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Total Solar Eclipse Tour in Xinjiang of China

The best place for watching the total Solar Eclipse in China is Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region . The unique astronomical phenomenon will occur on the 1st August 2008 in China. There will not be a longer total solar eclipse until 2009 in China, so don't miss the opportunity to watch the total solar eclipse in China.On August 1, 2008, a total solar eclipse will occur as the new moon moves directly between the sun and the earth. The moon's umbral shadow will fall on China.

For planning the total solar eclipse trip including transportation,hotel booking, car rental ect. just email us and we will help you with your xinjiang tour for viewing the total solar eclipse in China.

Our total solar eclipse tour begins and ends in Beijing, China .  It has been reported to us that 1.5 million domestic Chinese travellers and 750,000 foreigns are expected during the Olympic period. Hence we have put our most popular optional tour ahead of the eclipse package. However, the basic and post tour are nevertheless impacted by the peak Olympic pricing period.

July 28 (Monday): ARRIVAL IN BEIJING

Arrive in Beijing on your own. After completion of customs formalities, you will be greeted by our professional tour guide holding a sign reading "total solar eclipse". You will then be transferred to your accommodations provided at the Dongjiaominxiang Hotel.

Dongjiaominxiang Hotel Beijing is a four-star hotel located in the center of the Beijing City. It is in the former embassy area. You may walk to Tiananmen Square and the Qianmen Commerical area in ten minutes. Wangfujing Commerical Street is also ten minutes walking distance. The Dongjiaominxiang Hotel in Beijing has 218 guestrooms and all rooms are equipped with air conditioning, satellite TV, cable TV, IDD, DDD and internet access. Overnight Beijing.

Of all the tourist sites of potential great interest to eclipse observers might be the Gate of Dispelling Clouds. It is located a the Summer Palace (part of the post eclipse tour). However, if you are superstitious, it might not be a bad idea to make a small pilgrimage there before Eclipse Day. Twelve Taihu rocks depicting the twelve Chinese zodiac animals and a pair of bronze lions are in front of the gate. The lions are auspicious animals and in Chinese culture are believed to ward off evil spirits. The twelve rocks are shaped like the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog and the pig.

July 29 (Tuesday): BEIJING

Beginning today, breakfast, lunch and dinner will be included daily. After breakfast, there will be a welcome briefing in the hotel.This morning you will be among the privileged few to enjoy a behind-the-scenes view of Hutong, the old city of Beijing. Setting out with your guide on traditional three-wheel cycles, you will visit the 15th century Drum Tower for an overview of the intricate labyrinth comprising the district. Then, walk along its ancient alleyways and visit both typical quadrangle's where ordinary citizens live and gracious old estates once owned by the capital's aristocracy. You will enjoy lunch with a local family and an afternoon of shopping at the Silk Alley and Rainbow Market.

Overnight at the Dongjiaominxiang Hotel, Beijing (B,L,D).

July 30 (Wednesday): DUN HUANG

Transfer to the Beijing airport for your flight to Dunhuang (Gansu Province) in western China. Upon arrival you will be met and taken on a tour of the Mogao Grottoes and the Museum. The Grottoes are one of the most important ancient sites of Buddhist culture, preserving nearly a thousand years of cave-temple architecture, clay sculpture, mural paintings, and manuscripts dating from the 5th to 14th centuries. They are carved into desert cliffs overlooking a river valley. There are a series of 500 caves, 2400 painted sculptures and 45000 square meters of frescoes. Following your tour you will be transferred to your hotel (either Don Huang Guest House or Dun Huang International Hotel depending on which group you are in). Lunch and dinner at local restaurants. Overnight Dunhuang (B,L,D).

July 31 (Thursday): DUNHUANG TO HAMI

After breakfast, travel by motor coach from Dunhuang to Hami (Xinjiang Province) approximately 420km (250 miles) which is about a 5-hour drive. The town of Hami is a small oasis at the remotest end of China. Known in the past as Kumul it was once an important caravan stop on the northern route of the Silk Road. Accommodations provided at the Hami Hotel. Dinner and overnight in Hami (B, L, D).

August 1 (Friday): ECLIPSE DAY!

Your choice of observation of the eclipse from one of three areas. For those who want to observe totality only, there will be two centerline sites to be announced later. At both locations from 1m50 to 2m00s may be visible. The sun will be situated about 20 degrees above the western horizon for this rare alignment of the moon and sun.

