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Below is a probable itinerary for a 14 day tour. Itineraries for performance tours are quite subject to change.

We have placed links to three of the hotels we are staying in. These links have pictures and much info about the facilities.

China Tour Itinerary (Last Revised Thursday, May 18, 2000)

JUNE 2000

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Thursday June 8

7:00 AM Bus 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

Airplane 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

Airplane 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
Airplane

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
Airplane GROUP ONE: Arrrive in Beijing on JAL Flight 785
GROUP TWO: Arrive in Beijing on JAL Flight 781
2:30 PM  Bus 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

hotel check in, students check their instruments, and prepare for the upcoming performance on June 11

5:00 PM Bus bus to Tiananmen Square for a walk and pictures
7:00 PM Eat Peking Duck Dinner
9:00PM Hotel back to hotel
Sunday June 11
7:00 AM Eat breakfast buffet
7:30 AM Bus get on bus, head to Great Wall
9:00 AM   set up for performance
10:00 AM  Performance Performance I @ Great Wall (of China)
11:00 AM  Sights free exploration on Great Wall
1:00 PM Eat lunch
1:30 PM Bus bus to Ming Tomb
2:30 PM Sights explore Ming Tomb
3:30 PM Hotel back to hotel
4:30 PM Eat dinner
6:00 PM Train leave the hotel, and bus to the train station for departure on the sleeper train at 7:30
Monday June12
8:30 AM  Hotel arrive at Luoyang transfer to NEW FRIENDSHIP HOTEL 6 Xiyuan Road, Luoyang, Henan
Tel: (0379) 4913770   Fax: (0379) 4912328
9:00 AM Eat

breakfast buffet

9:30 AM   

shower and refresh

10:30 AM  Bus

bus to Longmen grotto for sight seeing

11:00 AM  Sights explore Longmen grotto
12:00 PM  Bus bus to restaurant in the city
12:30 PM  Eat lunch
1:30 PM Bus bus to suburb of Luoyang
2:00 PM Sights visit the special residents who live in the unique cave dwellings
2:30 PM Sights visit the Ancient Tomb Museum
3:30 PM Sights visit the Tang Dynast tricolor pottery shop and studio
4:30 PM Hotel back to the hotel
5:00 PM    nap or shower, get ready for Water Feast dinner
6:30 PM Bus walking or bus to the Water Feast Banquet
7:00 PM  Eat dinner, Water Feast
9:00 PM Hotel back to hotel, get instruments ready and prepare for the next day performance
Tuesday June 13
7:30 AM  Eat

breakfast buffet

8:10 AM  Bus bus heads to White Horse Temple
9:00 AM  Sights visit White Horse Temple
9:30 AM  Bus bus to Gongyi
10:10 AM  Sights

visit the imperial mausoleum group of the Song Dynasty

11:00 AM  Bus bus back to Luoyang
12:00 PM  Eat lunch
1:00 PM  Bus bus to the Royal City Park
1:30 PM  Sights visit the Royal City Park
2:30 PM  Bus bus back to hotel
3:00 PM    shower or nap, get ready for dinner and performance.
5:00 PM  Eat dinner
6:00 PM    set up for performance
7:30 PM  Performance Performance II @ 014 Club
9:00 PM  Hotel

back to hotel

Wednesday June 14
7:30 AM  Eat

buffet breakfast

8:20 AM  Bus bus head to Mt. Songsham
10:30AM  Sights visit the Shaolin Temple including the Pagoda Forest
10:30AM  Sights on the way, visit the special residents who live in the unique cave Dwelling courtyards
11:30AM  Bus bus to the Shaolin International Hotel for lunch
12:00PM  Eat lunch
1:00PM  Sights see Kungfu Show
2:00PM  Sights learn and practice with the Kungfu monks
3:00PM  Sights visit Sacred Mountain Temple
4:00PM  Sights visit the Ancient Observatory
5:00 PM  Bus bus to the Zhengzhou International Hotel
7:00 PM  Hotel check-in to the Zhengzhou International Hotel
16 Jinshui Road, Zhengzhou, Henan
Tel: (0271) 5956600   Fax: (0271) 5951526
8:00 PM  Eat dinner
9:30 PM  Hotel back to the hotel

