): Eileen!
17 May: Chengdu Jin Li Alley (old quarter): more delicacies!
17 May: Chengdu Jin Li Alley (old quarter): and more delicacies!
17 May: Chengdu Jin Li Alley (old quarter): busy!
17 May: Chengdu
17 May: Chengdu Dinner
17 May: Chengdu A spot of exercise on our way to the Opera!
17 May: Chengdu At the Sichuan Opera
18 May: Chingqong
18 May: Chingqong Huguang Guild Hall
18 May: Chingqong Boarding MV Century Legend
18 May: Chingqong Setting off on our 3-day cruise
18 May: Interior of MV Century Legend
19 May: MV Century Legend Misty views from the ship
19 May: MV Century Legend Heavy industry seen from the ship
19 May: MV Century Legend A visit to the bridge
19 May: MV Century Legend On board
19 May: MV Century Legend Visit to the Red Pagoda
19 May: Shibaozhai (Red Pagoda) Shibaozhai (Red Pagoda): our local guide
19 May: Shibaozhai (Red Pagoda) Shibaozhai (Red Pagoda)
19 May: Shibaozhai (Red Pagoda) View from the Red Pagoda
19 May: MV Century Legend Washing clothes by the ship (no, not us!)
19 May: MV Century Legend Eileen and Sarah - unlikely twins!
19 May: MV Century Legend On-board show
20 May: MV Century Legend On-board swimming pool
20 May: MV Century Legend Ship moored for the White Emperor tour
20 May: MV Century Legend The first goge (Qutang)
20 May: MV Century Legend
20 May: MV Century Legend The second gorge (Wu)
20 May: MV Century Legend On small boat exploring the Goddess Stream
20 May: MV Century Legend The Goddess Peak (the little one!)
20 May: MV Century Legend Ready for dinner on board
20 May: MV Century Legend Top crew
21 May: En route to the Three Gorges Dam (Yichang City): our guide entertains on the harmonica
21 May: The Three Gorges Dam
21 May: The Three Gorges Dam: mashing peanuts
21 May: Yichang City Lunch stop
21 May: Yichang City Local lady and child
21 May: En route to Wuhan
22 May: Shanghai
22 May: Shanghai ERA Acrobatic Show
22 May: Shanghai ERA Acrobatic Show: three motor bikes in a cage racing at break-neck speed
22 May: Shanghai ERA Acrobatic Show: EIGHT motor bikes in a cage racing at break-neck speed!
22 May: Shanghai ERA Acrobatic Show: the eight motorcyclists take a bow
23 May: Shanghai Departing by High Speed Train to Suzhou
23 May: Suzhou Master of the Nets House
23 May: Suzhou Master of the Nets House: our local guide
23 May: Suzhou Master of the Nets House: our guide chatting with Eileen
23 May: Suzhou A stroll through the back streets
23 May: Suzhou Silk workshop and store
23 May: Suzhou Lunch
23 May: Suzhou
23 May: Suzhou The Lingering Garden
23 May: Suzhou The Lingering Garden, Mrk and Dave
23 May: Suzhou The Lingering Garden, fashion shoot at the entrance to the Bonsai Garden
23 May: Suzhou The Lingering Garden (Bonsai Garden)
23 May: Suzhou The Lingering Garden: porcelain waste bins!
23 May: Suzhou On the canal
23 May: Suzhou Boat trip on the canals
23 May: Suzhou Nanshe Memorial
23 May: Shanghai Group dinner at 'Lost Heaven', No 17 Yan'An Road
23 May: Shanghai The night lights of the Bund
23 May: Shanghai The night lights of the Bund: Mercy and Mahesh
24 May: The flight from Beijing to London En route for home - Shanghai-Beijing-Heathrow
