China Study Tour

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     UK Office of International Programs for Agriculture
     302 Charles E. Barnhart Building
     Lexington, KY  40546-0276
     Dr. Michael Reed, 257-7259, E-mail: mrreed@uky.edu
     Anita Hill, 257-1711, E-mail: anita.hill@uky.edu

Sunday

• Leave Lexington

Monday

• Arrive Beijing - pick up at the airport, check in to the hotel

Tuesday

• Visit Tian'anmen Square, the Forbidden City (Imperial Palace), the Temple of Heaven
• Peking Duck Dinner (Quan Ju De Restaurant)

Wednesday

• Visit the Great Wall (Ba Da Ling), the Ming Tomb (Ding Tomb with underground chamber)
• Watch Peking Opera after dinner

Thursday

• Visit Summer Palace, Beijing Alleys, courtyard houses (old Beijing local houses)
• 10:20pm-05:13am. - night train (hard sleeper train) Beijing-Taian

Friday  Taian (a city in Shandong Province, where Shandong Agricultural University is located)

• Arrive Taian, check in the hotel
• Visit campus, farm, dorms, labs, gym
• Meet President of Shandong Agricultural University
• Banquet to the delegations in the evening

Saturday

• Morning -- Visit departments, meet students, free activities
• Afternoon -- basketball, ping pong ball, swimming with SDAU students

Sunday

• Morning -- Visit some textile mill and garment factories
• Afternoon -- country side, farmers
• Evening -- Join performances with the SDAU students after dinner

Monday

• Visit Qufu (Confucius descendents hometown), Confucius Temple, Confucius descendents Mansion and Confucius Forest (family tombs)

Tuesday

• Climb MountTai, take #15 train (soft sleeper train) Taian-Xian (05:09pm-10:59am)

Wednesday

• Arrive Xian, check in the hotel
• Afternoon -- visit city wall, Bell Tower and the Goose Tower

Thursday

• Morning -- visit Terra Cotta Army, History Museum
• Afternoon -- fly to Chongqing, check in to the hotel

Friday

• 09:00am -- Cruiser starts at Changjiang, Three Gorges start on Yangtze River
• 03:30pm -- Off the ship to visit Fengdu (the ghost city in folk tales)
• 06:30pm -- Return to the ship (sleep on the ship)

Saturday

• Off the ship to visit Badi town 08:00-10:30am, visit Shennong Stream 02:00-05:30pm
• Sleep on the ship

Sunday

• Arrive in Yichang, Three Gorges end
• Off the ship to the Airport
• Yichang-Shanghai 04:20-06:00pm, check in the hotel

Monday

• Visit old town, free market, the bund, Nanjing Road (pedestrian street)

Tuesday

• Take a bus to Zhouzhuang (water township)
• After lunch take a bus to Suzhou, visit Zhuo Zheng Yuan (Humble Garden), silk factory, watch Chinese instrument performance in Liu Garden after dinner

Wednesday

• Visit Embroidery Institute
• Boat tour on the Grand Canal
• Take #5069 train Suzhou-Shanghai (02:45-03:45pm)

Thursday

• After breakfast depart for the United States (airport tax not included)