If you live near or in an Asian community such as Rowland Heights, Alhambra, or the like, you may have noticed us with our luggage standing in the parking lot waiting to be herded into the tour buses. Some parking lots will have as many as 10 or more buses lined up to take people to Indian casinos or sightseeing landmarks throughout the U.S. Asian tour buses are relatively cheap considering they normally include all hotel stays (Best Western type) and the usual continental breakfast.
Our family trip costed $408 dollars per ticket for a 7 day bus trip to Yellowstone National Park. Buy 2 tickets and the 3rd is free (does not include tip for the driver or tour guide). The down side of such a trip for me was the fact the guide spoke 95% of the time in Chinese. There were a few other people like my family who grew up in SoCal on the bus but the tours are always marketed for out of the country visitors who want the most picture opportunity for their buck as possible. We went because it was cheap, and the sites we saw were the sites we only saw in brochures and history books growing up.
The tour started for me at the Best Western parking lot in Rowland Heights:
- U.S. Lion Tour is one of the major Asian tour bus companies. They pick up and drop off from various Asian communities.
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- My son and I are seen here preaching the gospel of Palmer to the Bud Light drinking public.
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Prost!
