~Leave Chillicothe @ noon
~Arrive in Cincinnati @ 2 pm
~Fly out of Cincinnati @ 4:10 pm
~Arrive in LA @ 6:03 pm
Wed. Dec. 15 traveling
~Fly out of LA @ 12:40 am
Thurs. Dec. 16 traveling
~Arrive in Beijing @ 5:30 am
~Fly out of Beijing @ 9:30 am
~Arrive in Chongqing @ noon
~Stay the night in the Harbour Plaza Hotel
Fri. Dec. 17 in Fendu
~Van ride to Fengdu (Jaidyn's hometown)
~Visit the orphanage and area
~Stay the night in the Hongsheng Grand Hotel
Sat. Dec. 18 in Fengdu
~Visit the Ghost Town in Fengdu
~After lunch, take a van ride back to Chongqing
~Stay the night in the Harbour Plaza Hotel
Sun. Dec. 19 traveling
~Tour Chongqing in the morning
~Fly out of Chongqing @ 3 pm
~Arrive in Beijing @ 5:30 pm
~Stay the night in the Beijing Peace Hotel
Mon. Dec. 20 in Beijing
~Tour the Forbidden City
~Visit Tiananmen Square
~Visit the 2008 Olympic Venues (the National Stadiums and the National Aquatics Center)
~Stay the night in the Beijing Peace Hotel
Tues. Dec. 21 in Beijing
~Tour the Great Wall
~Watch a Kungfu or acrobatics show
~Stay the night in the Beijing Peace Hotel
Wed. Dec. 22 in Beijing
~Explore the Hutong neighborhoods
~Make kites
~Visit the Temple of Heaven
~Fly the kites you made
~Board the Soft Sleeper Train (bullet train) in Beijing @ 9:24 pm
Thurs. Dec. 23 in Xian
~Arrive in Xian @ 8:25 am
~Visit the Shaanxi Provincial History Museum
~Enjoy a puppet show in the GaoJia Courtyard
~Stay the night in the Grand New World Hotel
Fri. Dec. 24 in Xian
~Explore the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum
~Learn to make JiaoZi (Chinese Dumplings)
~Bike ride across the 950-year-old city wall
~Stay the night in the Grand New World Hotel
Sat. Dec. 25 in Chengdu
~Fly out of Xian @ 10:45 am
~Arrive in Chengdu @ 11:55 am
~Visit the People's Park Tea House
~Traditional Chinese hot pot as our Christmas dinner
~Stay the night in the Chengdu Tianfu Sunshine Hotel
Sun. Dec. 26 in Chengdu
~Visit the Panda Breeding Research Base
~Visit the JinLi Old Town
~Fly out of Chengdu @ 7:05 pm
~Arrive in Nanning @ 8:45 pm
~Spend the night in Mingyuan Xindu Hotel
Mon. Dec. 27 travel to Qinzhou
~Van ride to Qinzhou
~Stay the night in the Qinzhou White Dolphin Hotel
Tues. Dec. 28 in Qinzhou
~Visit the Qinzhou Orphanage
~Spend the day in the park
~Stay the night in the Qinzhou White Dolphin Hotel
Wed. Dec. 29 traveling
~Van ride to Nanning
~Fly out of Nanning @ 11:50 am
~Arrive in Guangzhou @ 12:50 pm
~Visit the Chen Family Temple
~Stay the night in the Guangzhou White Swan Hotel
Thurs. Dec. 30 in Guangzhou
~Update "red couch" photo
~Tour Shamian Island; stop at the American Consulate
~Dim Sum Lunch
~Visit the QingPing Market
~Farewell Dinner
Fri. Dec. 31 traveling
~Fly out of Guangzhou @ 2 pm
~Arrive in Beijing @ 5 pm
~Fly out of Beijing @ 9 pm
~Arrive in LA @ 4:30 pm
~Fly out of LA @ 11:35 pm
Sat. Jan. 1 traveling
~Arrive in Cincinnati @ 6:45 am
~Drive to Chillicothe
~Arrive home @ about noon
