A Gap Year Trip for the 50+ mature adults group is just the thing to keep your spirits up and you out of that favourite worn out couch. It also ensures you re-charge your batteries!
Refreshed, rejuvenated, educated and enlivened after a well-planned, professionally managed nomadic sojourn that takes you to places you've only read about, a Gap Year Trip to China can be this -and much more!!
China: a sneak peek at culture, history and tourism sector offerings for you!
China is the ideal destination for a Gap Year Trip with its multiculturalism (evident in its vast population of 1.3 billion people, belonging to 55 different races) and rich, varied history. Be it long-lost Imperial Dynasties or the regimental rule of (late) Chairman Mao, China's a communist country that is powerfully ruling as The People's Republic. Economically strong, imbibing Western values reflected in the manner it's gearing up for the Beijing Olympics in 2008, China still has an old-world charm evident in its people's predilections towards ancient superstitions that have survived the test of times and still very much a part of the cultural essence of the country, despite Western influences abounding.
Tips on planning that big break: travel information and quick guide to China and nearby hot spots!
Pick a reputed travel operator to give you latest tourism industry news and plan a safe trip to the East. Ask for their Best of China tour because this is one such package that comes highly recommended.
It covers visits to all capital cities and the fortnight's fabulous getaway with a limited group of 10 to 15 mature adults, supported by local guides wherever possible, makes for a fun backpacking adventure that is memorable and youthful- at any age! Among the essential tourist hot-spots in China, the main ones you should cover in your gap year trip are:
· Shanghai: the opium-den-home of old China is a modern city, replete with fast-food joints, adventurous drivers and a great pub culture. Local craft stalls beside terrapins in pudding bowls, bird-sellers, crickets housed in paint pots and snakes inhabiting vases are some of the city's eccentricities while superb gymnastic displays are the other major treat for Western tourists.
· Xi'an: a 2,000-year-old city with unique architectural features like Bell and Drum towers, surrounded by a city wall that visitors cycle round for memorable glimpses of Xi'an, is brimming with secular spirits and has a large Islamic community, housed in the city's Muslim Quarter houses.
· The Yangtze River and the Three Gorges: is an overnight cruise, skimming lapping river waters and a dreamy run-through of the Three Gorges Damn Project; does the trick for soothing the soul of weary traveler woes-or helps you put them away for another day, at the very least!
· Beijing: boasts drier, cooler climes in all of China, so warmer garments are recommended. Being the capital, 'The Forbidden City' was home to many emperors while commoners were denied access for 500 years! A must visit for awe-inspiring architecture, immeasurable history, magnificent artwork and souvenir gift shops to charm global tourists.
So, what's stopping you from treating yourself to a GAP Year Trip to the mystical Orient?
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