China

The impressive diversity of China’s landscapes makes it the perfect outdoor playground for those obsessed with all things active. Mountains for climbing, rice terraces for hiking, city walls for cycling,…

I signed up for Intrepid’s China Experience tour and it was all I could have hoped for. Here are some highlights of that spectacular three-week journey.

It is among the most unspoiled scenery in all of China. And it is fantastic! It is so exciting to be in the countryside after exploring the country’s incredible cities.

I recently returned from a one-year trip around the world, visiting 22 countries and over 70 destinations. It was, in all respects, the trip of a lifetime.

On Intrepid’s China Experience tour there is plenty of free time, but the major things are sorted. And in China that is especially appreciated.

I kneel on one of the cushions and suddenly I am in tears. I am overcome by the energy of devotion left by thousands of people over hundreds of years.

Asia manages to instil a sense of child-like wonder in even the most seasoned of travellers. So, just picture the faces of your young ones when they visit the Taj…

I’d never heard of Xi’an until I joined Intrepid’s China Experience tour. We went there, of course, for its proximity to the Terracotta Warriors, but the city turned out to be so much more than that…

At our farewell dinner Peter says he wasn’t sure how the age range would work, but it is never an issue. Did I stop missing Don? Of course not, but being with all my new friends sure softened it.