Enshi City-Wuhan-Shanghai
We will leave Enishi City on the regular morning flight, and then connect with another aircraft for the flight to Shanghai. The flights into and out of Enshi City are sometimes delayed by rainsqualls or fog, so there are several hours of cushion built into the connection. If everything works right, we will arrive in Shanghai in late afternoon and check into the Hyland Sofitel Hotel. This luxury hotel is located a block off Shanghai's primary commercial street, Nanjing Road, and about 15 minutes from the Bund.

Shanghai Day #1 - We are "underscheduling" on this day in Shanghai, providing a half-day city tour to get you oriented and then turning the group loose for the afternoon. We have a number of recommendations for things that you might want to see, or you can just get that last minute shopping done. This evening we will have our "Farewell Banquet" filled with pomp, ceremony and good cheer.

We will spend this last full day in Suzhou, a beautiful city of canals and gardens. We will sample at least one of Suzhou's temples, a garden, and then spend some time at one of their famous silk factories. This is the place to buy silk products, and our guides will assist us in getting the "best prices."

We have not scheduled anything on this final evening so that you can devote your attention to packing, or walking down to the Bund to gaze at the lights and over at the Pudong District that represents China's future.

Shanghai to SFO - We will zip through Shanghai's modern airport and off to San Francisco, arriving (through the magic of the International Dateline) on the same day that we depart. It should be noted that we are arriving in SFO on a relatively busy travel day, Monday May 26, Memorial Day, so getting through Customs and out of the airport might take a little longer than usual.