HIGHLIGHTS
Highlights of your travel with Global Awareness: China will certainly include the following, although your personal highlights might surprise us as much as it surprises you:
Ancient China
The Great Wall
The 8000 Stone Warriors of the Terra Cotta Army
Fortress City of Xi’an
Old Town Shanghai
Jinsha Ruins Museum
The Muslim Quarter of Xi’an
The Modern Republic
2008 Olympic Village - includes National Stadium and National Aquatics Center
Shanghai’s World Financial Center – 94 floors, world’s 2nd tallest building
Shanghai Maglev Train – race at 240 miles per hour
U.S. Embassy in Beijing – meet U.S. representatives to learn about China-USA relations
Shanghai Acrobatics Show
Peking Roast Duck at Beijing’s most famous restaurant
The Beijing Subway
Sichuan Opera
An Emerald Environment
Dujiangyan Ancient Irrigation System – waterland management, then and now
Giant Pandas – Breeding and Research Center in Chengdu
Yu Garden of Shanghai – timeless botanical preservation
The Li River – through the mountains by dragon boat
Pagoda Square – the meeting of natural and urban wonder
A Billion Lives