The Tour We Join: Oriental Venice Day Tour

Like everyone should know after a trip in Shanghai town, there is one place nearby also worth for visiting. An ancient water town of China called Zhujiajiao is the best place to enjoy classical old building of Chinese. Here from the pictures, you can see all about Zhujiajiao Watertown.

We walked the streets and alleys showcasing whitewashed, tile-roofed two-story buildings, some dating back to the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644).

Zhujiajiao known as the Venice of Asia because this ancient city is still used the canals as one of their transportation system. Boat even the major transportations among local people till now.

We spent the day exploring, took a boat trip and enjoyed the many shops and sights. Honestly, that is a nice tranquil place surrounded by beautiful old town and authentic architecture.

A short break to Zhujiajiao is the ideal option for you for escape busy crowded place to feel the charm of China. It is the place for relax, sit down and admire the atmosphere around. 1 day will not be enough!

The Tour We Join: 1 Day Xian Bus Tour: Terracotta Warriors & Banpo Museum

What is more important while visiting Xian better than visit Terracotta Army? Surely a trip to Xian that we had also cannot miss a short visit to this huge discovery in China, one of the greatest, and most famous, archaeological discoveries of all time, Terracotta Army.

So, here we booked a group tour took us to visit Terracotta Army, Banpo Museum, and North Square of Big Wild Pagoda. I was like really interest and would like to know what is Banpo Museum. So we did reserve this 1 day Xian group tour. It is a close look of Banpo Museum that you can see above.

Yes, Banpo Museum is archaeological site of Banpo that belongs to the Yangshao Culture. The ruins we can see here include residential dwellings, pottery manufacturing, burial locations and storage cellars. Museum displays of artifacts are on site.

After a short visit to the ruins of Banpo then next headed to North Square of Big Wild Goose Pagoda. From a distance, we could see one remarkable pagoda of China here. Then after that, we moved to Terracotta Army.

Our trip to this huge tomb complex was my favorite after all. Here one of my favorite photos where you can see almost the whole complex of Terracotta Army.

Here, there is a close up look on one spot among 8,099 life-size figures of warriors and horses were interred in the Mausoleum of the First Emperor of China. Each figures of terracotta army have their own facial expression, thought to represent real members of the emperor's army.

Qin Shi Huang (first emperor of China) was buried in a giant mausoleum near modern-day Xian. He personally ordered workers to build his burial site once he ascended the throne. Above some of ruins at Terracotta Army located at one small pit.

The Tour We Join: Beijing Badaling Great Wall, Summer Palace Day Tour by Bus

The tour that we joined was relatively cheap, only for US$ 30 we could have a whole day tour to Great Wall and Summer Palace (famous imperial garden of China). Here, you can see our pictures that we took during the tour.

First, our destination comes to Summer Palace, classical garden of Ming and Qing dynasty of China. The garden views were stunning and exactly surrounded by numerous cultural relics around it.

Each of building inside the garden has its own history behind, all of it explained by our guide. Very interesting to know several stories behind it!

Here is one of famous cultural relic which located in the middle of the garden, at Kunming Lake, huge manmade lake in Summer Palace. As you can see the lake changed into ice because of cold weather.

Stunning Summer Palace regarded as largest and best preserved imperial garden of Qing Dynasty. It was an escape place for emperor and his family from city summer heat. What a great summer resort!

Next trip to the Great Wall at Badaling, closest section from Beijing. My experience on Great Wall was not really special, but I should admit that the Wall has its power, magic and strong. Overall, I am satisfied from what I got from our full 1 day tour.