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You are invited to join us
                                                               for a BCI VIP Tour to Inner Mongolia

             VIP China Tour                                    and Ningxia Province, following the
                                                               BCI Convention in Guangzhou.*
         Inner                                                 Spend 8 days touring famous

                                                               places and Viewing Stone
         Mongolia                                              exhibitions and Markets with
                                                               fellow Stone Collectors.
         & Ningxia                                             •  EXPERIENCE THE GOBI DESERT AND SOME OF
                                                                 ITS ANCIENT RUINS
                                                               • 4WD  “SAND SURF” IN THE GOBI SAND DUNES

         September 22-29, 2015                                 • EXPERIENCE MONGOLIAN TRIBAL HOSPITALITY
                                                               • VISIT STONE MARKETS IN ALASHAN
                                                               • TREASURE HUNT IN A YINCHUAN STONE MARKET
        *  Please note that you need to be a current individual member of BCI to participate
         in this Tour of China. If you are not currently a member please sign up by going to   •  VISIT A PRIVATE MUSEUM OF
         www.bonsai-bci.com, scroll to the bottom of the Home Page, click on “Join BCI”   VIEWING STONES IN YINCHUAN
         and complete the application form.
           Itinerary, Hotel and Meals


        Day 1: Tuesday, 09/22
        Guangzhou u Yinchuan b Alashan Left Banner
        (220 km, 3 hrs)
        (Reference flight HU7847, 0745/1220 or 3U8793, 1005/1435)
        Pick-up at Yinchuan Hedong International Airport. Lunch
        after arrival, then take transportation to Alashan Left
        Banner. Arrive at Alashan Left Banner, check in at the   ceremony. After the ceremony guests are free to see the shore of the Moon
        hotel. Dinner is served at the Tengri International    Lake, experience the picturesque desert, the charm of Gobi, and the charisma
        Hotel.                                                 of the unspoiled ecological lake. Following the visit to Moon Lake, guests
        Day 2: Wednesday, 09/23                                will visit the Western Xia Tombs (include electric car), sometimes called
                                                               the mysterious Eastern pyramids, which dominated the Northwest for two
        Alashan Left Banner                                    centuries. They are royal mausoleum of the Western Xia dynasty, and are
        Stone appreciation activities for the whole day arranged   currently the largest and best preserved royal mausoleum in China. They are
        by BCI.                                                often called the “mysterious miracle” and “the pyramids of the East.”  Dinner and
                                                               accommodations at the Shangling Boston Hotel.
                                                               Day 5: Saturday, 09/26
                                                               Yinchuan b Helan Mountain Rock Painting
                                                               (180 km, 2.5 hours) b
                                                               Shuidonggou b Yinchuan
                                                               (60 km, 1.5 hours)
                                                               After breakfast, guests ride in cars to
                                                               tour the art gallery of ancient human
                                                               culture, the rock paintings in Helan
        Day 3: Thursday, 09/24                                 Mountain (include electric car). Guests
        Alashan Left Banner b (5 min.) Rare stone street       move towards the Eastern foothills
        Stone appreciation activities for the whole day and treasure hunt at rare stone   of Helan Mountain, and then enter
        market.                                                Helan Mountain to see the majestic
                                                               natural beauty at Ningxia’s “Father
        Day 4: Friday, 09/25                                   Mountain.” After lunch guests will visit
        Alashan Left Banner b Tengger Moon Lake (20 km,        the Shuidonggou ancient human
                                                               culture ruins, known as the “cradle of
        0.5 hours) b Western Xia Tombs (50 km, 1 hour) b       Eastern prehistoric archeology.” Thirty
        Yinchuan (40 km, 50 minutes)                           thousand years ago humans thrived in
        After breakfast, guests will take transportation to the Tenggeli Moon Lake   this holy land, which is where Stone Age culture study in China began. Stroll
        in Alashan Left Banner, Inner Mongolia (include electric boat for touring the   through classic Eastern scenery such as Shuidonggou, Angustifolia forest, and
        lake). After the lake tour guests will take SUVs at the reception area on a 15   Hongliugou will leave you with a sense of Eastern mystery and desolation.
        km exciting “sand surfing” trip to the heart of the scenic area. Upon arrival,   Ride the boats and tour the shores, taste the heritage of Shuidonggou culture,
        guests will be welcomed by a grand and warm Mongolian tribal hospitality   pursue that mysterious, long-ago human culture, and feel the wind and
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