{"id":4807,"date":"2020-05-26T17:23:57","date_gmt":"2020-05-26T07:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.com.au\/blog\/?p=4807"},"modified":"2023-11-22T17:24:09","modified_gmt":"2023-11-22T06:24:09","slug":"seeing-the-wonders-of-china-finally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/seeing-the-wonders-of-china-finally\/","title":{"rendered":"China Uncovered: Experience the wonders of this fascinating place."},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi Wendy and fellow travellers,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I waited a long time to get to China<\/a>. I had wanted to go there since 1988, when we had Expo 88 here in Brisbane. Going to the China Pavilion<\/a>, I was enthralled by the pointy mountains which were pictured on the walls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A seasoned traveller<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I’ve travelled quite a lot. Firstly with my husband, mainly around Britain and Europe and later to Turkey (Gallipoli), Thailand<\/a>, Hong Kong and Singapore. After he passed away, I was not sure if I was brave enough to travel alone. Despite this, I went to Canada. I had a wonderful seven weeks there on tours from the West Coast right across the country. This also included two cruises thrown in Alaska, around Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. I found it easy to make friends as there were always other single travellers to meet up with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once I got in the swing of it over the next 10 years I went to Africa, Vietnam<\/a>, Cambodia<\/a>, South America<\/a>, Spain, Portugal, Morocco, India<\/a> and New Zealand. A Mediterranean cruise was to be my swan song, three trips back to back: A French river cruise, a trip to the Western Front (the Dawn Service at Villers Bretonneux in 2015) and lastly, the highlands and islands of Scotland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the years I had done three light aircraft tours to Birdsville and Uluru, Flinders Ranges and lastly Western Queensland, Thursday Island and the tip of Cape York.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By this time, I was 80 and decided I was over long-haul flights and my solo travelling days were over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new adventure<\/h2>\n\n\n\n