The third area is very near our base site of Hami and is defined by the southern limit of the eclipse. About 30 seconds of totality is visible at the Hami city site, but Baily's Beads should be very prolonged and the purpose there will be to videorecord the Beads as part of an ongoing study of changes in the solar radius! Overnight in Hami. (B, L, D)

August 2 (Saturday): HAMI TO DUNHUANG

After breakfast depart by motorcoach to Dunhuang. Check into your hotel (Grand Sun Hotel or Dun Huang International Hotel). Afternoon tour of Mingsha (Singing Sand Dunes) Mountain which is celebrated for the sounds of the moving sand. Named Sha Jiao Moutain in the early East Han Dynasty, it is 800 square km in size with ridges and mpeaks known to be as sharp as a knife. Stepping on the sand may change its shape temporarily but the sand always returns to its original shape the next day. Walking on the sand, one can also hear a sound that could be as light as a bamboo instrument or as heavy as thunderous drums. Also visit the Crescent Spring (Yueyaquan) that is so named because of its large crescent shape. The spring has a depth of 3 meters with sweet, crystal clear water. The sand never gets into the spring and the water is never muddy or dried up. There are three treasures to be seen here: the iron back fish, the seven star grass and the five color sand. Lunch and dinner at a local restaurant. Overnight Dunhuang (B,L,D).

August 3 (Sunday):

After breakfast depart for the Dunhuang airport for your flight to Beijing. End of land tour (B).

TOUR PRICE INCLUDES:

• accommodations in double/twin bedded rooms in 3 - 4 star hotels or similar category
• bus transfers to/from solar eclipse site
• solar eclipse briefing
• round trip transfers from Beijing airport to hotel in Beijing provided you arrive and depart with the tour group.
• round trip flights between Beijing and Dunhuang, China
• all road and other transport as indicated in the itinerary
• airconditioned bus transport
• entrance fees
• sightseeing per the itinerary
• baggage handling at all hotels
• meals as shown where B=breakfast, L=lunch, D=dinner
• beverages with lunches and dinners
• local English speaking guides
• bottled water on the buses
• Hotel V.A.T (Value Added Tax), city tax, and service charges

 

TOUR PRICE DOES NOT INCLUDE:

• International airfare
• Any additional charge(s) and/or special documentations to be filled for importing/exporting telescopes (if even required)
• cost of visa to China
• cost of required vaccinations
• travel insurance (highly recommended)
• roundtrip Beijing airport to your hotel transfers IF YOU DO NOT ARRIVE/DEPART WITH THE GROUP
• beverages
• departure tax from China at end of tour
• optional excursions
• tips and gratuities
• personal expenses and anything else not included in the 'tour includes' features list

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What is the real name of this rare Chinese pony that has the nickname of “ pony from under the fruit tree”?

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A Walking Tour in Southern France $17.98 A Walking Tour in Southern France : Ezra Pound Among the Troubadours by Ezra Pound Published in 1992 by New Directions Publishing Corporation

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Tour of Duty $3.48 Covering more than four decades, Tour of Duty is the definitive account of John Kerry's journey from war to peace. Written by acclaimed historian Douglas Brinkley, this is the first full-scale, intimate account of Kerry's naval career. In writing this riveting narrative, Brinkley has drawn on extensive interviews with virtually everyone who knew Kerry well in Vietnam, including all the men still living who served under him. Kerry also entrusted to Brinkley his letters home from Vietnam and his voluminous "War Notes" -- journals, notebooks, and personal reminiscences written during and shortly after the war. This material was provided without restriction, to be used at Brinkley's discretion, and has never before been published.John Kerry enlisted in the Navy in February 1966, months before he graduated from Yale. In December 1967 Ensign Kerry was assigned to the frigate U.S.S. Gridley; after five months of service in the Pacific, with a brief stop in Vietnam, he returned to the United States and underwent training to command a Swift boat, a small craft deployed in Vietnam's rivers. In June 1968 Kerry was promoted to lieutenant (junior grade), and by the end of that year he was back in Vietnam, where he commanded, over time, two Swift boats. Throughout Tour of Duty Brinkley deftly deals with such explosive issues as U.S. atrocities in Vietnam and the bombing of Cambodia. In a series of unforgettable combat-action sequences, he recounts how Kerry won the Purple Heart three times for wounds suffered in action and was awarded the Bronze Star and the Navy's Silver Star for gallantry in action.When Kerry returned from Southeast Asia, he joined the Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW), becoming a prominent antiwar spokesperson. He challenged the Nixon administration on Capitol Hill with the antiwar movementcheering him on. As Kerry's public popularity soared in April-May 1971, the FBI considered him a subversive. Brinkley -- using new information acquired from the recently released Nixon tapes -- reveals how White House aides Charles Colson and H. R. Haldeman tried to discredit Kerry. Refusing to be intimidated, Kerry started running for public office, eventually becoming a U.S. senator from Massachusetts. But he never forgot his fallen comrades. Working with his friend Senator John McCain, he returned to Vietnam numerous times looking for MIAs and POWs. By the time Bill Clinton was elected president in 1992, Kerry was the leading proponent of "normalization" of relations with Vietnam. When President Clinton officially recognized Vietnam in 1995, Kerry's three-decade-long tour of duty had at long last ended.

