LETTER OF CONFIRMATION
May 05, 2009
CITS TOUR CODE: 9USACAT- 0521F
TRAVEL DATES: May 17
- 21, 2009
GROUP NAME: MSU China Tour 2009
GROUP LEADER: Dr. Gregory Stutes
TOTAL PASSENGER NUMBERs: Thirteen (13)
01 Gregory Stutes (Group Leader)
02 Su-lin Tai
03 Alex Abdullah
04 Ali Abdullah
05 Brittney Bailey
06 Macailia Warner
07 Benjamine Blair
08 Gabriel Gorman
09 Finn Christensen
10 Matthew Warner
11 Michele Kraemer
12 Jessie Satrang
13 Kay Abdullah (single room)
This letter is to inform you of the following tour itinerary and services
confirmed and to be provided for your group by China International Travel
Service (CITS)
Head Office:
May 21 (Thu) BEIJING
Arrive in Beijing by UA 851. Upon arrival, meet / transfer service by CITS
guide at Beijing Airport and transfer to International Hotel Beijing for 3
nights with daily buffet breakfast. CITS books 7 rooms (6 twins + 1 single).
Evening at your leisure.
May 22 (Fri) BEIJING (B, L,
D)
Full day tour of Tian'An Men Square, Forbidden City, Summer Palace and Temple of
Heaven. A special Peking Duck dinner tonight.
May 23 (Sat) BEIJING (B, L,
D)
Full-day tour to the Great Wall (Mutianyu section) and the Ming Tombs, with the
sacred walk. Enjoy the Peking Opera show tonight following dinner.
May 24 (Sun) BEIJING /
DATONG (B, L, D)
Morning tour in Beijing: Hutong tour with rickshaw ride and local home visit.
CITS transfer to Beijing Railway Station. Depart Beijing by Train K615 at
3:15pm, arrive in Datong at 9:06pm. Upon arrival in Datong, local CITS meet /
transfer to Datong Hotel for 2 nights. CITS books 7 rooms with daily breakfast.
May 25 (Mon) Datong / Yungang
Grottoes (B, L, D)
Full-day pivate tour of Yungang Grottoes, Nine-Dragon Wall and Hanging Temple
outside Datong.
May 26 (Tue) Datong / Beijing
/ Xian (B)
Check out and CITS transfer to Datong Train Station for your train ride back to
Beijing by K616, 8:33am - 2:25pm. Upon arrival, meet / transfer by your guide /
driver in Beijing to Beijing Airport. Depart Beijing for Xian by HU 7882, 5:15pm
- 7:00pm. Upon arrival in Xian, local CITS meet / transfer to Garden Hotel Xian
for 2 nights with daily buffet breakfast. CITS books 7 rooms again. Balance of
the day at your leisure.
May 27 (Wed) XIAN (B, L, D)
Full-day private tour to the renowned Terra-Cotta Warriors Museum, Banpo Museum,
Wild Goose Pagoda, the ancient City Wall, Great Mosque and Muslim quarters.
Tonight, enjoy the Shaanxi Provincial Theater Show & Dumpling Dinner in Xi'an.
May 28 (Thu) XIAN / KUNMING /
LIJIANG (B, D)
After breakfast, check out and transfer to Xian Airport. Depart Xian for Kunming
by MU 5726, 10:55am - 12:55pm. Then connect MU 5760 for Kunming - Lijiang,
4:30pm - 5:20pm. Upon arrival in LiJiang, local CITS meet / transfer to Jian Nan
Chun Hotel Lijiang (at old town) for 2 nights with daily breakfast. CITS books 7
rooms. Tour of Ancient Dayan Town. This evening enjoy the famous Naxi Minority
concert show.
May 29 (Fri) Li Jiang (B L,
D)
Full-day tour to visit Dragon Spruce Meadow or Yak Meadow, Snow-capped Yulong
Mountain, the Gan Sean, Baishui River, Jade Peak Temple and Baisha Fresco. Visit
Black-Dragon Pool,
May 30 (Sat) LiJiang /
Dali (B, L, D)
Check out and depart Lijiang for Dali by coach. Along the way you might want to
stop by some minority villages for photo-taking and tour. Upon arrival, check
into Asia Star Hotel Dali for overnight. CITS books 7 rooms with breakfast. Tour
in Dali including the Three Towers, Lake Erhai and Cang Shan plus the Bai
village.
