The Itinerary

This has been the subject of quite a bit of discussion. Here is the itinerary, roughly-

Beijing

Plane to Hefei, transfer to ChaoHu

Visit to ChaoHu and Zoe's hometown

Private transport to Zhaji, a village in southwest Anhui

A weekend in a Ming-era courtyard B&B

Transfer to Huangshan-day in Tunxi

Overnight train to Nanchang, Jiangxi

Full day in Nanchang and a visit to Walmart (Mae wants to buy the NingDU babies some new clothes)

Transportation to NingDu and overnight stay in Mae's hometown

Transfer to Nanchang and overnight train to Beijing

Beijing

If this can be truly done as a fully independent traveller...we will let you know March 31. Wish us well.