1:35 PM - JetBlue 2480 - Depart: Newark

2:43 PM - Arrive: Boston

5:10 PM - Hainan Airlines 482 - Depart: Boston

7:05 PM - Arrive: Beijing

Airport pickup  and then transport to the hotel.

New World Beijing Hotel (check-in) - 86 10 59608888, No 8 Qinian street, Chongwenmen, Dongcheng district, Beijing

Dinner and drinks at rooftop bar

Private guide and driver

Visit Temple of Heaven, Forbidden City, Tian'anmen Square with the transportation service.

Dinner and drinks at the rooftop bar

Private guide and driver

Visit The Great Wall,

Summer Palace,

The Ming tombs 

Private guide using local transportation (subway)

The Lama Temple

Hutongs (traditional Chinese neighborhood

The night market - supposedly for dinner.  Mostly tourists staring at scorpions and starfish cooked on sticks.  We passed and went to McDonalds

Interlude in Tibet (see itinerary)

10:50 AM - Sichuan Airlines 8754 - Depart: Lhasa

1:30 PM - Arrive: Xian

Private driver pick up at the airport

Sofitel Renmin Square (check-in), Tel: 86 (29) 8792 8888 - 319 Dongxin Street, Xincheng district,, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710004

Xian City Wall and the Muslim Streets

Room service ​

 

Sofitel Renmin Square

Private guide and driver pickup at hotel at  08:00.

About one hour's drive,

Terracotta Warriors Museum.

Hanyangling Museum. which is another terracotta army from the Han Dynasty, less known yet worth visiting.

Massages

Brazilian Barbecue for dinner with "God" beer

10:15 AM - Hainan Airlines 495, Depart: Xian

12:05 PM - Arrive: Beijing

3:50 PM - Hainan Airlines 495 - Depart: Beijing

11:35 AM - Arrive: Seattle

3:05 PM Alaska Air 14 – Depart Seattle

11:15PM Arrive: Newark