Talking on Tour $3.48 A deluxe gift book for golf lovers! Over the past decade, golf's master storyteller has shared with golf fans heartwarming off-the-cuff stories that truly capture the essence of America's most popular sport. He brought together living legends, past champions, and current top-of-the-leader-board stars in eight entertaining volumes of the greatest true golf stories ever told. Now Wade compiles the best of these stories in Talking on Tour, a handsome volume that golfers everywhere will wan for their own sports library. Here is a sampling of the humorous anecdotes in Talking on Tour : POLITICIANS Reporters asked former First Lady Barbara Bush for her reaction to the news that her husband was going to play in the Bob Hope Desert Classic along with President Clinton and former President Gerald Ford. "Isn't there already enough violence and bloodshed on television?", she said. CADDIES A group of wealthy Arab businessmen wearing traditional headdresses arrived at the Old Course at St. Andrews for a round of golf. At the completion of his round, one handed his caddie, an elderly Scotsman, a generous tip. "Thanks very much, your Excellency," said the caddie. "And I hope your head feels better." AMY ALCOTT Amy Alcott is one of the great characters in women's golf­­ -- or in all of golf, for that matter. Not the least of her attributes is a wicked sense of humor and a great sense of comic timing. One day she called a writer friend to tell him that she'd just been named the top female Jewish athlete in the United States. "Congratulations, Amy," the friend said. "That's great. Who'd you beat?" "Some fencer from Brandeis," she deadpanned.

Tales of the Grand Tour (The Grand Tour) $13.48 In novels like Mars, and Moonbase, and Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn, as well as Privateers, The Precipice, and The Rock Rats, Ben Bova has been telling the stories of the wars and rivalries, the outsize individuals, public crusades, and private passions that will drive us as we expand into the Solar System and make use of its vast resources. And throughout, Bova has shown our cosmic neighborhood as we know it to be, giving us a sense of Venus and Jupiter and the Asteroid Belt and Mars that's as up-to-date as the latest observations. For the last two decades have been a golden age of near-Earth astronomy and observation, and Bova has made dramatic use of our newest knowledge.Bova has written short fiction about some of the same characters and events--Sam Gunn, Martin Humphries, Klaus Fuchs, Dan Randolph, the Asteroid Wars. Now, in Tales of the Grand Tour, those stories are collected in book form for the first time, creating a volume that is a landmark of modern SF.

Inside the Tour de France $22.48 With rare access to the remarkable photo archive of the Tour de France, this volume captures through stunning images and moving vignettes the breathtaking drama, heartbreak, and joy of the world’s most captivating cycling event.Few sporting events can match the splendor and spectacle of the Tour de France—as teams of cyclists gather each July in quest of the coveted yellow jersey, ready to take on the 23-day chase through the French countryside lined with millions of spectators, and the winding and steep climbs and harrowing descents of the mountainous peaks of the Pyrennees and Alps. Created with the endorsement of the Tour organization and carrying the official TDF logo, this rich anecdotal and photographic history depicts, both the classic, almost mythic tales that have defined the event over the years, and the rare, untold glimpses from behind the scenes. Offering coverage through 2005, it will be the first historical overview to include coverage of Lance Armstrong’s record-shattering seventh consecutive win. Each full-page spread stands on its own, allowing the reader to pick the book up anywhere and instantly absorb the magic moments that have enthralled fans for over 100 years. This is a beautiful, coffee table book, one that any cyclist or Tour fan will proudly display and eagerly peruse.

