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Dates:
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6/24/13 to 7/5/13 No. of people registered: 12 |
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Cost: |
Adult $3,890 per person/double occupancy; Children $3,590 |
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Trip Description:
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This China Family Tour is designed to explore Chinese life and culture through hands-on experience. Children and parents will have the opportunity to engage Chinese people of many backgrounds and talents directly through a wide variety of activities. There is nothing more fun than learning new things with Chinese as friends and mentors. Some of the activities we will explore include:
• Eat lunch at a Chinese home special prepared by local Beijing people
• Daily Mandarin phrase class with our tour director
• Visit the world famous Great Wall of China, an experience
that consistently exceeds visitors’ expectations.
• Tour China’s first emperor’s burial complex, where the
extraordinary 2,300-year-old terracotta warriors still stand
today.
• Swim in the Beijing Olympic Swimming Pool where Michael Phelps became a champion
• Fly Chinese kites in the Temple of Heaven with Chinese kite masters
• Practicing martial arts at China’s most famous martial art school
• Explore the Grand Mosque, which uses Chinese architectural design for Islamic purposes
• Travel down the Yangzi River through the spectacular Three Gorges
• In Shanghai, walk through Xintiandi, a stylish restaurant and
shopping district designed by MIT architect Ben Wood.
• Explore the collection of Chinese bronzes, jade pottery and ceramics, paintings and calligraphy, old coins and furniture at the Shanghai Museum
• Absorb the Chinese traditional garden ambience in Yuyuan Garden in old Shanghai
• Visit the Children’s Palace and meet talented art, music and science students |
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Itinerary:
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Day 1: Depart US
Day 2: Beijing
Day 3: Beijing
Day 4: Beijing
Day 5: Beijing
Day 6: Xian
Day 7: Xian / Chongqing
Day 8: Yangzi River Cruise
Day 9: Yangzi River Cruise
Day 10: Yichang / Shanghai
Day 11: Shanghai
Day 12: Shanghai / Depart for US
Optional pre-tour: Four nights - Chengde
Optional post-tour: Four nights - Huang Mountains
Optional post-tour: Four nights - Guilin
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FACULTY INFORMATION |
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Ken Bauer |
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Bio: |
Kenneth Bauer will serve as the Dartmouth presenter and host on this exciting family adventure to China. Kenneth is a development consultant and researcher who teaches for Dartmouth's Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Program and the Institute for Writing and Rhetoric. Bauer is president of a non-profit organization, DROKPA (www.drokpa.org) which partners with communities in the Himalaya and Central Asia to implement grassroots development and catalyze social entrepreneurship. Ken's research interests include rangelands, nomad resettlement, conservation, and climate change. No stranger to Asia, Ken has worked in Nepal and China since 1990, and has led multiple trips for young people through Where There Be Dragons and Wilderness Ventures. |
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This trip is operated by:
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China Advocates |
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