Hi Everyone! We left our hotel pretty early in the morning & headed for the Scottish border. We stopped at a famous wedding hall, Gretna...

Hi All, We left our hotel at 8:30 AM to embark for Sterling on the final day of my Contiki England & Scotland Tour. The drive to Sterling...

Hi Everyone, We’re on our way from Carlisle to Edinburgh! Yesterday was a gorgeous, beautiful day with exceptional scenery. We left our...

Hi All, We just left York and are on our way to our hotel in Carlisle. The city of York was definitely different than I expected in a...

Hello from the birthplace of The Beatles, Liverpool! Before I get into our exciting day in Liverpool, I’ll back up a bit. Our tour...

Hi All, After arriving at London St. Pancreas Railway Station, I decided to walk across the street to Kings Cross Station so I could see...

Hi All, I’ve safely landed at Gatwick airport just about a 45 minute train ride to central London. I took a gamble when booking my...

Hi All! I’m on the NYC Airporter bus from Manhattan to JFK (this is my favorite way to get from Midtown to the airport – just $15 one...

We had a 1:00 PM departure from our hotel in Yangshuo, so the majority of us slept in a bit. After I woke up and packed, I headed down to...

As Yangshuo is supposed to be a relaxing few days, we had nothing on the itinerary before 10:30 AM. I slept in and relaxed for a while...

We left our hotel at 6:00 AM and headed straight to the airport. Our flight was only delayed an hour this time and we landed in Guilin...

There was a huge medical conference in Shanghai at the hotel that Contiki usually stays at, so we were upgraded to a 5 star hotel. Given...

We had an 8:15 AM start and climbed to the top of the Xi’an City Wall. It runs around the perimeter of the old city and is 14 kilometers...

We woke up on our train at 7:30 AM and were ready to take on the ancient city of Xi’an which was the capital of China under the Tang...

Our itinerary for Day 4 started at 10:45 AM, so most people decided to sleep in. A small group of us decided to wake up early and go to...

Our third day in Beijing started off with breakfast. Then, we headed out for another full day of sightseeing! Our first stop was...

Hi All! We started the day with a “Chinese Breakfast” which, as my tour guide said, is like any other meal of the day in China! They had...

Hi All! When I arrived in Beijing, I had a car service bring me to my hotel (some people on my tour took a taxi and had to wait in a 2...