Vocabulary
5 A tour guide is explaining part of the itinerary. Fill the gaps in the two sections with words or phrases from the boxes. Else each .word or phrase once only.
then ■ The next day ■ First ■ White we're in ■ On the way
'We start our visit to Laos on Day 8.
1—,_Z__, we fly to Vientiane,
the capital. Next, wc chock in lo the hotel, then
the afternoon is free. *___.______
we go sightseeing in the morn ing,
vi_ _!___we drive to Vang
'Vieng which is on the banks of the Nam Xong
river. '____,r J _ .        we'll see rice
paddies and dnve through dense forests.
5__'_,_:* „~   Vang Vieng, you'] c
free to relax in the town, oi take a \\ alk and -explote the local Jimeslone hills - there are some spectaculai caves.' „
en route ■ On the following day ■ After that ■ On our last day
'On Day 11 we diive to Luang Prabang in the morning, and you are free in ,lhe afternoon.
9_s_.____     „_____, theie's an eaily-
moining climh of Mount Phousi to sec the sumise - don't miss it!
~____:__1_ _.....yo u're free to enj oy
the scenery, or visit the waterfalls.
B.__:__' in Laos we take a ■
fast boat to Ptik Beng, visiting the Pak Ou caves
Speaking
6 Work in pairs. Look a( .tills short itinerary. Prepare an explanation of it, using the words and phrases from Jixercise 5.
Day-ll
Fly to Warsaw, transfei to Krakow
Day 2,t£ Tour of Krakow,- visit Old Market,
Mariacki church, Jewish Quarter, and the 'iV^fr £   National Museum ŕ Daý^3Jí Morning visit to Wawel Castle, free ^£,^5^ afternoon
D^y 4^2,Drive south throughTatra mountains to "'"-'»■£-' *Zakopane visiting Wieliczka salt mine en £.> ^ route; aftenoon excursion to Kaspiowy
nf*?^* Wierch (1,978m) and walk through vlp" .ät¥^«ľbeautifuí Gasienicowa Valley ^."Day^is. Optional morning walk in mountains, r-- ^ ^té,4JÍ free afternoon in Zakopane ŕ Dayj6i< Drive across Slovak border to Hrabušice, hvZw>&>y*Kč-short walk and'picniciunch, visit ^■aT"*^ S* Dobšinská ice caves, then continue to , lí|ffÄcevoc1r * " "     ŽZ      * , :- ' - -ŕ-ifDay7í Cross,border[into Hungaryand drive ^
^r^^^i-through the,remote_Aggtelek Karst, '"^fe^i*" visit Aggtelek caves,.then continue to-s>--4#* t.\*Z Eger, famous for its wine evening
wine tasting
i -Day (8 V Drive to Budapest, afternoon tour of
t1 m<     ^ ......■
í ^'g$><*~ Castle Hill
"tfc)ay[9;J Visit to artists'^ colony at Szentendre, afternoon cruise alonq Danube
r-!'Day10j' Free morning, fly to London
Writing
7 Work in pairs. Write an itinerary for a visit to a place or places you know well. Use the itinerary In Exercise 3 as a guide. Then explain your Itinerary to the class.
Get real
Work in pairs. Collect holiday itineraries from newspaper, travel agent,, or Internet adverts.. Discuss how interesting you think the itineraries are. Ask questions such as:
• Do visitors get enough time to.spend at important or interesting sights? .
V Is there a good variety of things, to do?
• Is there enough time to relax?
• Do visitors spend a long time travelling?
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