The map below shows the physical trip that I will begin on Monday. Each star represents a city where we will spend significant amount of time, and each line shows the order in which I will travel between those cities. We will only spend a few days in each Beijing, Xi'an, and Guangzhou, while we will spend 3 weeks in Harbin and 2 weeks in Kunming staying with host families. Both Harbin and Kunming are considered some of China's "small" cities. But just to give you some perspective, the population of Harbin is 10 million and the population of Kunming is about 7 million. In relation, New York City is only about 8 million (not including suburbs) and all of Maine is a little more than 1 million. I am expecting to be overwhelmed by the huge amount of people!
