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Thursday June 8
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| 7:00 AM |
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Meet at
New Trier to take coaches to O'Hare Airport. ALL TRAVELING ADULTS MEET
IN ROOM M180 AT 7:00 A.M. |
| 11:00 AM
12:00 NOON
|
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GROUP
ONE: Depart
on JAL Flight 29M (Boeing 747) from Chicago to Osaka (13 hrs, 20 min.)
GROUP TWO: Depart on JAL Flight 9M (Boeing 747) from Chicago to Tokyo (actually
Narita, Japan) (12 hrs. 50 min.) |
|
Friday June 9
|
2:20 PM
2:50 PM
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|
GROUP
ONE: Arrive
in Osaka on JAL Flight 29M and stay overnight. Nikko Kansal
Airport Hotel, 1 Senshu- Kuko Kita, Isumisano-Shu, Osaka, 549 Japan
Tel: 81-724-55-1111
Fax: 81-724-55-1154
GROUP TWO: Arrive in Tokyo (Narita, Japan) on JAL Flight 9M
and stay overnight. Nikko Narita Hotel, 500 Tokko, Naritaoshi, Chiba-Ken, Japan 286-0106
Tel: 81-476-32-0032
Fax: 81-476-32-3993
Dinner at individual's expense at the hotel. (Budget $15-$20) |
|
Saturday June 10
|
10:00 AM
10:40 AM
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GROUP
ONE: Departure on JAL Flight 785 (Boeing 747) from
Osaka to Beijing (3 hrs, 5 min.)
GROUP TWO: Departure on JAL Flight 781 (Boeing 747) from Toyko to Beijing
(3 hrs. 35 min.)
|
12:05 PM
1:15 PM |
|
GROUP
ONE: Arrrive
in Beijing on JAL Flight 785
GROUP
TWO: Arrive in Beijing on JAL Flight 781 |
| 2:30 PM |
|
finish clearing customs with luggage
and instruments, bus to the CHINA
RESOURCES HOTEL 35 Jian Guo Road, Chao Yang District, Beijing
Tel: (010) 85772233 Fax: (010) 85785668 |
| 2:00 PM |
|
hotel check in, students
check their instruments, and prepare for the upcoming performance on June 11
|
| 5:00 PM |
|
bus to
Tiananmen Square for a walk and pictures |
| 7:00 PM |
 |
Peking
Duck Dinner |
| 9:00PM |
|
back to
hotel |
|
Sunday June 11
|
| 7:00 AM |
|
breakfast
buffet |
| 7:30 AM |
|
get on
bus, head to Great Wall |
| 9:00 AM |
|
set up for
performance |
|
10:00 AM
|
 |
Performance I @ Great Wall
(of China)
|
| 11:00 AM |
 |
free
exploration on Great Wall |
| 1:00 PM |
|
lunch |
| 1:30 PM |
|
bus to
Ming Tomb |
| 2:30 PM |
|
explore
Ming Tomb |
| 3:30 PM |
|
back to
hotel |
| 4:30 PM |
|
dinner |
| 6:00 PM |
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leave the
hotel, and bus to the train station for departure on the sleeper
train at 7:30 |
|
Monday June12
|
| 8:30 AM |
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arrive at
Luoyang transfer to NEW
FRIENDSHIP HOTEL 6 Xiyuan Road, Luoyang, Henan
Tel: (0379) 4913770 Fax: (0379) 4912328 |
| 9:00 AM |
|
breakfast buffet
|
| 9:30 AM |
|
shower and refresh
|
| 10:30 AM |
|
bus to Longmen grotto for sight
seeing
|
| 11:00 AM |
|
explore
Longmen grotto |
| 12:00 PM |
|
bus to
restaurant in the city |
| 12:30 PM |
|
lunch |
| 1:30 PM |
|
bus to
suburb of Luoyang |
| 2:00 PM |
|
visit the
special residents who live in the unique cave dwellings |
| 2:30 PM |
|
visit the
Ancient Tomb Museum |
| 3:30 PM |
|
visit the
Tang Dynast tricolor pottery shop and studio |
| 4:30 PM |
|
back to
the hotel |
| 5:00 PM |
|
nap or
shower, get ready for Water Feast dinner |
| 6:30 PM |
|
walking or
bus to the Water Feast Banquet |
| 7:00 PM |
|
dinner,
Water Feast |
| 9:00 PM |
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back to
hotel, get instruments ready and prepare for the next day performance |
