What a fabulous holiday. China was so different to anything that I had expected to see. Make no mistake, this holiday is full on from morning till dusk and then some. All the hotels were first class and the restaurants where we went for lunch or dinner were also very good. Of course, a holiday is only as good as the group makes it and in that respect it was excellebt. A word of warning about breakfast on the plane. We were offered Omlette or Porridge. Beware of the ingredients, ours had beef in it, and personally I did not like it. I kept clear of the porridge from then on. You do need to be reasonably fit and unfortunately I had 2 falls in hotels and was unable to do all the sightseeing. Some steep climbs are involved, more suited to a mountain goat. I would love to go again, but the body tells me no. The cruise at the end is the oerfect winding session that you need. Everyone on the cruise was upgraded by one level which was superb. Free washing of 4 items a day means that you are saved the chore when you get home. Tea, coffee, biscuits are free all day long so I would advise anyone going to book an upgrade on the cruise, you never know, you may be upgraded to an executive suite, like several of us were. On a personsal not I would like to thank Carole, Noreen and David for looking after me. A brilliant holiday.
Peter
