NOTE: This trip is being rescheduled to September 2010. Information below is keyed to a 2009 trip.The revised 2010 itineary/dates/cost will be posted when available.---------------------------------------------------------------------- To: All Eyes of Hawaii Members From: Jim Young, EOH President At the end of the club trip to Guizhou, China this year, some of the participants started talking about doing something similar in Inner Mongolia next year. Mr. Zhou, who made the travel arrangements for Guizhou, immediately set off to see what he could do for us in Inner Mongolia. As in the case of Guizhou, he personally traveled to Inner Mongolia to find the best photo opportunities and check out travel arrangements. He reports that September would be an ideal time of year to visit — especially the mountain areas which should have beautiful foliage at that time. Mr. Zhou has come up with the following itinerary. It includes not only visiting Inner Mongolia, but also visiting the historic city of Harbin in Manchuria with its Russian-style architecture. But the surprise is that Zhou’s itinerary IS FOR THIS YEAR!! Sanwei Li says there is still time to make arrangements for travel this September if enough EOH members are interested. As in the case of the Guizhou trip, 10 participants are needed to qualify for the cost quoted below.
PLEASE LET ME KNOW IMMEDIATELY IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN TAKING THE TRIP THIS YEAR IN SEPTEMBER! Contact me directly at jby@hawaii.rr.com. Aloha, Jim (aka Lao Yang) ----------------------------------------------------------------- ITINERARY 9/9/2009 Depart Honolulu For Beijing 9/10 arrive in Beijing, Stay at Jianguo Men Hotel (4 star) 9/11 HU7101 12:20pm---2:40pm leave Beijing for Hulun Bei Er in Inna Mongolia, sightseeing on the grassland and visiting local Mongolian people. Stay at Bei Er Hotel 9/12 Leave Hulun Bei Er to Lin River, a triangle boarder to Russia, Mongolia and China. Photo frenzy time for natural beauty shots… stay at local Russian’s guesthouse. 9/13 continue shooting at the boarder, the forests, the grassland, rivers, local minority people...stay at Russian’s guesthouse 9/14 leave Lin River to Bailu Island, photo shooting at Daxing Anling Forest, stay at Bailu Island Hotel (3 star) 9/15 Continue shooting at Daxing Anling Forest, stay at Mo’er Dao Ge Hotel (3 star) 9/16 More photo shooting at Mo’er Dao Ge, Genhe, Yakeshi,-- Forests, ranches, plough fields...etc. stay at Bei Er Hotel (3 star) 9/17 Arrive in Manchuria, Hulun Bei Er Grassland. Tour to Hulun Lake, Manchuria City. Photo shooting at Sino-Russian Boarder. Stay at Manchurian Hotel (4 star) 9/18 Visit Ba Er Hu Banners, sightseeing at the largest grassland Ba Er Hu and photo shooting at sino-mongolian boarder. Stay at Xing An Town guesthouse 9/19 visit Mt. Als, national volcano forest park. Highlight； natural forest, lakes, volcano, hot spring... stay at Mt. Als hotel (4 star) 9/20 continue visiting Mt. Als and the city of Hu Lun Bei Er. More photo shooting of forest, lakes, farms and grassland...stay at Bei Er Hotel (3 star) 9/21 experience of a train ride from city of Hu Lun Bei Er to Harbin—a Russian style city in far northeast of China (almost a day on the train) stay at Harbin hotel (4 star) 9/22 visit city of Harbin—Sophia Church, Central Boulevard, the sun island, fly back to Beijing after dinner at Harbin CA1622 (8:55pm –10:50pm)stay at Beijing Jianguo Hotel 9/23 One free day in Beijing 9/24 return back to Honolulu Hawaii
ESTIMATED TRAVEL COSTS: $3800/pp ($320 additional for single occupancy hotel room) Cost includes: China domestic flight air fare from Beijing to Hulun Bei Er of Inner Mongolia, and Harbin to Beijing. All location hotels, meals, local transportation, tour guide fees, train ticket from Hulun Bei Er to Harbin. China domestic flight accidental insurance of 300.000 RMB (about $43900) Note: If you decide to purchase your own air fare and no need to apply for the visa to China, your total will be $3000. If you do not need to apply for visa to China this time, your total will be $3630 You will take care of your own lunch and dinner for the one free day in Beijing Options: JAL (Japan Airline will be used for this trip) You can use your own mileage to go for other airlines or go at your own choice. If so, it is your responsibility to meet the group on time in the appointed hotel in Beijing. $5 discount for the visa fee if processed in EAST WEST GLOBAL TOURS CORPS, the only appointed travel agency to handle Chinese visa on the Chinese Consulate Website.
NOTE: This trip is being rescheduled to September 2010. Information below is keyed to a 2009 trip.
The revised 2010 itineary/dates/cost will be posted when available.
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