Friday, December 08, 2006

Where we're going: the pre-pick up itinerary

So sorry for the delay in writing. There hasn't been a lot to report on--a lot of frustration with travel agents unable to figure out how we can visit the area where our daughter is from.

As we wrote earlier, Meg and I wanted to spend a few days traveling around the Shangrao area in Jiangxi province, documenting and photographing and exploring.

After reaching out six different ways, we finally found a tour operator in Toronto who will arrange for a guide to travel with us. The itinerary is far from final but would look something like this:

(Day 0): Travel to Nanchang, stay at Nanchang hotel

Day 1: Meet guide, travel to Shangrao, see Longhushan (on the way, stay at Shangrao hotel

Day 2: Sightsee in Shangrao, stay at Shangrao hotel

Day 3: Drive to Jingdezhen, sightsee in Jingdezhen (seeing this site and this site, perhaps), stay at Jingdezhen hotel

Day 4: Drive to Nanchang, see Lushan on the way, stay at Nanchang hotel and meet up with adoption group

We're also going to visit our friends Grace and Sammy in Taipei, I think.

And, for those wondering, we should be hearing on the actual travel dates real soon. Like, maybe Monday!

--Dan

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