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Day 1 10/31 Seattle/Beijing
Travel to Seattle International Airport for afternoon flight HU496 by 1:10pm to Beijing. Your adventure begins as you fly trans-Pacific aboard a wide cabin jetliner. Cross the International Dateline.
Day 2 11/1 Beijing (King Wing Hotel/5-Star, 17 Dongsanhuan Rd. S., Tel: 86-10-67668866)
Arrive in Beijing, the Capital of China at 4:35pm. You will be met by your local tour guide at the airport. Transfer to the hotel.
Day 3 11/2 Beijing
Sightseeing includes visiting the Tian An Men Square, the largest square in the world, the Palace Museum, also known as the Forbidden City, home of 24 emperors with a total space of 9,999 rooms, and the Summer Palace, known for many significance such as the Long Corridor with painted gallery, Kunming Lake and Longevity Hill, Seventeen- Arch Bridge, and Marble Boat.
Day 4 11/3 Beijing
Tour bus excursion to the Great Wall – the 4,000-mile long and 2,000 years old construction is said to be the only man-made structure visible by naked eye from the moon. Visit to the Ming Tombs, one of 13 Ming Emperors' Tombs is fully excavated and open for exploration. Have a conference with local government.
Day 5 11/4 Beijing
Visit Lama Temple and the Temple of Heaven, built in 1420 A.D., where the emperors prayed to the heaven for a good harvest.
Day 6 11/5 Beijing/Shanghai/Suzhou (Glamor Hotel/4-Star, 6 Tongjingbei Rd., Tel: 86-512-65338811)
Morning China Hainan flight 11:10am/11:10pm to Shanghai, then take the tour bus trip to Suzhou. Afternoon sightseeing to the centuries old Lingering Garden, Tiger Hill, and Hanshan Temple. Visit to the National Embroidery Institute to see silk embroidery, an important local craft with 1,000 years history. Evening Dinner Show of traditional Chinese Music.
Day 7 11/6 Suzhou/Hangzhou (Regal Hotel/5-Star, 370 Gym Rd., Tel: 86-571-56199999)
Morning tour bus journey too Hangzhou. Visit to Economic Developement Zone. Visit to the centuries old Lingyin Temple, with the main feature of the 64.3 ft-high camphor-wood carved Buddha.
Day 8 11/7 Hangzhou/Shanghai (Guangdong Hotel/5-Star, 328 Yixian Rd., Shanghai, Tel: 86-21-51171888)
Morning boat cruise on West Lake with relaxing stopover at jewel-like pagodas and tea houses. Afternoon tour bus trip to Shanghai.
Day 9 11/8 Shanghai
Sightseeing includes the Yu Garden, a maze of marvelous pavilions, ponds, rocky works, and over arching trees. Visit to the Bund, a famous waterfront park. Business visit to the Pudong economic developement zone.
Day 10 11/9 Shanghai/Seattle
Morning flight HU7604 8:45am/10:45am to transit at Beijing then HU495 at 4:20pm for Seattle where you will arrive at 12:00pm on the same day.