Proposed Program Schedule

Day 1    Saturday   26^th   Sydney—Tianjin

Evening flight with Korean Airlines to Tianjin, departure at 1930.

Day 2    Sunday   27^th   Tianjin

Arrive in Tianjin at 0955, meet your organisers and transfer to your hotel.  Lunch at 1200 at the hotel restaurant. PM: welcome, registration, introduction, etc. Tour at Tianjin Food Street, one of the famous attractions in Tianjin, and welcome dinner Banquet there.

Days 3-7   Monday—Friday   28^th—1^st April   Tianjin

AM: Clinical practice.   PM: lectures, tutorials and other activities. During this week, site visits of TCM hospital and related facilities will be arranged.

Day 8   Saturday 2^nd    Tianjin—Beijing

At about 0700, travel by air conditioning bus, takes about 3 hours, arrive to the Juyongguan Great Wall, where you will have the opportunity to not only see one of the most impressive sections of the Great Wall of China but you will be able to take a walk along it. After lunch you will travel some 30 miles (50 kilometers) northwest of Beijing to the Ming Tombs in the shadow of Longevity Mountain. A visit to the Underground Palace of Dingling, will allow you to see imperial coffins, burial artifacts and treasures. A fascinating Acrobatics Show will be arranged in the evening.

Day 9 Sunday   3^rd Beijing—Tianjin

After breakfast, start about 0730, you will see some of the contrasting sights of Beijing, the capital city of China. Your first stop will be at Tian'anmen Square, the largest public square in the world. Dominating the north side of the square is the massive red Tian'anmen Gate, through which you will pass into the fabled Forbidden City and another edge, where you will be shown the home to the members of the royal family and their court in China's Ming and Qing Dynasties. You will have Beijing Duck Lunch at the most famous and century-old Quan Ju De restaurant. In the afternoon, you will visit the imposing Temple of Heaven where the Emperor came each year to intercede with the Gods for a good and plentiful harvest. Then travel back to Tianjin.

Days 10-14 Monday-Friday 4^th-8^th Tianjin

AM: Clinical practice.   PM: lectures, tutorials and other activities.

Day 15 Saturday 9^th Tianjin—Sydney

Early lunch at 1130 at the hotel restaurant, 1230 transfer to the airport for your flight at 1510.

Day 16 Sunday 10^th Sydney