May 31 (Sun) Dali / Kunming /
GUILIN (B, D)
Check out and transfer to Dali Airport. Depart Dali for Kunming by MU 5982,
8:35am - 9:10am. If time permits, local CITS guide to meet you for a short city
tour in Kunming. Then transfer back to Kunming Airport. Depart Kunming for
Guilin by MU 5787, 2:20pm - 3:45pm. Upon arrival, local CITS meet / transfer to
Park Hotel Guilin for 2 nights with daily breakfast. CITS books 7 rooms again.
June 01 (Mon) Guilin / Li
River Cruise (B, L, D)
Few could fail to be enraptured by the beauty of the Li River, with its delicate
karst formations, beautiful rural scenery, and lush green hillsides with bizarre
rock formations and caves. Centuries of poets and artists have immortalized the
very scenes you'll savor on a full-day air-conditioned cruise along this unique
and tranquil waterway. At end of the cruise, take a short tour in Yangshuo
before returning to Guilin by private coach. Back top your hotel.
June 02 (Tue) GUILIN /
SHANGHAI (B, L, D)
Morning tour in Guilin; Reed Flute Cave, Elephant Trunk Hill, Folded Brocade
Hill and other sights in the city. Then transfer to airport for your flight
Guilin / Shanghai by FM 9336, 11:20am - 1:25pm. Upon arrival, local CITS meet /
transfer to Broadway Mansions Shanghai for 3 nights with daily breakfast. 7
rooms again. Afternoon city tour in Shanghai: the Bund, Yu Yuan Garden.
June 03 (Wed) SHANGHAI (B, L,
D)
Full-day tour: Shanghai Museum, Pudong New development Zone, Nanjing Road and
Xin Tian Di area, plus other sights. A well known Shanghai acrobatic show
tonight following dinner.
June 04 (Thu) SHANGHAI /
SUZHOU / SHANGHAI (B, L, D)
Transfer to Train Station. Take 40-minute train ride to Suzhou, 9:09am - 9:48am.
Upon arrival, local CITS meet / transfer to the city for full-day tour: Take
canal boat ride on Grand Canal, tour one or two Chinese Gardens, plus visit to
Silk Factory. Return to Suzhou late afternoon by express train, 5;50pm - 6:34pm.
Upon arrival, meet / transfer back to your hotel and dinner out.
June 05 (Fri) SHANGHAI / USA
(B)
Check out and CITS transfer to Shanghai Pudong Airport for your flight Shanghai
/ Taipei by FM 801. End of China trip.
Please note:
1. Your CITS contact in mainland China is Yi Huabing (Oliver). His phone # is
(010) 8522-8267 (office) and 1370-110-8374
(cell phone).
2. Order of sightseeing is subject to change depending on local conditions.
3. All your domestic air tickets in China are issued by CITS in China and they
are e-tickets.
4. Your local guides in China will give you those tickets.
5. Please discuss with your local tour guide in each city for daily details and
departure time on each day.
6. All your local guides will help you with airport, train and hotel check-in in
China.
Beijing International Hotel ±±¾©¹ú¼Ê·¹µê
9 Jian Guo Men Nei Dajie
Beijing, China 100005
Tel: (10) 6512-6688 Fax: (10) 6512-9961
DADONG HOTEL
37 West Yingbin Road,
Datong, Shanxi 037008, China
GARDEN HOTEL XIAN ÌÆ»ª´ó¾Æµê
4 Dongyanyin road, Da Yan Ta
Xian, Shaanxi 710061, China
Tel: (29) 8526-1111 Fax: (29) 8526-1998
Jian Nan Chun Hotel LiJiang
8 Guan Yi Jie, Dayan Town,
LiJiang, Yunnan 674100, China
Tel: (888)
510-2222
Asia Star Hotel Dali ÑÇÐÇ´ó¾Æµê
South suburb of Ancient Town,
Dali, Yunnan 671000, China
Tel: (872)
267-0009 Fax: (872)
267-2299
GUILIN PARK HOTEL ¹ðÁÖ¹ðºþ·¹µê
1 Luo Si Shan,
Guilin, Guangxi 541001, China
Tel: (773)
255-8899 Fax: (773)
282-2296
SHANGHAI BROADWAY MANSIONS ÉϺ£´óÏÃ
20 Suzhou Road North,
Shanghai 200080, China
Tel: (21) 6324-6260 Fax: (21) 6306-5147