Pacific Rim  2009  Tentative Itinerary Updated: 5/6/08  Fights/hotels are tentative

Chris at

East West Travel Chicago

800-233-7603-EX209  - Chris

 

Air Seat Assign:

United Air:

800-241-6522

 

 

May 2008

Beijing:

Mr. Brian Tan

From US) 011-86-

139-0123-7094

Peking U Grace:

134-6652-0729

 

Shanghai Guide:

Ms. Daisy Dou

From US) 011-86-135-0180-5852  

Seoul, Korea

 

Dr. Lee (From US)

011-82-10-8970-0118

 

13 To Beijing, China

Local flights to Chicago vary:

Dr. Lee

UA5373

10:37-10:53AM

CVG-ORD

 

From Chicago

UA 0851

12:43PM-

3PM (May 14)

Non-stop UA to Beijing

 

14 Arrive Beijing

 

In flight....

 

- 3PM arrival in Beijing, China

 

5PM Marriott Courtyard Hotel Check- In 86-10-6708 1188 

6-8: Dinner-Xinxiang style 

15 Beijing-Citytour

Hotel Breakfast

Travel with Peking students

9AM Leave (Chen/S)

Tinanmon SQ

Forbidden City

Minority lunch

Temple of Heaven

Silver Market or Hongqiao Pearl flea Market

19:00 PM

Luxembourg embassy reception

 

16  Beijing Olympic

Hotel Breakfast

Hotel Classes

8-9:30AM: (J:Josh)

9:30-10:30AM:

(S: Sooun)

11AM-6PM

 Olympic Events

(Chen/S)

6:30pm

Tea House dinner

7:50 - 9:20 pm

Traditional Beijing Art Performance

17  Beijing

- Culture Day

Hotel Breakfast

Travel with Peking students

8AM leave (S)

Great Wall (Badaling)

Lunch

Yonghe Temple (Lama

Buddha)

Hutong-preserved old Beijing residence area

Rickshaw ride

Peking Duck Dinner

18  Beijing

- Free day

Hotel Breakfast

Build your own itinerary (with Peking U. students if possible)

 

Recommend:

History museum,

Zoo (panda),

Summer Palace,

Shopping,

etc.

 

19 Beijing

- P&G/Peking U.  

Hotel Breakfast

8AM-depart

PG Beijing Tech

9-10AM Class (J)

10-Noon: P&G (S/J) seminar/lab tour

Noon-1:45PM:

Lunch at

Peking University

2-3: Peking Univ.

Dr. Guohua (S)

China Stock Market

3-5: Campus tour/ fun games (Chen/S)

5-8PM:

Reception Peking Students

10PM Curfew 

20 Fly-Shanghai

Hotel Breakfast

8:30AM-Airport

MU5110

1200-1405PM

Eastern China Air

 

4PM Hengsheng Peninsular Hotel 6120-5888

上海吴淞路205

No205 Wusong Road, Shanghai

www.hs-peninsulahotel.com

Bund Bay

River Cruise

Xintendi Dinner

(Crystal-fusion)

21 Shanghai

Hotel Breakfast

8AM- KPMG

9-1020 (J)

1030-Noon: KPMG speaker

Experience in China (S/J)

Lunch by KPMG

 

Inner Yuan Garden/

Shops

 

Jade Buddha

 

Shanghai Local Dinner

22 Shanghai

Hotel Breakfast

Hotel lectures

8-10:30AM: (J)

10:30-11:15 (S)

Culture/Business

Korea

1130 depart to Pudong (lunch on your own)

Oriental Pearl Tower

Petters-Polaroid(S/J)

3-5PM: Aurora Bldg. Seminar/Mr. Clark Johnson

5-7Shangri La Hotel Reception by Petters WW

23 Shanghai

Hotel Breakfast

7:30AM:-Depart to SUZHOU (S/J)

GE Plant tour

UNISON/GE Air Aviation Systems

Lunch by GE

Silk factory?