|
Tuesday June 13
|
| 7:30 AM |
|
breakfast buffet
|
| 8:10 AM |
|
bus heads
to White Horse Temple |
| 9:00 AM |
|
visit
White Horse Temple |
| 9:30 AM |
|
bus to
Gongyi |
| 10:10 AM |
|
visit the imperial mausoleum group
of the Song Dynasty
|
| 11:00 AM |
|
bus back
to Luoyang |
| 12:00 PM |
|
lunch |
| 1:00 PM |
|
bus to the
Royal City Park |
| 1:30 PM |
|
visit the
Royal City Park |
| 2:30 PM |
|
bus back
to hotel |
| 3:00 PM |
|
shower or
nap, get ready for dinner and performance. |
| 5:00 PM |
|
dinner |
| 6:00 PM |
|
set up for
performance |
| 7:30 PM |
|
Performance
II @ 014 Club |
| 9:00 PM |
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back to hotel
|
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Wednesday June 14
|
| 7:30
AM |
|
buffet breakfast
|
| 8:20
AM |
|
bus head to Mt. Songsham |
| 10:30AM |
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visit the Shaolin
Temple including the Pagoda Forest |
| 10:30AM |
|
on the way, visit the
special residents who live in the unique cave Dwelling courtyards |
| 11:30AM |
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bus to the Shaolin
International Hotel for lunch |
| 12:00PM |
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lunch |
| 1:00PM |
|
see Kungfu Show |
| 2:00PM |
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learn and practice with the
Kungfu monks |
| 3:00PM |
|
visit Sacred Mountain Temple |
| 4:00PM |
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visit the Ancient
Observatory |
| 5:00
PM |
|
bus to the Zhengzhou
International Hotel |
| 7:00
PM |
|
check-in to the Zhengzhou International Hotel
16 Jinshui Road, Zhengzhou, Henan
Tel: (0271) 5956600 Fax: (0271) 5951526
|
| 8:00
PM |
|
dinner |
| 9:30
PM |
|
back to the hotel |
|
Thursday June15
|
| 6:30
AM |
|
leave for Morning Market (optional)
|
| 8:00
AM |
|
buffet breakfast |
| 8:45
AM |
|
bus to the Henan Provincial
Museum |
| 9:00
AM |
|
visit the Henan Provincial
Museum |
| 11:00
AM |
|
visit the Dennis Super
Market |
| 12:30
PM |
|
lunch |
| 1:30
PM |
|
bus heads to Dahe village |
| 2:00
PM |
|
visit the ancient historical
Dahe village developed 8 thousand years ago |
| 3:00
PM |
|
bus to the Yellow River |
| 3:30
PM |
|
sightseeing around the
scenic spots |
| 4:30
PM |
|
bus back to the hotel |
| 5:30
PM |
|
nap and free time in
hotel |
| 7:00
PM |
|
dinner |
| 6:30
PM |
|
set up for performance |
| 8:30
PM |
|
back to hotel |
|
Friday June 16
|
| 7:30
AM |
|
buffet breakfast
|
| 8:30
AM |
|
bus heads to Zhengzhou
Museum |
| 9:00
AM |
|
visit Zhengzhou Museum |
| 9:30
AM |
|
bus to the Zhengzhou High
School |
| 10:00
AM |
|
visit Zhengzhou
High School (watch students as they go about their morning exercises,
listen to English classes, visit the students dormitories, etc.) |
| 12:00
PM |
|
lunch with the students in
their dinning hall |
| 1:00
PM |
|
leave the school |
| 1:00
PM |
|
shopping |
| 3:00
PM |
|
back to the hotel |
| 3:30
PM |
|
nap and free time |
| 4:30
PM |
|
bus to the restaurant |
| 6:00
PM |
|
set-up for performance |
| 8:00
PM |
|
performance III @ the Zhengzhou Literature and Arts Palace (for
the students and local people) |
| 9:30
PM |
|
back to the hotel |
|
Saturday June 17
|
| 7:30
AM |
|
breakfast buffet
|
| 8:20
AM |
|
bus heads to Kaifeng |
| 9:50
AM |
|
visit the Song Imperial
Street and Dragon Pavilion |
| 11:00
AM |
|
visit the Iron Pagoda |
|
12:30 PM
|
|
Baozi Banquet |
| 1:00
PM |
|
check-in to Dong
Yuan Hotel and
then free time.
