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SCIC, Beijing
Firstly, can we say a big, big, big, big, big 'thank you'
to you for organising the culture trip to China in September.
Elaine and I have been married for 35 years and travelled
far and wide, BUT the trip to China recently was the most
fantastic trip that we have ever experienced.
Everything about it was great - all the hotels, restaurants
and meals, trips and visits to places like the Great Wall,
The Sacred Way, The Forbidden City, T. Square, Zhengzhou,
Xian, the Terracotta Warriors, the workshops, the time training
with the Shaolin monks etc etc plus your hardwork, and the
hardwork put in by Cindy and Vincent made it a trip of a lifetime.
If ever you or Vincent or Cindy are in England and need accommodation,
please don't be afraid to email us - you and they can stay
with us anytime and for as long as you need to.
That leads me on to my next point.
Chen, are you organising any visits for English groups to
the Beijing Olympics? We enjoyed our stay in China so much
that we would like to visit Beijing when the Olympics are
on. If you are then we'd like to be considered.
If you could e mail with that information at your convenience,
then I would be very happy!
We hope that life is great for you at present - all for now,
but our best wishes to you and Vincent, Cindy and Jem.
Since the culture trip, I have started tai chi myself - Elaine
and I train with Gee at Bedworth every Thursday - so the trip
worked for me. Elaine was quite poorly with a stomach bug
when she arrive home, but is much better now.
Love Dave and Elaine Blaney ( you know, the small couple
from Leicester!!)
To:SCIC, Beijing
All arrived home safely ---- 1 1/2 hours delay from Amsterdam
to Edinburgh ----but we are all fine.
Thank you so much for a wonderful two weeks -------we had
a ball...
Everyone wishes you and Ike and the rest of the team well---and
we cant thank you enough for taking such good care of us in
China.
The sightseeing was amazing sometimes----and tiring but very
worth while --------the training with the monks was the best
part for most of us and we would like to have had more.
Looking forward to seeing you soon.
Thanks once again for all your hard work.
Lots of love.
Joan
To: SCIC, Beijing
It was a successful and enjoyable trip, we have learned and
gained. It's all thanks to you and your effort.
I look forward to seeing you soon in London.
Kind regards to you, your family and all the nice people
you have introduced to us.
Your Friend,
Alan Winner
Alan Winner Academy
Telephone: 02089957717
Email: alanwinner@thealanwinneracademy.com
To: SCIC, Beijing
Hope trip 3 is going well. Just thought I'd drop you a line
to say how much everyone enjoyed our trip to China. One week
on and everyone is still talking about it to anyone who will
listen. We have all decided that we would like to return probably
in September 2006 but possible 2 trips one at Easter again
and the other in September. We would also like you to come
back to Scotland when your return here if you could e-mail
and let me know when you are available probably late June
early July would be best for us.
You can start to relax a bit last spring trip is almost over.
Can start planning for 2006 now we already have a few interested.
What is Haikou in Hainan province like? Haikou is twinned
with my home town of Perth and I wondered what taiji training
might be available in that part of China and what tourist
sights there are if any?
I haven't tried yet but it may be possible to get some funding
from our local council to offer places.
Could you also let me know when you will be returning to Britain
and what dates you have free to visit Scotland for another
workshop.
Best wishes
Iain Naylor
Chief Instructor, Hands of Light, Scotland.
Tel: 01764 655594 Mobile: 07811 232862
Email:iwnmnaylor@tiscali.co.uk
To: SCIC, Beijing
First I would like to say thank you for the fantastic trip
that you organised. My students and I are very eager to sort
out next years trip as we have already talked about, which
will give them time to save up and sort out holidays etc.
We would like to fly to Beijing the travel straight away
to one of the sites trying to save time. We would like to
see the five main temples of Honan, Wutang / wudand?, O Mei,
Fukien and Kwantung. Can we spend two days at these places
then travel on sleeper train to next stop. We may need to
fly between some sites due to the distance. Can we arrange
this to give us a day or two at Beijing at the end before
flying back to England.
Regards
Paul Burkinshaw
Sil Lum Kune, The Shaolin Fist Chinese Boxing Association
Tel: 07973421860
Email: paulbukinsham@yahoo.co.uk
To: SCIC, Beijing
If I've calculated correctly, you should be completely finished
with the China trips now. I hope they didn't cause you too
much headache! Everyone on our trip thoroughly enjoyed the
whole experience, and many want to go back again in September!
Are you fully recovered from all that organising now?
