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China 2008 Itinerary This trip will start and end in Shanghai, China - Pre and post trips are offered as optional add-ons. |
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Day
1 - July 26 Today you depart from your home city to
arrive at Shanghai’s Pudong International airport the following
day. |
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Day
2 - July 27 Today you will arrive in Shanghai and will
be transferred to our hotel for the night. Dinner will be included at
the hotel. This will give you time to catch up from your long flight
and adjust to the time difference. Tonight we will stay at the Tongmao
Hotel. (D) |
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Day 3 - July 28 Today
will be all board our flight to Xian. This afternoon we will have visits
to the Wild Goose Pagoda (a masterpiece of Buddhist construction built
in AD 652, and the Stone Tablets Museum. Tonight we are back at our
hotel for dinner. New World Hotel (B,L,D) |
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Day 4 - July 29 Today will be visiting the Terracotta Warriors, (one of the most exciting archeological finds in recent history and designated a World Cultural Heritage Site). We will also visit the Qin Tomb and Banpo Museum. Tonight we are back at our hotel dinner. New World Hotel (B,L,D) |
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Day 5-
July 30 This morning we will visit
the Ancient City Wall in Xian. After lunch we will fly from Xian to
Dunhuang which is on the edge of the Gobi Desert. This afternoon we
will enjoy an afternoon visit to the Mogao Grottoes, one of the greatest
repositories of Buddhist art in the world. Dinner will be at our hotel
tonight. You will want to make sure and check out the roof top café.
The Silk Road Dunhuang Hotel. (B,L,D) |
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Day
6- July 31 Today will have all day sightseeing in Dunhuang
and also visit the Ancient Great Wall outside on Dunhuang. Tonight we
will have dinner at the hotel and will enjoy Fred's presentation on
eclipses, including predictions about what we will see during the next
days eclipse. This is always a highlight of our tours! You won't want
to miss tonight! (B,L,D) The Silk Road Dunhuang Hotel. |
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Day 7- August 1
ECLIPSE DAY! Today will be totally
devoted to the total eclipse. We will have a long drive to our preferred
eclipse site east of Dunhuang. After our eclipse viewing we are planning
on taking a late drive back to the hotel. (B,L,D) The Silk Road Dunhuang
Hotel.
First Contact - 18:16:37 |
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Day
8- August 2 Today we will enjoy a leisurely morning
and then be transferred to the airport for our flight back to Xian.
We will visit to the Qian Mausoleum (the Tomb of the first empress in
China). We will stay in the China New World Hotel (B,L,D) |
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Day
9- August 3 Today we will take a flight back to Shanghai.
This afternoon we will visit Yuyuan Garden, Chenhuangmiao Market and
Bund. Tonight we will all join together for a farewell dinner and talk
over our great adventure in China. Overnight in the Tongmao Hotel (B,L,D)
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Day
10- August 4 Today we depart from Shanghai as we say
good-bye to old and new friends and start thinking about our next eclipse
adventure. Transfers to the airport included. (B) |
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