| Day01 |
16 Mar |
Fri |
USA |
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Flight from San Diego to Los Angeles. |
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Air China Flight #984 Los Angeles to Beijing. |
| Day02 |
17 |
Sat |
Arrive Beijing |
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Lose a day by crossing International Date Line.
Arrive Beijing in evening.
Transfer to Hotel New Otani Chang Fu Gong, 26 Jian Guomen Wai Ave. |
| Day03 |
18 |
Sun |
Beijing |
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Forbidden City, now called the Palace Museum, which was the imperial palace during the Ming and Qing dynasties |
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Cloisonné Factory |
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Summer Palace, including Kunming Lake, the Long Corridor and the Marble Boat |
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Tian'anmen Square, largest public square in the world |
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Peking Duck Banquet Dinner at The Great Hall of the People, a public building off Tian’anmen Square |
| Day04 |
19 |
Mon |
Beijing |
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Traffic in the Land of Bicycles |
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Jade Factory |
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Dingling, the Ming Tombs Museum |
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The Great Wall, one of seven great wonders of the ancient world |
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Japanese bath at hotel |
| Day05 |
20 |
Tues |
Beijing Free Day |
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The Silk Market (outdoor flea market) and Taxi Ride |
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Mao’s Tomb at Tian’anmen Square |
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Subway Ride and Yonghegong Lama Temple |
| Day06 |
21 |
Wed |
Beijing – X’ian |
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Tian Tan, Temple of Heaven (also known as the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests) |
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Flight to Xi’an. Shangrila Hotel, 8 W. Changle Rd. |
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Ancient X’ian City Wall
Historic starting point of the Silk Road |
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Lacquer Furniture Factory |
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Imperial Dumpling Banquet |
| Day07 |
22 |
Thurs |
X’ian |
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Terra Cotta Soldier Reproductions Factory |
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Big Wild Goose Pagoda |
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Silk Quilt Factory |
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Noodle Banquet |
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Qin Shi Huang’s Terra Cotta Warriors Museum, excavation pits |
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Stage Opera of the Tang Dynasty |
| Day08 |
23 |
Fri |
X’ian – Shanghai |
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Flight to Shanghai. |
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The Bund |
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Yu Garden, a classical Ming dynasty garden, and old Shanghai shopping area and Nanjing Road |
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Silk Carpet Factory |
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Chinese Acrobatics Show |
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Hilton Hotel, 250 Huanshan Rd. |
| Day09 |
24 |
Sat |
Shanghai – Suzhou Optional Garden Tour – Shanghai |
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Bus trip to small town of Suzhou outside of Shanghai |
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Humble Administrator’s Garden |
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Tiger Hill |
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Grand Canal |
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Return to Shanghai by bus |
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Pearl Factory |
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Ferry on the River / Shanghai Harbor |
| Day10 |
25 |
Sun |
Shanghai – Beijing – USA |
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Flight from Shanghai to Beijing. |
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Air China Flight #983 Beijing to Los Angeles. |
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Gain a day by crossing International Date Line.
Arrive Sunday afternoon. |