A group of students have asked how much it is likely to be
in September for just training and music, or training and
language etc. I was wondering of you could give me a rough
figure for 2 weeks? Some have asked to stay in cheaper hotels
to keep the cost down.
Becky and I really enjoyed the whole trip. I liked having
the breakfasts every morning!
Once again, thanks for organising everything. As far as me
and my students are concerned, it was a tremendous success!
Hope to see you soon,
Andrew and Becky
Zheng Dao Lo¡¯ Martial Arts Academy
Tel: 01329510204 Mobile: 07980498770
Email: a.austin63@ntlworld.com
To: SCIC, Beijing
Thank you once again for such a fantastic visit to China.
I think we are all a bit stunned by the
holiday - it was so packed with visits, cultural experiences
and training - it was way beyond our
expectations. And the hotels were excellent.
Many thanks again
Jane Frew (from Taoist Arts Organisation)
Tel: 01375391642
Mobile: 07989 661263
Email: jfrew2001@yahoo.co.uk
To:(SCIC, Beijing)
Just a few lines to thank you for the wonderful time we had
in your country.
The way you organized the trip was superb and from a cultural
aspect, gave everyone a good insight of Chinese customs, the
civilization and their achievements both past and present.
With such a large group of people, filling three busses, I
was amazed how smoothly it was organized. Everything seemed
to fall into place with military precision, even the long
journey to Henan province.
Considering the vast age difference of the group (from children
of four years old to adults well into their sixties), I was
pleasantly surprised at how everyone was kept happy. Although
this was not always the case and at times I could see you
had your hands full, as people came to you with their personal
problems. However, you overcome the problems that arose with
the skill of a politician and left everyone admiring how someone
so young could solve the problems so efficiently.
I would like to say that, in you, your government have a
superb emissary who has carried out a difficult role of showing
foreigners the sights and culture of a truly great nation.
Everyone I have talked to has expressed their desire to return
to China in the near future and already a trip for next year
is the topic of conversation. Needless to say, we all enjoyed
our trip (to many it was the trip of a lifetime) and we would
all like to say ¡°thank you¡± for organizing it.
I wish you all the best in the future and who knows, we may
meet again as I am considering taking a teaching post of English
language in your country if I can get the necessary documents.
Yours faithfully,
John Holden
To:(SCIC, Beijing)
Just a quick note to say all the Midlands T'ai Chi Ch'uan
group arrived back safe and well from their trip of a lifetime
to China. On behalf of my students, may I thank you and all
the guides and other people who worked so hard behind the
scenes to make this cultural and training experience a tremendous
success. All your efforts are sincerely appreciated. All the
students have told me that they felt really 'special' during
the whole of the trip and this made the experience even more
memorable for them. They will all go back to their classes
full of renewed enthusiasm and commitment, as the training
they received was not only of the highest possible level,
but reinforced everything they are learning from their Lee
Family training.
Please take good care of yourself and I will be confirming
the names and numbers for the September trip very shortly.
If you have time, could you let me have Iain Nalor's email
address as I did not have time on Sunday morning to exchange
this information as we had planned. We developed a good friendship
during the trip and plan to keep the acquaintance between
our two groups going.
Thank you again my friend.
Regards
Gee (Midlands T¡¯ai Chi Ch¡¯uan)
Tel: 07973 394011
Email: _taichi@five-elements.demon.co.uk
To:(SCIC, Beijing)
This is just a brief note to say thank you to you and all
your team for the fantastic trip. I enjoyed every moment of
it. I thought you did a brilliant job in organizing it. The
guides we had were all very kind and fun to be with. Please
pass my thanks to them, I will be in touch with
all that I have email addresses for as soon as possible. The
accommodation, food, training and trips were outstanding.
Regards and thanks
Paul Carter
Long Buckby Tai Chi Association, Northampton, UK
Tel: 01327842005 M: 07940257554
Email: P.D.Carter@warwick.ac.uk
To:(SCIC, Beijing)
many thanks for the wonderful gifts and for giving my students
a truely wonderful time on the China culture trip.
Thanks for the information on the trip for 2006. I will let
the other students see and we can decide if anyone is coming
next year.
Hope you are ok. When do you come back to the UK?
Will be in touch soon.
Thanks again - Dennis and Liz really had a good time.
Jayne (Independent Tai Chi Association)
T: + 44 (0) 1932 56 4141
M: + 44 (0) 7986 447 250
Email: jayne@jaynestorey.com
Web-site: www.jaynestorey.com
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