
| Basically, the cost to travel to China will be at an average of $100.00-$180 per day per person, including air ticket from Los Angeles, hotels and meals. The minimum travel dates will be 8 days (6 nights in hotel and on road/plane.) The cost will vary according to season and currency rate between RMB vs. USD. To best serve our business purpose, we will make most of the trip 8-10 days long with and 8-18 people small group tour. For special to leisure purpose, we will have a special tour arrangement of a 16 days between 15 July to 15 August, 2006 for China Complete-view tour. Meal and Lodge: During the tour, you will enjoy the best traditional local food and 4 star hotel or upper, or best hotel locally available. Tour South and Southwest China -- This will be a tour of the famous Cantonese food and Views of two extreme -- Natural beauty, historical culture and industrial spectacular. You will visit Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Guilin (Lijiang), Kunming. Major schedule and activities of this tour will be Day 1/2: Departure from Los Angeles to Guangzhou or Hong Kong. Day 3 /7 : Hong Kong -- Victoria Harbor, HongKong Island tour, Tsimshatsui city view, Star Ferry experience. Day 4: Guangzhou -- Shamian Island, Nan Yue Tomb museum and Yuexiu Park ( Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall). Enjoy original wonderful Canton food, Dim Sam and seafood. Day 5: Guilin, Li River and Yangshuo -- Cruise down Li River, Elephant Trunk Hill, Penholder Peak and other natural spectaculars. Local traditional food. Day 6: Kunming -- Stone Forest, Minority Nations' Village. Local traditional side food. Day 7: Dali, Er Hai -- If do not pass through Hong Kong, we will have an extra day to visit Dali area -- Splendid San Ta/Temple and Bai (White) Minority living tradition. Day 7/8: Fly back to Guangzhou/Hong Kong to Los Angeles. Brief Introduction: The South is China's most familiar region, mainly because millions of immigrants from the area have moved overseas, taking their cooking and traditions with them. South China includes the province of Fujian, Guandong and Hainan, as well as Macau and Hong Kong. The main airport hubs are at Hong Kong and Guangzhou. Hong Kong offers connections to all over the world, while Guangzhou has direct flights to cities throughout China and Asia. An enduring maritime tradition has influenced life and culture in the South. The long coastline along the South China Sea gave the ports of Fujian and Guangdong easy access to trade routes leading East and West. Trade also brought the British and Portuguese to the South, ultimately leading to the colonization of Hong Kong and Macau. Only Hainan Island remained isolated from the developments that took place across the sea n mainland China. Guangdong is a key area of China's economic development, most evident in Guangzhou and the new cities of Shenzhen and Zhuhai. Guangzhou (Canton) -- Most people probably associate Cantonese cuisine with dim sum (meaning " dot on the heart" or "snack"), delectable, dainty bites of steamed or fried food. The epicenter of Chinese cuisine, Guangzhou owes its culinary primacy to its geography. As a port it had a well-off, cosmopolitan merchant class who could afford expensive foods. It also has a subtropical climate and a summer that lasts for almost six months, with the rest of the year divided into autumn and spring, there is no winter. As a result crops grow luxuriantly all year round and supplement of abundance of fish. Food has become almost a religion to the Cantonese and the locals claim that in Guangzhou "there is a restaurant every five steps." Hong Kong & Macau-- Although tiny and relatively recently developed, Hong Kong and Macau are rich and fascinating oddities. They owe their unique identities as administrative regions separate from China to the trade that flourished between East and West from the 16th century onwards, and to the British and Portuguese powers that annexed and held them until 1997 and 1999 respectively. Hong Kong -- Although mainly Chinese, Hong Kong is a unique city in China, as an international port, it has been open to outside influences. Hong Kong is a 24-hour city and , all day every day, all the food places, from the humble street stands to the luxury banqueting halls are filled with people eating. The story goes that you could visit a different restaurant each day for a year, and never eat the same dish twice. The busting heart of Hong Kong is broken in two and divided by Victoria Harbour. Its key sights, cultural attractions, shopping and eating spots are found along the northern shore of Hong Kong Island and at, or close to, Kowloon's southern tip. Hong Kong is a major financial center. Despite the 1997 Asian financial crisis, it retains its sleek international gloss, its enterprise and its breathtaking visual impact. Standing in Kowloon and gazing at the skyscrapers scaling Hong Kong Island's hills, writer Pico Iyer's description sums it up succinctly, " a dream of Manhattan, arising from the South China Sea." Macau -- An hour by ferry from Hong Kong, Macau is a perfect place to spend a day strolling around the old town and dining in one of its many excellent restaurants. Its main draws are 24-hour gambling and its indigenous cuisine, a fusion of Chinese and Portuguese flavors. Yunnan (Kunming) -- Located along China's southwest frontier, Yunnan offers an unmatched diversity of landscapes, climate, and people. Kunming is the capital of Yunnan. And the limestone pillars of the Stone Forest (Shi Lin), celebrated as a natural wonder, are Yunnan's most visited sight. Dali & Er Hai -- Sandwiched between Er Hai (Sea) to the east and the Cang Shan ( Mountain) range to the west, the picturesque little town of Dali draws innumerable visitors. The old town, surrounded by the remains of the 名Ming city walls, is characterized by cobbled lanes and stone houses. In the nearby countryside, numerous Bai villages offer a glimpse into traditional culture. |

