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Travel

Eighteen Bethel College alumni and friends toured China Oct. 29-Nov. 16 on a trip sponsored by the Bethel College Alumni Association.

The itinerary included Beijing and surroundings (the Temple of Heaven, Great Wall, Ming Tombs, Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square, 2008 Olympic venue); Xian (the Museum of the Terra Cotta Warriors, ancient city walls, Wild Goose Pagoda); Kunming; Zhongdian (area known as Shangri-la, full of Tibetan culture including Songsanglin Monastery, Shudo Lake and a Tibetan home); Lijiang (via Tiger Leaping Gorge, first bend of Yangtze River, Stone Drum Village, Dayan Ancient Town); Yu Long Snow Mountain; Chongqing (2000-year-old city and former capitol of Kuo Min Tang Government); Yangtze River cruise and Three Rivers Dam (submerged ghost city, Ming Shan Hill Temples, Qu Tang Gorge, Wu Gorge with its Lofty Twelve Peaks, Badong, Gezhou Dam Ship-lock); Wuhan (Hubei Museum); Shanghai (YuYuan Gardens, Children’s Palace, New Shanghai Museum); Zhu Jia Jiao and Suzhou “Venice of the East” (Fisherman’s Garden and Silk Embroidery Research Institute).

View pictures from the China tour.

Check back for information about future tours for Bethel College alumni and friends.