2010 Culture Camp— Ministry of Civil Affairs of the People's Republic of China

Itinerary

High lights:

1.      More Chinese Culture Classes that you can learn more about China and you will practice Chinese everyday.

2.      Staying at school that you can learn more about Chinese students’ school life.

3.      Spending a day with a local family would be very impressed.

4.      Most famous scenic spots are involved, like Great Wall, Fobidden City and Temple of Heaven in Beijing and Elephant Trunk Hill and Li River Cruise in Guilin.

5.      You can taste more various Chinese food.

6.      You will have free time to go shopping.

Date		Schedule
June 16 Wednesday		Arrive in Beijing, met by BLAS guide at the airport and transfer to Radisson Blu Orientation around 7pm in the hotel
June 16 Wednesday		Lunch and dinner on own
June 17 Thursday	Morning	Transfer to Beijing Primary School Opening Ceremony at the school, look around the school to get familiar with the environment and get your room key of the dormitory of the school
	Afternoon	Culture Classes at the school: 1. Chinese Language Lesson 2. Chinese Kongfu Lesson
	Evening	Shop freely at a local supermarket nearby
		Breakfast at the hotel Lunch and dinner at school
June 18 Friday	Morning	Culture Classes at the school: 1. Opera Mask Drawing Lesson 2. Chinese Tie Making Lesson
	Afternoon	Swimming or Reading freely in the library at school
	Evening	Enjoy Acrobat Show
		Breakfast and lunch at school Dinner at Hard Rock Café on your own
June 19 Saturday	Morning	Visit Great Wall and brief outdoor visit of Olympic Venus
	Afternoon	Summer Palace
		Breakfast at a Chinese soya milk restaurant Lunch at a friendship restaurant Dinner at famous Hot Pot restaurant (Huo Guo)
June 20 Sunday		Spend a day with some local students’ family (one family will be assigned to one local student’s family) to learn more about the same-aged student’s daily life
June 20 Sunday		Breakfast at McDonald near the school Lunch and dinner arranged by each student’s family respectively
June 21 Monday	Morning	Culture Classes at the school: 1. Chinese Calligraphy Lesson 2. Chinese Yo-yo Lesson
	Afternoon	Culture Classes at the school: 1. Chinese Dancing Lesson 2. Chinese Tradition Custom Lesson and talk freely with some students at school
	Evening	Visit Wangfujing Walking Street
		Breakfast and lunch at school Dinner at a famous Peking Duck restaurant
June 22 Tuesday	Morning	Visit Tian’an Men Square and Forbidden City
	Afternoon	Take Hutong tour by rickshaw and visit Beijing Zoo to see pandas
	Evening	Play games with students at school
		Breakfast and dinner at school Lunch at a local family in Hutong
June 23 Wednesday	Morning	Visit Temple of Heaven and shop freely at the local market nearby
	Afternoon	Farewell Party at the school
	Evening	Packing
		Breakfast and dinner at school Lunch at a traditional Peking noodle restaurant (Lao Beijing Zha Jiang Mian)
June 24 Thursday	Morning	Fly to Guilin, check in at Universal Hotel
	Afternoon	Visit Elephant Trunk Hill
		Breakfast at school Lunch on the plane Dinner at a Chinese restaurant near the hotel
June 25 Friday	Morning	Visit Reed Flute Cave
	Afternoon	Learning Chinese Brush Drawing
	Evening	Visit the Walking Street near the hotel
		Breakfast at the hotel Lunch at a famous local noodle’s restaurant (Guilin Mifen) Dinner at the Walking Street on your own
June 26 Saturday	Morning	Li River Cruise to Yangshuo, check in at New Century Hotel
	Afternoon	Visit West Street
	Evening	Watching the Cormorant fishing excursion
		Breakfast at the hotel Lunch on the liner Dinner at a Chinese restaurant near the hotel
June 27 Sunday	Morning	Chinese Cooking Class at a cooking school
	Afternoon	Free time
		Breakfast at the hotel Lunch at the cooking school Dinner on your own
June 28 Monday	Morning	Drive back to Guilin and fly to Beijing by CA1312/11:40-14:15 Leave for home
June 28 Monday		Breakfast at the hotel Lunch on the plane Dinner on your own

Some notes:

1. The dates of the Camp is from June 16 to June 28, but of course if you want to come earlier or stay longer in China, we also can book hotel rooms and make any extension trips as requested for you.

2. We'd like to have 10 families to join this Camp. The children would be 9 to 11 years old at the time of the Camp. Any families with the children at the appropriate age could sign up for the Camp, whether they are adoptive families or not, but the adoptive families will have the priority.

3. From June 17 to June 24, you will stay at Beijing Primary School, which is a famous school in Beijing that most of the students there stay at school from Monday to Friday. There will be a computer that you can use the internet in each room. There are two kinds of rooms, one is double room with two single beds, the other is single room with a queen-sized bed. There's an air-conditioner in each room and you can have shower. But the rooms are not as luxury as star hotel rooms.

4. Parents will have Culture classes with children. You will practice Chinese language everyday.

Deadline of registration: April 29^th 2010

Cost:

1 Adult + 1 Child	$2,955.00 (double room)
1 Adult + 2 Children	$4,099.00 (double room) $4,199.00 (double room in Beijing, triple room in Guilin/Yangshuo)
2 Adults + 1 Child	$4,722.00 (double room + single room in Beijing triple room in Guilin/Yangshuo)
2 Adults + 2 Children	$5,844.00 (two double rooms in Beijing Triple room in Guilin/Yangshuo) $5,910.00 (two double rooms)

Include:

Listed hotels and school accommodation

Airfares between Beijing and Guilin

Tickets for sightseeing and Culture programs per itinerary

Listed meals

Guide and driver service

Transfers between airport and hotel

Exclude:

International airfares

Passport and/or China Visa

Tips or gratitudes

Personal expenses

Down payment

A non-refundable down payment of $100 per person needs to be paid at the time of registration. This amount will be deducted from the total amount for this trip. Whole travel fees need to be paid before May 22nd 2010, otherwise you will be regarded not come. If you cancel the trip after May 22nd 2010, the money will be refunded after the deduction of some expenses caused by the cancellation.

Bank information

A/C: 110060194018010009653

Beneficiary: China International Welfare Travel Service

Bank: Bank of Communication, Beijing Branch, Dongdan Sub-branch

Swift Code: COMMCNSHBJG

Bank Add: No. 8 Jinbao Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100005 China

Beneficiary Add: 8/F Sun Light International Plaza, No. 16 Wangjiayuan Lane, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100027 China

You can wire the money to this bank and send us a copy of the receipt you may get from your bank, or you can send a personal check to the beneficiary address mentioned above.

Please download the registration form here and send it to lxb2@mail.china-blas.org or blas-rst@hotmail.com. Please remember the tour code/group number is BCC-BG1006. If you have any questions, please contact Cecilia, Tony, or Nancy at 8610-63533536 or send e-mails to lxb2@mail.china-blas.org or blas-rst@hotmail.com.