| Tour North China -- This will be a tour of splendid history and modern industry result. You will be visiting Beijing, Xi'an, and Shanghai. Major schedule and activities of this tour will be Day 1/2: Departure from Los Angeles to Beijing. Day 3/4: Beijing -- Wang Fu Jin Street (traffic free/walking street) Tian'anmen, Forbidden city, Heaven Temple; Badaling/The Great Wall; Ming Tombs. Enjoy Beijing Duck in Quan Ju De Restaurant, delicious Beijing traditional snack and food. Day 5/6: Xi'an -- Qing Shi Huang Tomb ( Terracotta Army), Great Goose Pagoda, Shanxi History Museum, Hua Qing Chi. Enjoy north China traditional food, noodle, dumpling and flour pancake. Day 7: Shanghai -- Yu Yuan (Garden) will show you old shadow of Shanghai history and around the bund sees modern boosted business development. Enjoy delicate Shanghai food and sweet-taste snack. Day 8: Fly back to Los Angeles. Brief Introductions of places of interest: --Wang Fu Jin -- is a famous Beijing "traffic free" commerce street, featured with various of night snack stools and all kinds of department stores and small commerce cart. --Heaven Temple -- is the place for ancient Emperors to pray for harvest. --Quan Ju De Restaurant -- is famous for its hundreds year history, esp it's Bejing/Pekin Duck. --Ming Tombs -- The resting place for 13 of the 16 Ming emperors. (Ming Shi San Ling) are China's finest example of imperial tomb architecture. --Qing Shi Huang -- was the first emperor in China history. --The Bund -- Also known as Zhongshan Lu, the Bund was at the heart of colonial Shanghai flanked on one side by the Huangpu River and on the other by the hotels, banks, offices and clubs that were the grandiose symbols of western commercial power. Most of the old buildings are still in place and a walk along here can easily absorb a couple of pleasant hours. -- Yu Yuan (Gardens) -- The old -style buildings of the Yu Gardens bazaar are not really old, but the fanciful roofs are nevertheless very appealing. The shops here peddle everything from tourist souvenirs to traditional medicines. Tour Middle-East China -- This will be a tour of Shanghai and nearby cities area. Major schedule and activities of this tour will be Day 1/2: Departure from Los Angeles to Shanghai. Day 2/3: Shanghai downtown/historical attractions and the band. Day 4: Su Zhou & Tongli -- Pretty little water town typical of the region, Tongli gives visitors a good idea of what Suzhou must have been like in its heyday. Day 5: Hang zhou -- Boating on West Lake, and enjoy the beautiful natural view and ancient building. You will found out why this is a city of poem and tale stories. Day 6: Nanjing -- As a historic city and capital of many Chinese dynasty, Nanjing is the most attractive of all China's great cities. Fuzi Miao (Temple of Confusion); city walls, Zhonghua Gate; Purple Mountain, and Nanjing Massacre will leave you a great image of a beautiful city, while bearing a deep history influence. Day7/8 : Back to Shanghai and Fly back to Los Angeles. China Complete-view Tour will bring you more surprises. You will be able to seek the secret and historic marks of "Silk Road" or " Tibet Story" and "Yangtze River Cruise." " Tibet + Yangtze Cruise" (16 days) Major schedule and activities of this tour will be Day 1/2: Arriving Beijing. Day 3/4/5: Bejing tour -- refer to Beijing schedule in "Tour North China" and Summer Palace. Day 6/7: Lhasa (Tibet) -- Norbulingka (Summer palace of Dalai Lamas); Jokhang Temple; Barkhor street by street; Potala Palace. Day 8/9: Xi'an -- refer to schedule in "Tour North China" Day 10/11/12/14: 400 miles of Yangtze Cruise -- Chongqing, Giant Panda; Three Gorges and three Gorges Dam; The City of Ghosts; Wuhan. Day 15/16: Shanghai Cuisine and fly back to Los Angeles. " Silk Road " (13 days) Major schedule and activities of this tour will be Day 1/2: Arriving Beijing. Day 3/4/5: Beijing tour-- refer to Beijing schedule in "Tour North China" and Summer Palace. Day 6/7: Xi'an -- refer to Xi'an schedule in "Tour North China." Day 8/9/10/11: Silk Road -- Dunhuang, Jia Yu Guan (Gate), Lanzhou, Turpan, Urumqi. You will experience camel ride, Dunhuang Museum, Mogao Grottoes; Buddhist Caves; Xinjiang Regional Museum and local family style. Day 12/13: Shanghai Cuisine and fly back to Los Angeles. The Silk Road -- In reality several ancient trading routes between China and eastern Europe, the Silk Road -- The term was coined in the 19th century by Baron Von Richthofen -- first became busy in the Han dynasty, exposing the Chinese capital Chang'an (Xi'an) and ultimately all of China to the influences and styles of an alien world. The Silk Road was a series of routes linking China in the east with the Roman Empire to the west. The principal routes looped south and north of the Taklamakan Desert, to join with other branches from Siberia and India. The merchants who used the Silk Road dealt not only in spices, silk, porcelain and jade but also in gold and silver, wool, Arab horses, and many other commodities. However, it was silk, a mysterious Chinese invention, that particularly captivated the west. |