10 highlights of China

 1. Our ten-day tour with three-star accommodation, breakfast and lunch, entrance fees to museums and sights, three internal flights, chauffeured car and tour guide, cost just $1800 ($AU) per person.

2. Early morning activities in the parks: ribbon sticks, feather soccer, kite flying, flute playing, line dancing, group opera singing.

3. Fruit on skewers.

4. The efficient and punctual underground.

5. The cleanliness of public streets and parks.

6. The eagerness of Chinese to be helpful, despite not understanding foreign tongues

7. Chinese translations into English, eg, “black is chill this month”, instead of “black is cool this month”.

8. Foot and body massage parlours everywhere, at affordable prices.

9. Chinese babies and toddlers: definitely the cutest in the world.

10. The romantic storytelling, fables and mythology all Chinese people adore.