DAY 1
- United Airlines Flight # 1686
- Departing Hartford at 6:25 am
- Arriving Chicago at 8:03 am
- United Airlines Flight #0851
- Departing Chicago at 12:35 pm
- Arriving Beijing at 3:15 pm (on Wednesday, 4/5/17 due to time change)
DAY 2
- Arrival in Beijing
- Clear customs
- Hutong tour
- Silk Market
- Hotel in Beijing: Dongjiao Minxiang Hotel (东交民巷饭店)
- Address: No 23 Dongjiao Minxiang, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100006, China
- Address in Chinese: 100006东城区东交民巷甲23号
- Phone: +86 10 6524 3311
DAY 3
- Site-seeing
- Forbidden City
- Tiananmen Square
- Great Wall
- Hotel in Beijing
- Pack this evening
- VERY EARLY flight tomorrow
DAY 4
- Donghai Airlines Flight #6205
- Departing Beijing at 6:25 am
- Arriving Lanzhou at 9:00 am
- Upon arrival in Lanzhou, travel to Labrang Monastery in Xiahe
- Lunch en route
- 4-5 hour drive
- Visit monastery
- Hotel in Xiahe: Labrang Civil Aviation Hotel (拉卜楞民航大酒店)
- Address: No 12 Renmin East Road, Xiahe County, China
- Address in Chinese: 人民东街12号
- Phone: +86 941-7128009
DAY 5
- Tour grasslands and villages en route back to Lanzhou
- 4-5 hour drive back to Lanzhou
- Hotel: Ruida Boutique Business Hotel Lanzhou Yingbin (瑞达精品商务酒店迎宾店)
- Address: No 35 Tian Shui South Road, Chengguan District, Lanzhou, China
- Address in Chinese: 730000城关区天水南路35号
- Phone: +86 931 489 3111
DAY 6
- Train D2701
- Departing Lanzhou West at 7:50 am
- Arriving Zhangye West at 11:00 am
- Walk and tour Rainbow Mountains
- Hotel in Zhangye: Xiaolajiao Hotel (张掖小辣椒酒店金座店)
- Address: 200M North of Make Boluo Sculpture, North Section of Oushi Street, Zhangye
- Address in Chinese: 欧式街北段马可波罗雕塑向北200米
- Phone: +86-935-8866001
DAY 7
- Train D2701
- Departing Lanzhou West at 11:03 am
- Arriving Liuyuan South at 2:09 pm
- Bus to Dunhuang
- About 2-3 hours
- Night Market?
- Depending on arrival time, and exhaustion factor, we will go tonight or tomorrow night
- Hotel in Dunhuang: Fuguo Hotel (富国酒店)
- Address: No 1785 Yangguan Middle Road, Dunhuang, China
- Address in Chinese: 阳关中路1785号
- Phone: +86 937 881 8666
DAY 8
- Site-seeing
- Mogao Caves
- Old City
- Night Market?
- Go this evening if we did not go the night before
- Hotel in Dunhuang: Fuguo Hotel
DAY 9
- Site-seeing
- Crescent Lake
- Camel Riding
- Sand Dune Sledding at Echo Sand Park
- Overnight Train Y669
- Departing Dunhuang at 8:07 pm
- Arriving Lanzhou at 7:22 am on Thursday, 4/13
DAY 10
- Breakfast at local Lanzhou restaurant
- Shanghai Airlines Flight #9214
- Departing Lanzhou at 12:20 pm
- Arriving Shanghai at 2:55 pm
- Huangpu River evening cruise
- Hotel in Shanghai: Holiday Day Inn Shanghai Vista (古井假日酒店)
- Address: No 700 Chang Shou Road, Shanghai 200060, China
- Address in Chinese: 200060普陀区长寿路700号
- Phone: +86 21 6276 8888
DAY 11
- Students pack overnight bag for homestay.
- Students check out of hotel, but leave luggage in hotel storage (take overnight bag).
- Site-seeing
- Old Shanghai
- Yu Garden
- 3:00 pm Shanghai Foreign Language School
- Students spend the afternoon, evening and overnight with Chinese family
DAY 12
- 10:00 am pickup at Shanghai Foreign Language School
- Lunch before going to airport
- United Airlines Flight # 0087
- Departing Shanghai at 3:45 pm
- Arriving Newark at 6:15 pm
- Clear customs
- Bus to Hall
- Approximate arrival time: 10 pm
- Families should keep in touch with students to confirm arrival time once we are in CT