Zhouzhuang Water Village

 

4:30PM: return back to Shanghai

6:30PM: back to Hotel

 

11PM: Curfew

24Fly -Seoul, Korea

Hotel Breakfast

7:30AM -airport

Eastern China

Air MU5033

11:00-1345

Airplane lunch

 

Bus to

Hotel Seokyo in Seoul check in

330-7777

 

Karaoke

Ice Breaking

with Mr. Soh

25 Seoul

A day with

Korea Students 

Recommend:

Yongin Culture,

InSaDong Antique Village,

South/East GateRetail,

MyungDong,

Itaewon foreigners Market, 

War museum,

KoreaTrade

Center, etc.

26 Seoul

Hotel lectures

9-9:30AM (S)

9:30-10:30 (S/J)

Mr. Soh, CEO, Papa John's Korean Receipe

10:45-11:30:

Dr. Higgin Kim CEO, Byucksan:

Key success factors  entrepreneurship

11:30-12:30PM

Lunch with CEOs

1-6PM

Future Apartment?

Papa John's plant/

Store with Mr. Soh

8PM: Nanta Show

27 Seoul

Need PASSPORT to enter DMZ!!!

730AM-1:00

DMZ Tour (S)

Lunch your own

U. of Seoul

2-3 PM (S)

Future of Asian Economy 

3-5:30PM

Campus activities

Sports game

Student exchange

5:30-8PM

Reception with

U of Seoul

Students

28 Seoul

D&T & GE (S/J)

8-Noon: Deloitt Touch: Sungsik Ahn (managing partner)

Mr. Everett Jeremy (GE Korea Director)

Lunch by DT

1-3PM: (S)

Han River Cruise?

4PM: B-BOY

(Dinner yours)

8:30-9:30PM: Korea House/

Traditional Dance 

29   Seoul

Hotel Lectures

9-10AM: (S)

10-Noon:(J)

 

 

 

Afternoon:

LG Korea (S)

LG Electronics

LG CNS Data Center

LG CNS HQ Seminar

 

Walk to Open

Cheonge Creek

 

free evening

30 Seoul

Hotel lectures

9-10AM: (S)

10-noon: (J)

 

Free afternoon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6-8PM:

Reception/

Dinner with Miami Alumni/Dr. Kim

 

11PM: Curfew

31 Fly From

Seoul-Tokyo

8:30AM to airport

Airport

Breakfast

Airplane lunch

UA 0882

12:00-14:20

JR Pass:

start June 4

Bus to Tokyo

3:30PM Hotel

Juraku

3251-7222  

 

Tentative

Akihabara/

Roppongi

Hill Tower?

June 1 Tokyo

Hotel Breakfast

10-5PM

City tour with Keio University Students

Recommend:

1. Meiji Shrine/garden

Harajuku Young

Shibuya

Shinjuku

2. Asakusa Old Tokyo/Temple

Ueno Park:

Museum/Zoo

3. Tokyo Bay

Odaiba park

Sunshine city

2  Tokyo

Hotel Breakfast

9-Noon: Tokyo Doll Crafting by

Mr. Kanabayashi

Lunch at hotel hosted by Miami Japan Alumni

 

2-4PM (S/J)

Ernst & Young

Branden Jensen/

Partner Troy

E&Y Japan Tax-Consulting Practice/HR issues

 

Reception by E&Y? 

3  Tokyo

Hotel Breakfast

8AM: Send 1 Bag

to Kyoto Hotel!

830 AM-Noon:

Bus field trips:

Panasonic-

Future of Digital World

Lunch-food court (your own)

2-5PM

Asahi Brewery Plant- World of Fully Automated plant

 

Imperial Palace photo?

4 Tokyo

Hotel Breakfast

Hotel lectures

9-11AM: (J)

11-Noon: (S)

 

Rail pass starts

1-4PM depart to: Mr.Otani's

Family Garden tour in Tokyo

Asakusa?

 

 

 

 

Curfew: 9PM

5   Toyota Day

530AM to  Tokyo Station Bullet train to Nagoya then

830-930:Bus-Toyota 10-130PM Toyota Assembly/

Seminar (S/J)

World top Quality

Lunch at Toyota

130PM Bus to Nagoya

330-420PM-

Bullet Train to Kyoto (old capital)

5PM: Rihga Royal Hotel check in

75-341-1121

6:30PM- Stud. Committee dinner

6 Kyoto City Bus Tour

9AM-5PM: (S)

Nizo Shogun temple

KinGaku Temp.

