China 2007 – Epilogue
Visiting China is an eye opener culturally and economically. It is a rapidly developing country and it appears that special interest groups do not get in the way of progress. Perhaps it was the same way when America was building the Hoover Dam or the Interstate Highway system. I was quite impressed with aviation in […]
China 2007 – The Wall
Thanks to Theron Rogers in Georgia for pointing out a "minor* error in my last posting. The Great Wall is 3,720 *miles* long, not 3,720 feet. Actually, nobody is sure exactly how long the remaining part of the wall is. As far as you can see from Balaling for sure. While some portions north of Beijing […]
China 2007 – Part 6
Our final flight inside China was from Xian to Beijing, a city of 14 million, the third largest in the country. The bus trip from Beijing to Badaling is a link to China’s past and , of course, no trip to China would be complete without a visit to The Great Wall, Tiananmen Square, and […]
China 2007 – Part 5
The next flight in China took us to Xian, at the very center of the country and the oldest city in China — and with 3,100 years of history. A small city — 8 million people — with the most amazing statistic that the city is adding 9,000 new automobiles per month. The traffic is […]
China 2007 – Part 4
The Viking River Cruise began in Maoping and proceeded for 612 km (380 miles) along the Yangtze River. The Yangtze is the longest river in Asia and the third longest in the world after the Nile in Africa and the Amazon in South America. Some of the cities — there are 185 located throughout the […]