Maria 🔴⚪️

2009 aged 42. 2013 aged 46. Today aged 55. A more balanced life, my fabulous family, better nutrition and an awesome PT who motivates me every day have resulted in me feeling stronger, healthier, fitter and happier both physically and mentally. PROGRESS 💪🏻👊🏻♥️

Fabulous setting sail party on the sun deck 🥂🇨🇳❤️

We’ve just got on our ship for our 3 night Yangtze river cruise. This is the view of the city from our balcony before we set off. Cabin is very nice too 🛳️ 🇨🇳❤️

Amazing show tonight. 600 performers on the River Li. Absolutely incredible 🇨🇳❤️

Our first rainy day but the scenery was still fantastic on our River Li Cruise🇨🇳❤️

A wonderful way to end our day and enjoy the beautiful city of Guilin on a night time river cruise 🇨🇳❤️

6 hours on the bullet train now going from Chengdu to Guilin as our China Adventure continues 🚄🇨🇳❤️

One last one of the baby pandas. They made us laugh so much 🐼 🐼 🤣❤️

The Giant and Red Pandas were amazing. They are a joy to watch. Another bucket list item ticked off 🐼 ❤️

We’re on our way to see the pandas 🐼 🇨🇳 ❤️

This is how we’ve just been greeted in our next hotel in Chengdu 🤖 🇨🇳 ❤️

Another bucket list item ticked off. Terracotta Warriors. Awesome ✅ 🇨🇳 ❤️

Pingyao has been fabulous. Heading for the bullet train shortly to go to Xi’an. So excited to see the Terracotta Warriors tomorrow 🇨🇳 ❤️

We’re on the bullet train. It’s immaculate with loads of leg room, a guard on every carriage and beautifully warm. Travels at 350km a mile. Why can’t we have trains like this?? 🚄 🇨🇳 ❤️

To visit the Olympic site was fabulous #China ❤️

Today was all about The Great Wall of China 🇨🇳

What a fabulous day exploring Beijing. The Forbidden City was incredible 🇨🇳 ❤️

Ready for takeoff. China here we come 🇨🇳 ❤️

Holiday nails done. My nail technician has done an awesome job 💅🏽 🇨🇳 ❤️

I’m packing again!!! This time for a 23 day tour of China. We fly out on Sunday, we’re so excited ❤️

My gorgeous grandson is waking up. Had lots of cuddles. 🥰