By Dad’s small car, we went for a trip to Henan Province from Aug. 4th to 13th, 2010. Only 3 of us, Crystal, Isabel and Dad. Mom was too busy to take a vocation.
Day 1, we left Shanghai in the morning and drove 800 KM to 商丘. We had a lot of fun in the car although everyone was a little tired after 10 hours driving.
Day 2, Aug. 5th, 2010: stayed in 商丘 for half a day and drove to 开封 in the afternoon.
Day 3, 4, Aug 6th-7th, 2010: stayed in 开封 for 2 days.
Day 5, Aug. 8th, 2010: 郑州 for one day and we visited the Yellow River, China’s mother river.
Day 6, 7, 8, Aug. 9th-11th, 2010: we visited 登封, 中岳庙, Shaolin Temple, 嵩山, 嵩阳书院, FaWang Temple and 关林. It’s the best place in this trip. With lots of history.
Day 9 and 10, Aug 12th-13th, 2010: the last place we visited is 洛阳. We visited 洛阳龙门石窟 (Longmen Grottoes) and 洛阳白马寺(White Horse Temple). Then we drove back home from 洛阳. It took 13 hours for 1,000 KM.
