We got the guided tour through the military. Hubby spent Oct. 2004 - Oct. 2006 at Osan AFB, South Korea. So one trip we made a trip up to Seoul (about 45 min by bus) and then the last trip I went in January 2006 he arranged through the tour/ticket office on base to go to China. We didn't spend a whole lot of time - Flew in friday morning early and left Monday but it was fun. Everything was set up for us - our tour guides picked us up from the airport, our hotel was set up and then all of our tours were set up, including one afternoon that was on our own (hubby got sick during the trip - the squadron was passing around the bug before we left) so we spent this day at the hotel.
We ate breakfast in our hotel and then when we went places for lunch/supper everything was already arranged. The military tour office got our Visas and everything.
We had a good time - our tour guides would allow us as much time as possible to see things, described things to us etc. Like we went to three shops, a jade shop, a pearl shop and a silk shop. Where we got to see them carve and make things from the particular items. We went with our tour guides to the instructional/demo part and then got time to shop on our own.
The best part was there was to be 6 of us on the tour - well without 10 or more the price went up (still much cheaper than what we would have paid to come from the states) so we decided to go - the other 4 backed out so our tour guide/van was all to us. So we got to leave when I was done takings pics of each site.
I will have to post a few pics in the album if I can figure out how.
and no you aren't
for wanting to go. I am jealous that we don't have the opportunities to go like you guys have.
Stacie