Germany (Steadwell Books World Tour) $3.98 Germany (Steadwell Books World Tour) by Christopher Mitten Published in 2002 by Raintree

India (Steadwell Books World Tour) $8.48 India (Steadwell Books World Tour) by Reshma Sapre Published in 2002 by Raintree

France (Steadwell Books World Tour) $9.98 France (Steadwell Books World Tour) by Christopher Mitten Published in 2002 by Raintree

Patient: The True Story of a Rare Illness $5.65 In the summer of 1992, on the eve of an American tour, Ben Watt, one half of British pop duo Everything But The Girl, was taken into a London hospital complaining of chest pain. He didn't leave for two and a half months. Still only twenty-nine, Watt had developed a rare life-threatening disease that initially baffled doctors. He needed two months of hospital treatment and four risky operations to remove dead internal tissue before the condition was stabilized. By the time he was allowed home, his ravaged body was forty-six pounds lighter, and he was missing most of his small intestine. But Patient is more than a diary of Watt's hospital days. As he awakens bewildered and disoriented in a hospital bed between bouts of surgery, Watt injects pathos and humor into his medical nightmare, writing about his childhood and reflecting on his family and on his shared life with bandmember and partner Tracey Thorn. The result is a provocative and affecting memoir about life, illness, and survival.In the summer of 1992, on the eve of an American tour, Ben Watt, one half of the Billboard-topping pop duo Everything But The Girl, was taken into a London hospital complaining of chest pain. He didn't leave for two and a half months.pWatt had developed a rare life-threatening disease that initially baffled doctors. Four risky operations were performed to remove dead tissue from his insides before his condition was stabilized. By the dane he was allowed home, his ravaged body was forty-six pounds lighter and he was missing most of his small intestine. Watt injects pathos and humor into his medical nightmare, writing about his childhood, reflecting on his family and on his shared life with band member and partner Tracey Thorn. The result is a provocative and affecting memoir about life, illness, and survival.In the summer of 1992, on the eve of an American tour, British pop star Ben Watt was hospitalized with a rare life-threatening disease that baffled doctors. Though the details of @™™™™™šÿ¾Úð

A Fashionable Tour Through the Great Lakes and Upper Mississippi $18.48 A rare glimpse of American frontier life as told by the private journal of a wealthy woman's "pleasure" tour from New York City to Minnesota in the summer of 1852.

Tour De France $5.48 Tour De France : The Historic 1978 Event : Commemorative Edition of 75th Anniversary Bicycle Race by Robin Magowan 2nd Published in 1996 by VeloPress

Historic Handbook Of The Northern Tour $19.48 Historic Handbook Of The Northern Tour : Lakes George And Champlain, Niagara, Montreal, Quebec (1885) by Francis Parkman Published in 2007 by Kessinger Publishing, LLC

Small Stage Sets on Tour $14.48 Small Stage Sets on Tour : A Practical Guide to Portable Stage Sets by James Hull Miller 1st ed Published in 1987 by Meriwether Publishing

A Brief Tour of Human Consciousness $12.98 A Brief Tour of Human Consciousness : From Impostor Poodles to Purple Numbers by V. S. Ramachandran New Ed Published in 2005 by Pi Press

Linda McCartney on Tour $6.98 Linda McCartney on Tour : Over 200 Meat-Free Dishes from Around the World by Linda McCartney 1st Published in 1998 by Bulfinch

Tour de France/Tour de Force $3.48 For three weeks each July, millions of fans from around the world descend upon the French countryside to cheer on the "forcats de la route," or slaves of the road—the riders competing in the Tour de France. The event has captivated people for nearly a century who gather to witness the strength of the human spirit in its struggle to endure and overcome incredible obstacles to rise to the ranks of heroism. Covering over 2000 miles in 21 days, the cyclists make a grand circuit of the country, crossing over both the Alps and the Pyrenees mountains before racing to the finish line along the Champs-Elysees in Paris. Now almost one hundred years old, the legendary bicycle race has a rich and colorful past. Tour de France/Tour de Force offers a one-of-a-kind look back at the TourÕs history and its heroes. Arranged chronologically and illustrated with hundreds of wonderfully evocative photographs dating back to the TourÕs beginning in 1903, it documents the great victories and the harrowing disasters, the glory and the agony of this amazing competition. From the astounding stories of early cyclists who looped around France on rudimentary two-wheelers to contemporary chapters emphasizing the tactics and winning moves employed in recent races, the drama of the Tour comes to life in these pages. Featuring race results from 1903 all the way through to 1999, plus an introduction by three-time Tour winner Greg Lemond, and special sections on the evolution of the Tour de France bike and the controversial issue of performance-enhancing drugs, Tour de France/Tour de Force is the consummate guide to this truly extraordinary event in the world of sport.

Frommer's Best of R Audio Tour & Rome's Trastevere Audio Walking Tour $31.98 Frommer's Best of R Audio Tour & Rome's Trastevere Audio Walking Tour : Library Edition by Pauline Frommer, and Alexis Lipsitz Flippin Unabridged Published in 2008 by Playaway