BACK FROM CHINA

We just came from our China Trip yesterday and I thought this would be a good time for me to start (yet again) a travel blog that would hopefully document all the memories we had during the journey.

Well, this really isn't our first time on this part of the globe as J and I already went here in 2007.  

But what made me decide to come here again?

Well, for one, all the photos and videos we took on that trip got deleted when my old (read: ancient) laptop crashed a few years back.  

Also, it was just the two of us back then.  Going back with the little bub would be a fantastic idea.

Add to that, our travel buddies Glenn and Anna (with their only son Giro) also wanted to go there for the first time.

But the most important reason (sige, aaminin ko na nga) is because I wanted to see the TERRACOTTA WARRIORS in Xian which we failed to see the last time.

This time around, I made sure we would go to Xian (no matter how far it is from either Shanghai or Beijing).

Join me as I relive our adventures in China via a series of posts starting from take off to touchdown.

This is the route we took:  Manila to Shanghai  (Cebu Pacific, 5J678)

                                        Shanghai to Xian      (on board the overnight "Z" train)

                                        Xian to Beijing         (Hainan Airlines, HU7338)

                                        Beijing to Manila      (Cebu Pacific, 5J673)

We were a group of 5 adults and 2 children.  

It is worth mentioning that once again, I opted to bring Yaya along as I am not sure Jon and I could handle the little bub alone what with an overnight train ride included in our travel plan.

We scored the our tickets back in October when Cebu Pacific had a seat sale.

For this trip, I opted to stay in Accor Member hotels (Grand Mercure and Novotel) as I was not up to our usual "backpacker style" of traveling.

Save that on the next trips.

At least just for this time, I want all our hotels to be a bit on the "luxurious" side.

O sya, simulan na ang kuwentuhan!