Country and

Region

遗愿清单

Bucket List Items

Malaysia: 

Penang

• Camped overnight on a beach in Batu Ferringhi

Malaysia: 

Penang

Thailand: 

Bangkok, Chiangmai

• Visited a strip club

• Saw whales in SeaWorld San Diego
• Visited the Universal Studios Hollywood, Los Angeles

Singapore

China: 

Taiwan

• Visited Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall

• Stayed in the World's tallest hotel at that time - the Westin Stamford Hotel in Singapore
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• Ate clam chowder
• Visited Las Vegas
  • Had buffet at the Circus Circus Hotel
  • Awed by the Pirates (Fire) display at Treasure Island Hotel/Casino
• Visited the Hoover Dam
• Driven past through parts of the Mojave Desert

The Philippines

Cebu

• Experienced the great Bangkok jam and vowed would not visit Bangkok again if there was no better transport

China:

Beijing

• Stepped foot on the 长城 Great Wall
• Visited the 故宫 Palace Museum (The Forbidden City)
• Visited the 颐和园 Summer Palace
• Ate snake meat and scorpions

• Rode a camel in the desert
• Climbed the 长城 Great Wall on the western side - 嘉峪关Jiayuguan
• Visited the 莫高窟 Mogao Grottoes

• Geothermal wonders of Rotorua
• Hamilton Gardens
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• Walked and took a train over the River Kwai.
• Stayed a night on a hut that is set up over the River Kwai.
• Visited the market where the train runs through it
• Took the China-Laos Railway from Vientiane to Vang Vieng
• Volunteered at Sae Lao
• Kayaked the Nam Song River in Vang Vieng
• Climbed up the Nam Xay Viewpoint - overcame the jagged rocks challenge
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Shanghai - Shandong -  Tianjin - Hebei - Beijing Trip

• Cavern Hotel
• Rizhao
• Qingdao
• Jinan
• Climbed to the peak of Taishan and stayed ovenight - went for morning hike to see sunrise; bracing cold winds
• Tianjin
• Qinhuangdao
• Beijing
  • Climbed to the top of Bird's Nest Stadium
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Hainan Round Island Trip

• First Helicopter Ride

Shaanxi - Shanxi - Ningxia - Inner Mongolia Trip

• Stayed overnight in the Tengger Desert in Inner Mongolia
• Winery visit
• Visited the Hukou Waterfall
• Ate the Huanghe River fish

Fujian Trip

• Quanzhou
• Climbed to the top of Taimu Shan - squeezed through narrow gaps between boulders / large rocks
• Cruised the Taining UNESCO Global Geopark
• World Natural Heritage site of Danxia landforms
• Climbed up the highest point of the World Heritage Site of Wuyi Mountains
• Watched the Impression Dahongpao
• Stayed at the spectacular seaside of Dongpi (Xiapu)
• Visited the World Heritage Site of Sanfang Qixiang (Three Lanes and Seven Alleys) of Fuzhou
• Visited the West Lake of Fuzhou and the Fujian Museum
• Visited the 68 nautical miles (from the island of Taiwan) scenic spot in Pingtan
• Ate Putian specialties
• Visited the Putian Nanshan Guanghua Temple and Shijiawen (Sakyamuni) Pagoda
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• visited the Harbin Snow and Ice World (the largest of such exhibition in the world up to February that year
• went up to the 长白山天池 Heaven Lake (a crater up in Changbaishan mountain)