Schedule - visits - itinerary January 2007             Photo library
New: The Lugu Lake movie converted and broadcasted

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Jan 14th
Sunday
Departure Copenhagen. Flight to Beijing   China (big)

China

 
Jan 15th
Monday
Arrival Beijing Airport 13.30
Welcome by Li Min
Check in Wanch Huafu Hotel 14.40
Visit Tiananmen Square
Visit Forbidden City
Visit Pearl Market
Visit Donghuamen Night Food Market
Dinner
Guide to Beijing Airport

Tiananmen Square

Forbidden City

Pearl Market

Donghuamen Night Food Market

Beijing Airport map

Beijing Area

Big city map

Forbidden City

Tiananmen Square

Forbidden City and Wanch Haufu Hotel

Close up Donghuamen Night Food Market

Jan 16th
Tuesday
Departure Beijing Airport 08.20
Arrival Chendu International Airport 11.05
Departure Chengdu Local Airport 15.30
Arrival Panzhihua Airport 17.30
Check in Chuanhui Hotel
17.50-18.30: Meeting with Municipal Heads of Panzhihua-
Group photo
18.30-20.00: Welcome banquet by Panzhihua Municipal Government (Sanjiang Restaurant)
20.00: Rest
Sichuan Province

Panzhihua Airport

Panzhihua City

Panzhihua University

Panzhihua City 2

Panzhihua history

Panzhihua Travel Guide

China South

Sichuan Province

Sichuan, large

Panzhihua

Panzhihua surroundings

 

Beijing Airport

Panzhihua Airport

Panzhihua City

Panzhihua City Close-up

Jan 17th
Wednesday
07.30-08.30: Breakfast
08.30-09.45: Visit "Golden Panzhihua" exhibition
09.45-12.00: Visit No. 3 Middle School and Panzhihua Kindergarten
12.00-15.15: Lunch and rest
15.30-18.00: Meetings (Distinguished Hall of the Meeting and Conference Centre):
1. General introduction by Hylte.
2. General introduction of the city and the development planning of Panzhihua by Panzhihua Development & Reform Committee.
3. Introduction of the city's general development planning on tourism and something about tourism projects by Panzhihua Tourism Administration.
4. Introduction about the city's education and the educational planning by Panzhihua Education Bureau.
18.00-19.00: Dinner
19.00: Rest
Panzhihua tourism development

Public Info .net of Panzhihua

The Sichuan Cuisine

   
Jan 18th
Thursday
07.30-08.30: Breakfast
08.30: Leave for visit Geshala Ecological Tourism Area. Visit Geshala Primary School
14.00: Visit the natural ecology & geological wonder and national customs and dinner
20.00: Have a party of ethnic folkdance
22.00: Rest
The Geshala project

52 pictures from Geshala
Geshala  
Jan 19th
Friday
07.30-08.30: Breakfast
08.30-12.00: To European Camp
12.00: Lunch
13.00-18.30: Climb Buddhist Cliff
18.30-19.30: Dinner
19.30: Rest
European Camp Hotel European Camp and Buddhist Cliff  
Jan 20th
Saturday
07.00-08-00: Breakfast
08.00-12.00: Leave for Yishala to visit:
1. The famous cultural village with Chinese history
2. Yishala Primary School
12.00: Lunch, Pingdi Town of Renhe
14.00: Vist Lemon Farm Holiday Centre and Yusen Wine Farm Holiday
18.00-19.00: Dinner at Yusen Wine Farm Holiday
19.00: Return to Chuanhui Hotel and rest
2 kinds of Yi people

Yi People

Yi People 2

 

Yishala Ertan Hydropower
Jan 21st
Sunday
07.30-08.30: Breakfast
08.30-11.30: Summary Meeting
11.30-12.30: Lunch
14.00-16-00: Meeting, educational questions
18.30: Farewell banquet by Panzhihua Municipal Government
Swedish and Chinese business Culture (PDF - Swedish)    
Jan 22nd
Monday
07.00-08.00: Breakfast
08.00: Leave for Lugu Lake
14.00-18.00: Boat trip on Lugu Lake in traditional rowboats. During the trip visit on an island with a Tibetan Temple.
18.00: Check in at hostel
18.30: Dance performance
19.30: Dinner
Lugu Lake

Mosuo People



Lugu Lake Mosuo Cultural Development Association

The Lugu Lake Movie

Video - Mosuo and Naxi people

Lugu Lake

Departure harbour

The island

The village

Jan 23rd
Tuesday
07.00-08.00: Breakfast
08.00-18.30: Leave for Lijiang (bus trip over the Himalaya Mountain foothills)
18.30-18.50: Dinner
19.00-21.00: Dance and theatre performance in Lijiang Culturel Centre showing the habits of the minority groups in Sichuan and Yunnan provinces
Dongba

Yunnan Province

Yunnan

Lijiang location

Lijiang location

 
Jan 24th
Wednesday
07.30-08.30: Breakfast
08.30-12.00: Visit the old city with the Mu Temple
12.00-13.00: Lunch
13.00-15.30: Bus and cable car to Dragon Spruce Meadow and visit a waterfall with yaks
14.30-16.30: Shopping in the old city
17.00-18.00: Dinner
20.25-21.25: Flight to Chengdu
22.30: Check in at Garden Hotel
Lijiang

 

Lijiang Old Town

Lijiang Old Town 2

Jade Dragon Mountain

Lijiang Old Town

Video from Mu Temple

Yunnan minorities

 
Jan 25th
Thursday
07.30-08.10: Breakfast
08.10-10.50: Visit Giant Panda Research Centre
10.50-12.30: Visit Wenshu Buddhist Monastery
12.30-14.30: Lunch in "Arhat Vegetarian Restaurants"
14.30-16.30: Visit Wuhou Temple and Jin Li Street
16.30-18.30: Meeting and discussion at Sangua Teahouse
18.50-21.00: Dinner (Hot Pot) at Huangcheng Laoma with Sichuan Opera show performance
21.00-22.30: Visit Chunxi Street
Panda Tourism

Wenshu Monastery

Wuhou Temple and Jin Li Street

Hot Pot recipe

Chengdu

 

Wenshu Monastery

Wuhou Temple

Jin Li Street

 

Jan 26th
Friday
07.00-07.50: Breakfast and check out
07.50: Depart for Chengdu International Airport
09.40-11.40: Flight to Shanghai
13.55: Flight to Copenhagen
18.30: Arrival Copenhagen (7 hours time difference)
20.30: Train to Halmstad
23.00: Car from Halmstad
24.00: Back home
Chengdu International Airport    
 
Other interesting links and docs:

Feed back on the tourist attractions in and around Panzhihua visited by the delegation from Hylte in January 200788

On-line Chinese tools

A very good and comprehensive introduction to the Chinese language (in Swedish)

Nationalities in China

Business Culture in China and Sweden


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