Foreign Language Exchange Trip 2005 -

Foreign Language - China Trip

Information about the Chinese Exchange Trip

Itinerary		Maps		Where is the Charger Horse?		Video
NCR Journals:	NCR Week 1 June 10th - June 15th		NCR Week 2 June 16th - June 22nd
Day 1 and 2 May 23 - 24 (Plane Ride and Arrival at Shanghai)	Day 3 May 25th (Tour of Shanghai, China)		Day 4 May 26th (Bus ride from Shanghai to Zhou-Zhuang/Su-Zhou/Wu-Xi arrive in Nanijing.)	Day 5 May 27th, 2005 (Tour of Nanjing)	Day 6 May 28th, 2005 (Nanjing to Xi-An)		Day 7 May 29th, 2005 (Tour of Xi-An)
Day 8 May 30th, 2005 (Train ride from Xi-An to Zheng-Zhou)	Day 9 May 31st, 2005 (Sister School Hanan Experimental School in Zheng-Zhou)		Day 10 June 1st, 2005 (Classes at Sister School Hanan Experimental School in Zheng-Zhou)	Day 11 June 2nd, 2005 (Trip to Shaolin Shi Temple)	Day 12 June 3rd, 2005 (Visit to the Kai Feng)		Day 13 - June 4th, 2005 (Last Day in Zheng-Zhou)
Day 14 - June 5th, 2005 (Train Ride from Zheng-Zhou to Beijing and Dinner at sister school The Affiliated High School of Peking University)	Day 15 - June 6th, 2005 (Free Day for students with host students in Beijing) NO JOURNAL entry for this day.		Day 16 - June 7th, 2005 (Tour of Beijing - Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City and NCR)	Day 17 - June 8th, 2005 (Tour of Beijing - Ming Tomb, Great Wall and Last day in China, for some)

Day 1 and Day 2 - Plane Ride and Arrival in Shanghai

Students and Teachers at RDU airport ready for their trip to China!
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Sign at Shanghai Airport! We are really here!
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Journal Entry by Kevin Rokuskie:

Hello! We are all in China with our luggage. We are currently in Shanghai. We learned the flower of Shanghai is the Magnolia on the bus trip to the hotel. The plane rides were long but it is worth it! Everyone is excited about touring Shanghai on Wednesday.

The flight from Detroit to Tokyo was long! Most of us slept off and on and watched the movies. We actually had dinner and breakfast on this flight. Our flight pattern was over Canada and then Alaska and the Aleutian Islands. We went pretty far north and some of what we could see of Northern Canada was patches of ice and barren land.

The flight from Tokyo to Shanghai was only 3 hours. That was nothing with the previous leg! The plane arrived at 9:30 PM (9:30 AM in Cary) and then we meet our guide for the Trip Michelle and the local Guide Elisa. The bus ride to the hotel was about 45 minutes or so and we arrived at 11:30 PM. Everyone wanted to get showers ASAP and then try to rest for Wednesday. So while you are all getting ready for bed we will be touring Shanghai!

We have taken some video shots and we will try our best to have that ready for the web on Wednesday!

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The 747 that took us from Detroit to Tokyo and then to Shanghai.
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Katie catching up on sleep before the flight to Tokyo.
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Ms. Lee catching up on sleep before the flight to Tokyo.
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We made it to China Mom and Dad!
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Our first Bus Ride in China! This is what we took to the hotel! Loaded with all our luggage!
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First Picture of what our Hotel rooms look like.
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Second Picture of what our Hotel rooms look like.
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