Going away for Pesach is considered quite a normal thing to do nowadays, there always seems to be someone or some company that is going the extra mile to make Pesach not only comfortable and luxurious, but also spectacular.

This year Shai Bar Ilan Geographical Tours is hosting Pesach in two of the world’s most magnificent locations: Kathmandu, Nepal and Guilin, China.

Guests spending Pesach in Kathmandu will enjoy daily the glorious lofty heights of the Himalaya and Mount Everest! The Seder will be held alongside the largest Seder in the world, where over 1500 Jewish backpackers from all over the world come to celebrate.

Tours during Hol Hamoed will include the finest that the Himalayan Mountains have to offer: Chovar Gorge and Bungmati with its master wood carvers and sculptors; Khokana, a medieval settlement and the Great Stupa of Boudhanath; Pashupatinath on the banks of the sacred Bagmati River, Bhaktapur, Thamel, Changu Narayan and Nagarkot – and much, much more. Mehadrin Hashgacha in the opulent Yak & Yeti Hotel is under the supervision of Rabbi Chezki Lifschitz of Chabad Kathamandu.

Guilin is the example par excellence of romantic China. The serene landscape is dotted with Karst hillocks. The Li River meanders through the city. Rice terraces step up the mountain slopes.

This is the authentic China with which we fell in love with in so many books and literary works. Tours during Hol Hamoed will include the Dragon’s Back Terraces at Longji and Yaoshan Mountain; a cruise down the Li River to Yangshuo and visits to Reed Flute Cave, Elephant Trunk Hill, Seven Stars Park, Fubo Hill and more. Mehadrin Hashgacha at the lavish Sheraton Hotel Guilin is under the supervision of Rabbi Shlomo Kassin of Jerusalem.

In both locations, guests are assured luxury accommodations in the finest environment with people who have gathered from all over the world to spend Pesach in two of the most spectacular places in the world!

For further enquiries please visit www.shaibarilan.com

_{(Issue February 2010)}