Ryuanji Temple

Lunch

Kyoto Craft Center with Japanese stu.

2PM: to KYOCERA(S) HQ: World of Green Technology/Solar

4:30: Kiyomizu Water Temple

Gion Corner

Kyoto station off 

 

Depart to host family(Naoki/S)

7  Hiroshima/

Miyajima isle.

7AM-: bullet trains

W/Japanese students

Hiroshima

A-bomb Museum

&

Miyajima Island

Itsukushima Water Tori

Tamed deer

 

 

 

 

Stay at Host Family

June 8

Kyoto/Osaka/

Kobe?

- Free day

With your host family

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Stay at Host Family

9 Kyoto: Doshisha Univ. Day

Bag return to Kyoto hotel ok.

Doshisha Univ.

10-1130AM:

Lecture

Dr. Kameda/Lee

Language barrier in International Bus.

11:30-12:30:

E-mail case discussion w/buddy

12-30-1:30

(Lunch-your own)

1:30-4:00PM

Campus tour and fun games/sports

4:30-7:00 PM:

Reception w/Japanese students

Back to hotel: 

10 To Hawaii

Hotel Breakfast

11:30AM to Kyoto Train St.

Bullet train to Tokyo then to Narita airport

UA 0880

7:25PM-7:46AM

(Same dayJune 10)

Customs/

Immigration

11:35AM-12:24PM

YV1036 Mesa

Fly to Hilo, Big Island

12:24-6:00PM BUS

Check-in U Hawaii Hilo Apt.

Hilo city tour

RainbowFall

Boiling Pots in Hilo

6:30PM-

Encore Restaurant

Welcome Dinner

 

11 U Hawaii, Hilo

8-9:30 AM (S) Arts of Asia

R114 at UCB

9:30AM-5PM: Volcano National Park:

Craters

Lava tubes

 

Volcano Park

Lunch Buffet at park

 

Orchid Nursery

Macadamia nut factory

Beach

(Dinner & return on your own)

 

12 U Hawaii, Hilo

8-845AM:

Mr. Curtis & Clayton Chung: (S)

Asian

Immigration

(Lunch/dinner your own)

9:00AM-6PM:

Bus Island Tour Waimea/Hilo

Honokaa malasadas (Portuguese doughnuts) 

Parker Ranch

Kapuna Beach (world best)

Kahaluu Beach Park-Green turtles/fishes (Snorkel gears)

Kona Coffee plantation

Return to Hilo

13 Hilo city

8:30-11:30

Classes (S/J)

Team Presentations

Class evaluation

11:40-1

Lunch at UH Hilo

Imiloa Astronomy

Center Buffet

1-2PM: 3D Astronomy Show

2:00-5:30PM:

Bus Tour

Hilo City tour

Fall/Garden?

5:30PM-:

Hillo Hawaiian Hotel Dinner reception

 

Curfew: Midnight

14  Hilo-Waikiki

10:30: Depart to airport by BUS

12:43AM-1:30PM

YV1037 Mesa Air

Hilo to Honolulu, Oahu island

Bus to Hotel

3PM: check in

to Hotel

Aqua Island Colony

in Waikiki

(808)923-2345

 

 

Free time

Waikiki

Beach

 

 

 

15 SUN-Waikiki

6:45AM-1PM

Pearl Harbor/

USS Arizona

Then,

Poly Lookout &

Honolulu City  Tour

 

Prog. Evaluation

Turn in

5-7PM: Program Farewell dinner(Tentative)

 

 16 Free day/Return

Return flights vary…mostly from late afternoon

 

Dr. Lee-UA0002

4:19PM(June 16)-5:17AM(June 17)

HNL-ORD(chicago)

Students can stay in Waikiki longer. You need to make your own hotel reservation

 17

In flight....

 

5:17AM arrival in Chicago (ORD)

 

UA 6750

6:45AM-8:58AM

ORD-CVG

 

Return home

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