Rotary District 5330 Trip to China

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Rotary District 5330 China Trip
Departs March 6th., March 8th, & Mach 11, 2011

Prices vary dependent on your trip selection
Basic 9 day China Trip is
$1,799.00 Double Occupancy, all Inclusive
(See Itinerary's below.)
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All Tours Depart LAX.
Note: Itinerary Subject to Change...
Revised: 5/17/09
Rotary Trip # 1 to Mainland CHINA, March 11, 2011
Fee is $1,799.00 Based on Double Occupancy. Single Room Add $450.
Optional tours, additional $550 for Guilin or Xi’an.
A Non-Refundable registration fee of $200. holds your reservation until December 4, 2010

Note: Itinerary subject to change, revised on June 18, 2010

Citslinc International Inc. Seller of Travel number # 2023512-40

Tour Departs LAX 1:30 PM, flight MU586 on China Eastern at the Bradley International Terminal.

Regular China Trip fare $1,799.00 per person Double Occupancy. Add $450.0 for a private room. All inclusive.

A minimum of 10 travelers requited per trip

Day 1 3/18, Los Angeles/Beijing
Board a convenient charter bus one night before the departure day, and travel to Los Angeles International Airport for an early morning flight CA984 by 1:40am to Beijing. Your adventure begins as you fly trans-Pacific aboard a wide cabin jetliner. Cross the International Dateline.

Day 2 3/19 Beijing (Telecom Hotel/5-Star, 6 Shifangyuan Ave., Tel: 86-10-63901166)
Arrive in Beijing, the Capital of China at 6:30am. You will be met by your local tour guide at the airport. Transfer to the hotel. Visit the Tian An Men Square, the largest square in the world, and the Temple of Heaven, built in 1420 A.D., where the emperors prayed to the heaven for a good harvest.

Day 3 3/20 Beijing
Sightseeing includes the Palace Museum, also known as the Forbidden City, home of 24 emperors with a total space of 9,999 rooms, and the Summer Palace, known for much significance such as the Long Corridor with painted gallery, Kunming Lake and Longevity Hill, Seventeen- Arch Bridge and Marble Boat.

Day 4 3/21 Beijing
Tour bus excursion to the Great Wall, the 4,000- mile long and 2,000 years old construction is said to be the only man-made structure visible by naked eye from the moon. Visit to the Ming Tombs, one of 13 Ming Emperors' Tombs is fully excavated and open for exploration. Roasted Beijing Duck Dinner.

Optional tour not included in trip fare: Hutong Tour: $35/pp, Kungfu Show $25/pp, Peking Opera: $20/pp, $40/pp for VIP seats.

Day 5 3/22 Beijing/Shanghai/Suzhou (Yadu Aster Hotel/4-Star, 156 Sanxiang Rd., Tel: 86-512- ) Morning Air China flight CA1501 8:40am/10:35am to Shanghai, then take the tour bus trip to Suzhou. Afternoon sightseeing to the centuries old Lingering Garden, Tiger Hill and Hanshan Temple. Visit to the National Embroidery Institute to see silk embroidery, an important local craft with 1,000 years history. Evening Dinner Show of the traditional Chinese Music.

Day 6 3/23 Suzhou/Hangzhou (Howard Johnson Hotel/5-Star, 288 Genshan West Rd., Tel: 86-571-86767888)
Morning tour bus journey to Hangzhou. Visit to Economic Development Zone. Visit to the centuries old Lingyin Temple, with the main feature of the 64.3 ft-high camphor-wood carved Buddha.

Day 7 3/24 Hangzhou/Shanghai (Guangdong Hotel/4-Star, 328 Yixian Rd., Tel: 86-21-51171888)
Morning boat cruise on West Lake with relaxing stopover at jewel-like pagodas and tea houses. Afternoon tour bus trip to Shanghai.

Day 8 3/25 Shanghai
Sightseeing includes the Yu Garden, a maze of marvelous pavilions, ponds, rocky works and over arching trees. Visit to the Bund, a famous waterfront park. Business visit to the Pudong economic development zone.

