China, here we come!

This trip has been on our agenda for about a year and we are finally going! For those of you who don't know, one of the driving reasons behind our decision to go to China is that we have 2 sets of friends living and working there. Tim & Laurel Stelzer have been in Shanghai since January of 2006 and will most likely be there through the end of 2008. Our friends Jon & Katie Lohman and 2 wee ones Micah and Evelyn have been in Chengdu for about a year now.

Our basic itinerary is:
May 9: Leave Denver on Friday and arrive in Shanghai at 5:30 in the evening on Saturday May 10.
May 10-14: Shanghai, staying with Tim & Laurel Stelzer. We may do an overnight in there with Tim & Laurel to Moganshan, which is not far from Shanghai.
May 14-16: Guilin, staying at the Hotel of Modern Art, which was recommended to us by our friends Steve and Yvonne.
May 16-17: Yangshuo, but don't know where we'll stay yet
May 17-18: Longsheng & Ping'an, hopefully staying somewhere clean
May 18-19: Guilin, flying out of Guilin to meet up with the Lohmans!
May 19-22: Chengdu, staying with Jon & Katie Lohman.
May 22-24: Xi'an, We are heading here with the Lohmans and staying at the Howard Johnson Ginwa Plaza Hotel.
May 24-29: Beijing, we're staying at Beijing Hua Wei Apartment Hotel.
May 29-30: Shanghai, staying with Tim & Laurel Stelzer.
May 30: Laving Shanghai at 4 pm and arriving in Denver at 7:45 pm the same day!