Tokyo, Beijing and Hong Kong

Visit the Orient with your friends and family. Guided tours are available and lodging accommodations are provided. You can choose to stay in one of the finest hotels or be placed with a host family. This provides the opportunity to experience the culture and people as they live day to day.

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Day 1, LOS ANGELES. The tour begins aboard a wide-bodied jet, with excellent cabin service and in-flight movies.

Day 2, TOKYO, JAPAN. Arrival time is early evening because a day is "lost" crossing the International Date Line. After clearing customs, proceed to the Limousine bus Counter on the arrival floor for your hotel transfer service. At the hotel check-in-desk, you will receive your tour information packet.

Day 3, TOKYO. For a rare combination of old and new Japan, the local guide takes you through the Asakusa district's alleys and covered passageways on the sightseeing tour this morning. Also included is a visit to the MEIJI SHRINE, a magnificent 20th-century Shinto monument in elaborate gardens and expressing the classic beauty associated with Japan. The remainder of the day is free.

Day 4, AT LEISURE IN TOKYO. A full day for independent activities. Highly recommended is the optional excursion by train to Nikko National Park with a visit to the 17th-century Toshagu Shrine and Futaarasan Shrine and here enjoy a performance by Shinto dancing girls; or perhaps join the trip to Kamakura Shogunate with its 42-foot Mt. Komagatake and for the return to Tokyo-a thrilling and smooth ride on the famous bullet train. Tokyo is a city that never sleeps; and the Ginza, packed with its selection of fine restaurants and nightclubs, is well worth a visit. Contact your Globus host for useful information and suggestions.

Day 5, TOKYO-BEIJING, CHINA. The morning is at leisure until your departure for the airport for the afternoon flight. Upon arrival in Beijing, China's political and cultural capital, you will be met by our local host and transferred to your hotel.

Day 6, BEIJING. First on today's sightseeing a visit to the IMPERIAL PALACE, once sacred home to China's Great Emperors and the focal point of power on this mighty dynasty. The now infamous Tian An Men Square stands adjacent. It was in this vast public square, the largest in the world, that the Republic of China was proclaimed in 1949. A short drive out of the city leads to the former imperial SUMMER PALACE, a complex of pavilions, temples and galleries situated around an immense lake. The whole structure was rebuilt by the Dowager Empress Ci Xi in 1888 after having been burnt down by British and French troops.

Day 7, BEIJING. The Great Wall of china once stretched for over 3,000 miles across northern China's most barren terrain. The part that has been best preserved and restored lies 40 miles north of Beijing in the village of Badaling. A walk along the wall affords unforgettable vistas of this mammoth fortress spanning the countryside as far as the eye can see. Returning to Beijing, visit the MING TOMBS, underground burial sites for 13 of the Ming emperors, and whose approach is lined with magnificently carved marble animals, real and mythical.

Day 8, AT LEISURE IN HONG KONG. A full day to explore the cit's many other attractions. Perhaps spend the day visiting Zhongshan, in the People's Republic of China and exotic Macau, the gambling resort and Portuguese colony that is the oldest European settlement in the Far East. For evening activities: we recommend the optional cruise of the illuminated harbor including a buffet dinner and entertainment on board. Your Globus host can arrange these and other exciting optional excursions, provide information on where to get the best meals at reasonable prices and suggest where to find Hong Kong's best buys for custom-tailored clothes, cameras, silk brocades, jewelry and Chinese handicrafts.

Day 9, HONG KONG-LOS ANGELES. Transfer to the airport for the flight home. Cross the International Date Line and arrive back in the U.S. on the same day.

Tokyo, Beijing and Hong Kong

Travel package includes:

All flights if Fun Time Travel issues the tickets

Transfers, including baggage handling, to and from airports

Host service throughout

First-class hotels or equivalent. Twin-bedded rooms with private bath or shower, hotel taxes, service charges and tips for baggage handling

In-flight meals as indicated in the itinerary; 9 American breakfasts

Guided half-day sightseeing in Tokyo, Beijing and Hong Kong

Visits to Beijing's Tian An Men Square, The great Wall of China, the Ming tombs and Hong King's Victoria Peak

Fun Time Travel bag and travel documents

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