"A brand new ancient world" China by shivan

China Travel Guide: 35,886 reviews and 78,811 photos

A unusual sight of the Forbidden City - Beijing

Hi there!

I've been in China in February and I'm going to guide you through the full story, everybody's invited.

Come aboard!

Why I was there...

Partner Headquarters

Let me state for first that I will never have the money to buy such a travel.

The good part (maybe the only one) of my job is that sometimes I get the chance to make a "business travel" (brackets are necessary in these cases...;-)) ) somewhere in the world.
The 90% of my travel pages tell the stories of my business travels.

This time I "convinced" a partner that inviting us in China to visit their offices and departments would have greatly improved the chance for him to sell us something.

The partner said:

"well... errr.... humm... really?... great!... is it inevitable?... good idea...no problem... let me check this....how many people?.... not sure..." and so on.

My face was shining, my mind unreadable, the partner wasn't able to see any doubt in me and was forced to organize the trip.

SHIVAN TRAVELS STRIKES BACK!

This was the tour schedule:

- Day 1: arrival in Hong Kong in the morning
- afternoon and night in Hong Kong
- Day 2: trip to Shenzhen (less than 100 km away)
- afternoon and night in Shenzhen
- Day 3: visit to partner headquarters (show aside in the picture)
- Day 4: flight to Xi'An, rest of the day free
- Day 5: visit to China Telecom labs
- Day 6: visit to terracotta army museum
- Day 7: flight to Beijing
- Day 8: Visit to Partner labs
- Day 9: visit to Chinese Wall
- Day 10: visit to Forbidden City
- Day 11: visit to Summer Palace
- Day 12: flight back Rome

The upcoming China/HK pages will tell the full story...

Happy reading everybody!

Follow me in this journey:

First step: the crowded, busy, wonderful HONG KONG!
Second step: crazy adventures in SHENZHEN!
Third step: the unique-in-the-world XI'AN!
Final step: the gigantic, mysterious, historical BEIJING!

or just enjoy my Highlights!

Pros and Cons

Pros:So much to see! A life couldn't be enough.
Cons:So different in habits and food!
In a nutshell:The last real new world awaits you.

Last visit to China: Feb 2003
Intro Updated Jul 8, 2004
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Reviews (4)

Tour Highlights 4 - Beijing Things to Do (4)

How could I have missed it? Simple, if they didn't bring me there! The cradle of among the greatest beauties in... more travel advice

Tour Highlights 3 - Xi'An Things to Do (4)

The ancient capital of the Chinese empire, an incredible town of 7 millions people and 8000 terracotta warriors. Sooo... more travel advice

Tour Highlights 2 - Shenzhen Things to Do (4)

An all new town, expect to find not much history here, but it's interesting to see how fast a town can grow! For me it... more travel advice

Tour Highlights 1 - Hong Kong Things to Do (4)

A fast visit here, beautiful, strange, sooo asian place. Old markets share the same area with hypertechnological... more travel advice

Comments (8)

mlt_t Aug 9, 2004 at 1:15 AM Report Abuse

this is one place I'm wanting to see... ciao! grazie! amico!! sono io, Milet
globetrott Oct 9, 2003 at 2:47 PM Report Abuse

What an interesting place to go ! It is a pity, China is still missing on my map...
herzog63 Sep 13, 2003 at 11:02 AM Report Abuse

I love your opening photo!! Great account of your China trip!
tini58de Sep 9, 2003 at 11:07 PM Report Abuse

Wonderful overview of your trip - wasn't that trip a great reward for your "business idea"????
iriko Sep 6, 2003 at 2:33 AM Report Abuse

Really lucky You! Great Asian tour
Guantanamera Sep 3, 2003 at 11:16 PM Report Abuse

"My face was shining, my mind unreadable, the partner wasn't able to see any doubt in me and was forced to organize the trip." -- hahaha, hilarious...!
nepalgoods Aug 28, 2003 at 9:44 AM Report Abuse

Looking forward to see more!
kenHuocj Aug 18, 2003 at 8:24 PM Report Abuse

a long wait, but we'll be patient ;-)))