Maya’s adventure in China began in Beijing where on her first day she visited the Summer Palace, The Bird’s Nest, the Aquatic Center and Ming Tomb Way where she flirted with the sculptures and had fun with her camera.

Maya is traveling with a group of 20 schoolmates, five chaperones, and one guide. Day two took them on an excursion to the Great Wall, where they got great exercise climbing 30 flights of narrow stairs to reach the top. They also enjoyed what she described as a toboggan ride down from the Wall.