Airport Pick-up & Drop off Our staff will meet you at Beijing International Capital Airport and will be holding an orange colored SCIC sign to identify them. A trip welcome pack will be handed out to every participant so you can start enjoying your China experience straight away, whilst our staff introduces the program on the coach. We will take you back to the Airport once the trip finished. (Please send flights details for you or your group to us in advance, so the Airport pick-up and drop-off times can be arranged).

Private Coach Our private coach and driver will be provided during your trip in China for safe and pleasant transport to and from the hotels and to every place where the activities take place, such the historical sites, training places, downtown in Beijing and the train station.

Train Journey

Longer distance traveling in China will be by train, such as the journey to Henan where the Shaolin Temple
and Chen Village are located, Terracotta Warriors and Wudang Mountains. These are usually overnight
taking approximately 7 or 8 hours, with a sleeping berth provided to ensure a comfortable rest and a good
experience of Chinese trains for your journeys.

Flight Journey

The journey to Southern China such as Fujian, where the Northern Shaolin Temple is located,
ErMei Mountains, Tibet and Kunming etc will be by plane. These internal flights take approximately 1 to 3
hours to arrive at the destination.

Foreign visitors to Beijing can usually afford to take a taxi everywhere they want to go. The price ranges from 10 - 35 RMB for most destinations. Airport can set you back up to 200 RMB. Still, when you convert it back
into local currency is still cheaper than most places in the world. The main problem is communication. Be
prepared to have your destination written in Chinese characters to hand to the driver, because most of
drivers can not speak English. You might need to take taxi to somewhere in your free time, please ask hotel staff for assistance.

Subway

The subway in Beijing is rather limited at the moment with just 4 lines in operation. It costs 3 RMB to
most destinations, with outlying suburbs costing 4 or 5 RMB, but this will change within the next few years.
By 2008 there is likely to be 13 lines in Beijing covering the whole city and the airport. Right now, the subway is a great way to beat the growing Beijing traffic chaos. The hotels we chosen usually are closed to the
station, please ask our staff for direction.

Buses

This is for the real adventurous people out there. There are many different kinds of buses with prices starting at 1 RMB for a non-air-conditioned crowded bus. 2 RMB might buy you some air conditioning and a few less people. Of course, the language is a major problem as there are virtually no buses with any English
information.