Xinsong Road, Kaifang, Henan
Tel: (0378) 2918888 Fax: (0378) 2934648 |
| 2:30
PM |
|
visit the Kaifeng Museum and
Jewish Ruins and their descendants |
| 6:00
PM |
|
dinner |
| 7:00
PM |
|
set-up for evening
performance |
|
8:00 PM
|
|
Performance IV @ the Auditorium of Henan
University
|
| 10:00
PM |
|
back to the hotel |
|
Sunday June 18 (FATHER’S DAY)
|
| 5:30
AM |
|
leave for Morning Exercise (optional)
|
| 8:00 AM |
|
breakfast |
| 8:40
AM |
|
leave hotel for the Song
Dynasty Riverside Scene Theme Park |
| 9:00
AM |
|
watch the daily Opening
Ceremony and then enter the park |
| 9:20
AM |
|
explore and enjoy the Theme
Park |
| 11:00
AM |
|
visit Xinaguo Monastery |
| 12:00
PM |
|
lunch |
| 1:30
PM |
|
visit Pota Pagoda |
| 2:30
PM |
|
visit KingYu Terris |
| 3:30
PM |
|
bus to auditorium for
Acrobatic Performance |
| 4:00
PM |
|
full stage Acrobatic
Performance
|
| 5:40
PM |
|
bus heads to Zhengzhou |
| 7:00
PM |
|
dinner |
| 8:30
PM |
|
bus leaves for railway
station |
| 10:20
PM |
|
leave for Beijing
by sleeper train |
|
Monday June 19
|
| 6:30
AM |
|
arrive in Beijing
|
| 6:30
AM |
|
bus to hotel |
| 7:30
AM |
|
check-in to Resource Hotel,
shower and breakfast |
| 9:30
AM |
|
bus to Summer Palace |
| 10:30
AM |
|
explore Summer Palace |
| 12:30
PM |
|
lunch |
| 1:30
PM |
|
bus head to Forbidden City |
| 2:00
PM |
|
explore Forbidden City |
| 5:30
PM |
|
dinner |
| 7:30
PM |
|
Peking Opera |
|
Tuesday June 20
|
| 7:30
AM |
|
breakfast
|
| 8:30
AM |
|
bus head to Temple of
Heaven |
| 9:00
AM |
|
explore Temple of
Heaven |
| 10:30
AM |
|
lunch |
| 11:30
AM |
|
bus to airport to check-in
for departure |
1:50
PM
2:50 PM
|
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GROUP ONE: Departure on JAL Flight 786
(Boeing 747) from Beijing to Osaka (2 hrs, 45 min.)
GROUP TWO: Departure on JAL Flight 782 (Boeing
747) from Beijing to Tokyo (Narita,
Japan) (3 hrs. 20 min.)
|
5:35
PM
7:10 PM
|
|
GROUP ONE: Arrive in Osaka on JAL
Flight 786 (Boeing
747) and stay overnight. Nikko
Kansal Airport Hotel, 1 Senshu- Kuko Kita, Isumisano-Shu, Osaka, 549 Japan
Tel: 81-724-55-1111
Fax: 81-724-55-1154
GROUP TWO: Arrive in Tokyo
(Narita,
Japan) on JAL FLIGHT 782 (Boeing
747) and stay overnight. Nikko
Narita Hotel, 500 Tokko, Naritaoshi, Chiba-Ken, Japan 286-0106
Tel: 81-476-32-0032
Fax: 81-476-32-3993
Dinner at individual's
expense at the hotel. (Budget $15-$20)
|
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Wednesday June 21
|
| 10:30
AM
11:25 AM
|
|
GROUP ONE: departure on JAL Flight 30
(Boeing 747) from Osaka to Chicago (11 hrs, 40 min.)
GROUP TWO: departure on JAL Flight 10 (Boeing
747) from Tokyo to Chicago (11
hrs. 15 min.)
|
8:10
AM
8:40 AM |
|
GROUP
ONE: arrive in Chicago
GROUP
TWO: arrive in Chicago
We will rent a BUS BACK TO NEW TRIER only if necessary. YOU
MUST LET US KNOW BEFORE JUNE 1st IF YOU NEED TRANSPORTATION. |