Thursday June15

6:30 AM   

leave for Morning Market (optional)

8:00 AM  Eat buffet breakfast
8:45 AM  Bus bus to the Henan Provincial Museum
9:00 AM  Sights visit the Henan Provincial Museum
11:00 AM  Sights visit the Dennis Super Market
12:30 PM  Eat lunch
1:30 PM  Bus bus heads to Dahe village
2:00 PM  Sights visit the ancient historical Dahe village developed 8 thousand years ago
3:00 PM  Bus bus to the Yellow River
3:30 PM  Sights sightseeing around the scenic spots
4:30 PM  Bus bus back to the hotel
5:30 PM  Hotel nap and free time in hotel
7:00 PM  Eat dinner
6:30 PM    set up for performance
8:30 PM  Hotel back to hotel
Friday  June 16
7:30 AM  Eat

buffet breakfast

8:30 AM  Bus bus heads to Zhengzhou Museum
9:00 AM  Sights visit Zhengzhou Museum
9:30 AM  Bus bus to the Zhengzhou High School
10:00 AM  Sights 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  Eat lunch with the students in their dinning hall
1:00 PM    leave the school
1:00 PM  Sights shopping
3:00 PM  Hotel back to the hotel
3:30 PM    nap and free time
4:30 PM  Bus bus to the restaurant
6:00 PM    set-up for performance
8:00 PM  Performance performance III @ the Zhengzhou Literature and Arts Palace (for the students and local people)
9:30 PM  Hotel back to the hotel
Saturday June 17
7:30 AM  Eat

breakfast buffet

8:20 AM  Bus bus heads to Kaifeng
9:50 AM  Sights visit the Song Imperial Street and Dragon Pavilion
11:00 AM  Sights visit the Iron Pagoda
12:30 PM  Eat Baozi Banquet
1:00 PM  Hotel check-in to Dong Yuan Hotel and then free time. 
Xinsong Road, Kaifang, Henan
Tel: (0378) 2918888      Fax: (0378) 2934648
2:30 PM  Sights visit the Kaifeng Museum and Jewish Ruins and their descendants
6:00 PM  Eat dinner
7:00 PM    set-up for evening performance
8:00 PM Performance Performance IV @ the Auditorium of Henan University
10:00 PM  Hotel back to the hotel

Sunday June 18 (FATHER’S DAY)

5:30 AM   

leave for Morning Exercise (optional)

8:00 AM  Eat breakfast
8:40 AM  Bus leave hotel for the Song Dynasty Riverside Scene Theme Park
9:00 AM  Sights watch the daily Opening Ceremony and then enter the park
9:20 AM  Sights explore and enjoy the Theme Park
11:00 AM  Sights visit Xinaguo Monastery
12:00 PM  Eat lunch
1:30 PM  Sights visit Pota Pagoda
2:30 PM  Sights visit KingYu Terris
3:30 PM  Bus bus to auditorium for Acrobatic Performance
4:00 PM  Sights full stage Acrobatic Performance
5:40 PM  Bus bus heads to Zhengzhou
7:00 PM  Eat dinner
8:30 PM  Bus bus leaves for railway station
10:20 PM  Train leave for Beijing by sleeper train
Monday June 19
6:30 AM   

arrive in Beijing

6:30 AM  Bus bus to hotel
7:30 AM  Hotel check-in to Resource Hotel, shower and breakfast
9:30 AM  Bus bus to Summer Palace
10:30 AM  Sights explore Summer Palace
12:30 PM  Eat lunch
1:30 PM  Bus bus head to Forbidden City
2:00 PM  Sights explore Forbidden City
5:30 PM  Eat dinner
7:30 PM  Sights Peking Opera
Tuesday June 20
7:30 AM  Eat

breakfast

8:30 AM  Bus bus head to Temple of Heaven
9:00 AM  Sights explore Temple of Heaven
10:30 AM  Eat lunch
11:30 AM  Bus bus to airport to check-in for departure
1:50 PM 

2:50 PM

Airplane

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

Airplane

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)

Wednesday June 21
10:30 AM 

11:25 AM

Airplane

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 
Airplane 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.