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flavours the world has not enjoyed. You’ll visit Buddhist temples where tea has long played a vital role, walk in the tea mountains and visit local tea festivals. You will immerse yourself in this ancient country through its food, culture, people, landscape and tea. Both the Boseong and the Hadong tea festivals are important events in the South Korean calendar. Here, you will meet local farmers with their freshly made tea. Stroll along the river banks, climb the tea mountains and walk in the temples in the twilight. In Daegu you’ll visit the Paruncha Tea Institute to discover Korean Tea Culture. The Director Mrs Oh keeps culturally significant tea practices alive. Visit the Confucian Temple, walk the whole of Tea Street visiting tea shops and tea ceramic shops, meander Medicine Street for perhaps a “medicinal” foot bath and then onto tasting local food. Some of the world’s finest tea ceramics are found in this small nation, and you will be shown some of the best. You’ll also spend time with one of Korea’s greatest tea scholars and founder of the Panyaro Tea Institute in Insado ng - a rare honour. There is so much to do, no doubt you’ll want to stay longer. CHINA http://www.teatotal.net.au/#!ultimate-teatour-china-2016/l43up The birthplace of tea. Legendary Emperor 80 Ultimate Adventure Pass Shen Nong was said to have discovered this drink when, feeling unwell, a leaf from a tree fell into the cup of hot water he was drinking and the coloured water made him instantly feel better… the birth of tea! Starting in Xi’an, the home of the Terracotta Warriors and Jingwei Fu Cha and ending near the Laos border at Xishuanbanna, famous for Pu’er tea; you’ll travel over 5,000 kilometres, off the beaten track to places not normally visited by travellers. You’ll explore hidden gems of tea gardens, some high in the mountains above the cloud line, and meet local people whose whole life and culture is tea. You’ll visit sacred Daoist Mountains and temples in Huangshan, UNESCO World Heritage cultural sites in Wuyishan, the home of oolong tea and the 12th century Tulou Earth Towers of the Haka people. Step back in time and visit ancient villages significant to the Tea Horse Roads heading north to Russia and west to Tibet and India. You will be guests of living Provincial Treasures in ceramics and tea culture and as you travel from north to southeast and from southeast to southwest China, you’ll have the opportunity to experience the dramatic changes in scenery, climate, plants, wildlife, culture and people. There will also be plenty of opportunity to enjoy the natural beauty of this vast land as you cruise the Nine Bends River and the River Li; experiencing local culture, traditional arts and performances when available and of course, sampling many of the wonderful teas China has to offer. “For All Things Tea” Tea Tours  Tea Trader  Tea Treasures  Tea Training SEE CHINA AND SOUTH KOREA IN A COMPLETELY NEW WAY Two Tea Tours will be travelling to South Korea and China. These fully escorted comprehensive Tea Tours are for the professional and amateur alike. Allow us to show you what we have discovered over many years of tea travel and investigation. Tour groups are kept small to allow for a full and immersive experience. Tea Total tours will leave you with new friends, memories for a life time and a new found appreciation of tea and its influence on the world. Come join us. www.teatotal.net.au www.teatotal.net.au Tel: 0403 055 OUTER EDGE98181