Day 9 3/26 Shanghai/Los Angeles
You may spend your final hours in China on your own in the morning. Afternoon flight MU 586 to Beijing, connected by the flight MU586 depart in the evening by 4:15pm for Los Angeles where you will arrive at 10:30 am on the same day and return to your Rotary parking via bus.

Optional Tour not included in trip fare: Era Show: $35/pp, Huangpu River Boat Riding: $25/pp.

Tips:
Tips for your Tour Guide, Bus Driver and Hotel Porter & Food handlers: $25. Per passenger for the whole journey, the bus tour guide will pick up the $25. US dollar by cash as a tip on the day you visit the Great Wall of China...

Citslinc Refund Policy: After January 1, 2010, each cancellation lost $500 to the airlines, after mailing back the flight tickets plus the initial non- refundable $200 deposit. Example: Refund amount is (Trip fare $1,799. - $500. -$200. = $1,099. Refund).

Note: The tour provider will donate $200.00 for every fully paid traveler to the District 5330 Foundation for to be user for participating Rotary Club marching funds. For further information: Contact: Bob Traister e-mail thegov@sbcglobal.net or call my cell at 909-241-2354

All meetings will be held at the Riverside Parks & Recreation Community Center located at 20010 Orange Terrace parkway in Riverside, Ca 92508
Directions: From the Hwy 91, take Central Ave. Central turns into Alessando Blvd. drive about 6 miles to Trautwein Rd. Take Trautwein Rd. to Orange Terrace Parkway. Turn left on Orange Terrace Parkway, drive about 1 mile. The Community Center is on the left. 215 Freeway take Alessandro Blvd. to Trautwein Rd. Turn Left. Drive to Orange Terrace Parkway. Follow the instructions above.

l Jade Factory: China is rich in its jade resource , therefore jade and its cultural impact to Chinese people and later on to Asians has been historical. Tourists will get a chance to visit Beijing Jade Carving Factory which so far is the biggest jade collection in China. Tourists will find Hundreds of thousands of precious jade, jadeites and handmade jade carvings, the raw material of which come from Northeast and Silk road area of China.

l Pearl Farm: The Pearl shop in Beijing has been exhibiting a rich variety of home produced sea pearls and fresh water pearls due to both the historical reason and the modern market . Among them, the king and queen size pearls are really of precious quality. The type of Pearl Powder on sale was first contributed to Qing Dynasty Royal Family as a cosmetic, and they can be found here too.

l Ming and Qing Dynasty Furniture: It is an Ancient Furniture Fair. Apart from the antique furniture, there are also a lot of newly made furniture of Ming and Qing Dynasty style to be found in the fair. Shipment is available.

l Cloisonne Factory: Born in Beijing 300 years ago, cloisonne is the kind of handmade arts and crafts article used a great deal by royal family and rich families in the past. Now it is popular to every body. Tourists will take a chance to visit the workshop seeing how the beautiful articles been made with their own eyes. The gorgeous design, hand-made workmanship and tremendous types make cloisonne articles really attractive to both domestic and overseas tourists.

l Suzhou Embroidery Institute: It is a state owned handicraft research institute. Among the products, the hand-made double-sided embroidery articles of vivid pets and flowers are really gorgeous.

l Suzhou Silk Factory: The factory produces one fifth of the country's silk products. The beautifully designed silk clothes and its model show of the factory make it an real attraction to tourists .Besides, the silk quilt of different sizes are specially produced for sale here.

l Hangzhou Dragon Well Tea Farm: The Dragon Well Tea planted in this village was once contributed to Chinese Royal Family only. It is a famous brand of Tea in China. Through viewing the Tea Farm and the tea lecture given by the local farmer, tourists will find the stay both enjoyable and healthy

l Shanghai Carpet Mill: Super quality silk tapestries of all kinds and sizes are produced in Shanghai Carpet Factory. The hand-made silk tapestries of 400 to 600 knots per square inch are precious merchandises.

For more information regarding the China trip E-mail Past District Governor Robert Traister 93/94 thegov@sbcglobal.net or visit www.citslinc.com

Regular 9 day China Tour March 11, 2011 A must see trip for first time China Travelers