Is a trip to China on your bucket list? Please join us for refreshments and to learn more about the Chamber’s 2015 trip to China! Please join us for a brief, no-obligation information meeting. Wednesday, November 19, 2014, 5:00pm GoodLife Programs & Activities at the Centennial Senior Center 254 North State Street, Unit L, Concord (Open to the public; light refreshments served) TRIP DATE: March 23, 2015 Your trip will include: 9 days: March 23-31, 2015 Airfare from JFK Airport • 4 star hotel accommodations Three meals per day • Ground transportation/guided tours in China Points of interest include: The Great Wall • Tiananmen Square • The Forbidden City Temple of Heaven • Beijing and Shanghai $2,499 double occupancy includes airfare, meals and 4 star hotel accommodations! Space is limited and available on a first come, first served basis. For more information, please contact the Chamber: [email protected] or (603) 224-2508. Itinerary CHAMBER TRIP TO CHINA, March 2015 3/23/2015 JFK/Beijing Board your flight to Beijing. Your adventure begins as you fly trans-Pacific aboard a wide cabin jetliner. Cross the International Dateline. 3/24 Beijing Arrive in Beijing, the Capital of China at 6:00pm. You will be met by your local tour guide at the airport. Transfer to the hotel after dinner. 3/25 Beijing Visit the Tian An Men Square, the largest square in the world, and the Temple of Heaven, built in 1420 A.D., where the emperors prayed to the heaven for a good harvest Sightseeing also includes 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, Kun- ming Lake and Longevity Hill, Seventeen- Arch Bridge and Marble Boat. 3/26 Beijing Tour bus excursion to the Great Wall, the 4,000- mile long and 2,000 year 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. Roasted Beijing Duck Dinner. 3/27 Beijing/Shanghai/Suzhou Morning China Eastern flight to Shanghai, then take the tour bus 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. 3/28 Suzhou/Hangzhou Morning tour bus journey to Hangzhou. Visit to economic development zone. Visit to the centuries old Lingyin Temple, with the main feature of the 64.3 ft-high camphor-wood carved Buddha. 3/29 Hangzhou/Shanghai Morning boat cruise on West Lake with relaxing stopover at jewel-like pagodas and tea houses. After- noon tour bus trip to Shanghai. 3/30 Shanghai Sightseeing includes the Yu Garden, a maze of marvelous pavilions, ponds, rocky works and over arch- ing trees. Visit to the Bund, a famous waterfront park. Business visit to the Pudong economic develop- ment zone. 3/31 Shanghai/Beijing/JFK Morning flight to Beijing. Afternoon flight will depart by 1:00pm for JFK where you will arrive at 1:30pm on the same day..