Thursday, June 5th – Saturday, June 7th, 2025 World Tour Days 215 – 217 Day 1 Meeting Old Friends Our morning started with another journey to the train station, this time to catch a direct train 4 hours to Xi’An. Waiting for us in the city were our two friends, Benny and Carmel, who we…

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Sunday, June 1st – Wednesday, June 4th, 2025 World Tour Days 211 – 214 As it was the holiday weekend, the train we had tried to reserve was fully booked. It was a nice excuse to have our first domestic flight experience to Chengdu. It made me realize I could have booked more flights as…

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Monday, May 26th – Saturday, May 31st, 2025 World Tour Days 205 – 210 Monday was a big travel day leaving Hangzhou by train. Luckily Nick was feeling much better after having some rest days. The train station was so big it felt more like an airport. There was even blueberry flavored soft serve ice…

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Friday, May 23rd – Sunday, May 25th, 2025 World Tour Days 202 – 204 After a wonderful few days in Huangshan Nick and I took an afternoon high speed train to Hangzhou east train station. It was less than 2 hours long and passed many of the classic sights we’ve been seeing on our train…

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Monday, May 19th – Thursday, May 22nd World Tour Days 198 – 201 China was off to a great start in Guilin and Yangshuo. This continued into our next destinations as well. Nick and I had a long travel day with our first train being 6 hours to Shangrao. The train passed mountains, forests, towns,…

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