Though I was away from the tour group for a week or so, I decided that I wanted to be at the farewell dinner, just across the border in Hong Kong at the Shangri-La hotel, a place I’ve stayed many times. I had to come to Hong Kong anyway to pick up my folks and bring them to Shenzhen, but it was an easy choice, despite the high price tag, to enjoy the farewell dinner with my fellow excellent travelers. What a great send off it was to an amazing trip. I participated in about 10 days of the trip, which felt like a couple of months because of the quantity of sites we saw and events that we experienced.   The others enjoyed an additional week. I enjoyed hearing about the remainder of the trip from my companions, which consisted of more days in Shanghai, Guilin, and ending on a high in Hong Kong, despite the rain.

Here are some pictures: