China is a massive country, so I’ll split these ones up into provinces. Choose a province from the list, will keep expanding it. Some links may not work yet, until I get them updated….
- Xinjiang – Urumqi, vast deserts, centre of Asia, far north-western China
- Gansu – Finally getting inside the Great Wall, Lanzhou, Jiayuguan Fort
- Shaanxi – Xi’an, old clay warriors, etc…
- Shanxi – Coal Coal Coal
- Hebei – Fantastic rural country, tough hills northwest of Beijing – then dull flat country south of Beijing
- Beijing – In their rush to modernise, have they lost their soul?
- Shandong – Qingdao a highlight here, reaching the sea at last
- Jiangsu – Nanjing, and lots more money than the rest of China. Start of water counties.
- Shanghai – Big, glitzy, modern place, foreigners everywhere
- Zhejiang – Hangzhou, nice water country.
- Fujian – A real surprise, lovely forests, valleys, people.
- Guangdong – China’s richest province. Supposedly.
- Hong Kong – Hang on – is this still China? Two visits here. I’ll also stick Macau in this
- Guangxi – Christmas in Beihai, and goodbye to China