China Tour Itinerary

Flight to Los Angeles

Day

Date

Airline

Flight

Depart

Time

Seats

Arrival

ETA

Friday

04/20/2001

Southwest

1372 Q

MAF

3:30 P

 

LAX

5:05 P

Flight to Beijing

Day

Date

Airline

Flt

Depart

Time

Seats

Arrival

ETA

Date

Dur.

Saturday

04/21/2001

Northwest

1

LAX

1:10 PM

39 D&E

Tokyo

4:55 PM

04/22/2001

11h 45m

Sunday

04/22/2001

Northwest

11

Narita

6:25 PM

56 D&E

Beijing

9:25 PM

04/22/2001

4h 0m



Flight to Los Angeles

Day

Date

Airline

Flt

Depart

Time

Seats

Arrival

ETA

Date

Dur.

Sunday

05/13/2001

Northwest

18

Hong Kong

8:50 A

39 F&G

Narita

1:50 P

5/13/2001

4h 0m

Sunday

05/13/2001

Northwest

2

Narita

3:20 P

36 F&G

LAX

9:00 A

5/13/2001

9h 40m



Flight Home

Day

Date

Airline

Flight

Depart

Time

Seats

Arrival

ETA

Monday

05/14/2001

Southwest

1670 Q

LAX

9:45 A

 

MAF

3:10 P





Tour Itinerary
With Excursions & Local Tours
Tour Director: Renee Ho

Num

Day

Date

Location & Activity

1

Saturday

04/21/2001

Fly to Beijing, China

Northwest 747 jetliner
Cross International Date Line

2

Sunday

04/22/2001

Arrive Beijing

3

Monday

04/23/2001

Beijing

 

     Tian An Men Square
     Imperial Palace in the Forbidden City
     Summer Palace & boat ride on Lake Kunming
    Welcome coctail and dinner party at hotel

4

Tuesday

04/24/2001

Beijing

 

     Visit and walk on the Great Wall
     Stroll Sacred Way to visit the Ming Tombs
    Chang Ling Exhibition Hall
    Beijing Duck dinner party

5

Wednesday

04/25/2001

Beijing

 

     Visit Temple of Heaven
    Individual plans for lunch & dinner
     Pedi-cab tour of the Hu Tong Neighborhood
    Beijing Opera

6

Thursday

04/26/2001

Fly to Xi'an

 

     Dinner show at the Tang Dynasty Theater

7

Friday

04/27/2001

Xi'an

 

     Visit terra-cotta warriors & Circle Vision Movie
     Shaanxi Provincial Historical Museum

8

Saturday

04/28/2001

Xi'an

 

     Wild Goose Pagoda
     Tour Jade Center
     Tour City Wall
     See Bronze Chariot

 

Fly to Chongqing

 

Tour Tomb of Han Jing Di before flight to Chongqing

9

Sunday

04/29/2001

Yangtze River Cruise: Fengdu

 

    Explore the ship
    Ashore: View Mingshan Hill's temples

10

Monday

04/30/2001

Yangtze River Cruise: Qutang Gorge/ Wushan Wu Gorge/Zigui

 

    Cruise through the first of the 3 Gorges: Qutang Gorge
    At Wushan transfer to motorboat and cruise up the Daning River
      to View the Three Small Gorges
    Sail through Wu Gorge, see the Twelve Peaks, to Zigui
     Zigui: see a local show

11

Tuesday

05/01/2001

Yangtze River Cruise: Xiling Gorge/ San Dou Ping

 

     Cruise Xiling Gorge, the most scenic of all
    Ashore: See construction at the Three Gorges Dam
    Pass through the lock at Gezhou Dam and cruise by Yichang

12

Wednesday

05/02/2001

Yangtze River Cruise: Wuhan, Port of Disembarkation

 

    Ashore: City tour includes Hubei Provincial Museum
     East Lake

 

Fly to Shanghai

13

Thursday

05/03/2001

Shanghai

 

     See a performance at the Children's Palace
     Tour the Bund
     Mongolian Barbecue lunch and see Jade Carvings
     Shanghai Museum
    Evening: See an Acrobatic show

14

Friday

05/04/2001

Shanghai

 

     Jade Buddha Temple
    And walk on Nanjing Road

 

Train to Wuxi

 

    Shop for folk art pottery at Huishan Clay Figure Research Institute
    Visit a local family home

15

Saturday

05/05/2001

Cruise to Suzhou

 

     Cruise the Grand Canal to Suzhou
     Tour the Embroidery Research Institute
     Tour the Pan Men City Gate
     Tour Lingering Garden
      and North Temple Pagoda
    Evening: performance @ Garden of the Master of Fishing Net

16

Sunday

05/06/2001

Train to Hangzhou

17

Monday

05/07/2001

Hangzhou

 

     Cruise West Lake
    Visit 4th century Ling Yin Monastery
    Visit Tea Production Brigade

18

Tuesday

05/08/2001

Hangzhou

 

    Visit Guo's Villa (Fenyang Villa)
    Visit Hua Gang Park
    Visit Traditional Neighborhood & Herbal Pharmacy

 

Fly to Guilin

19

Wednesday

05/09/2001

Guilin

 

     See the mist-wrapped monolithic peaks enroute to Yangshuo
     Cruise along Li River
     See comorant fishing on the Li River

20

Thursday

05/10/2001

Fly to Guangzhou

 

    City tour: Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall and
       Chen Clan ancestral temple

Train to Hong Kong

21

Friday

05/11/2001

Hong Kong

 

    Tour of Hong Kong Island includes: Central District,
      Rural Stanley Market, Repulse Bay, sampan community at Aberdeen
     Ride up to Victoria Peak
    On your own for lunch and dinner.

22

Saturday

05/12/2001

Hong Kong

 

    Optional: Ride ferry to Hong Kong Island,
       Visit Charter Garden
    Evening: Farewell dinner party

23

Sunday

05/13/2001

Fly to Los Angeles





Last Updated on 6/20/2001
By Pat Tyler