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China
By: Shannon Costello
Day 1
 Flight from Denver, Colorado to Beijing
China
 Leave on Monday November 10, 2011
 Total cost of flight: $979
 All day flight, checked into hotel next day
Day 2
 Checked into the Park Plaza hotel in
Beijing ($101 per night)
 Started first of 5 day tour of Beijing
 First place visited was North Lake Park
Day 3
 Went to Village Café for breakfast ($15)
 Went to the Western Mountains for
second day of tour
Day 4
 Ate breakfast at hotel
 Visited the Summer Palace with tour
group
 Had dinner with tour group at the Noodle
Loft($9)
Day 5
 Took time after tour of the Lama Temple
to visit the rest of Beijing
 Driven in separate tour bus to southern
Beijing
 Walked around safe streets to buy
souvenirs
Day 6
 Took fifth and final day of the tour of
Beijing to the Temple of Heaven
 Went to farewell dinner with tour group at
the Chuan Jing Ban Canting($17)
Day 7
 Took train from Beijing to Shanghai
($75)
 Traveled around The Bund until night
train to Hong Kong came
Day 8
 Spent most of day traveling around the
Victoria Harbor and The Peak
 Took a night train back to Beijing
Day 9
 Packed up things, and took an early flight
back to Denver, Colorado on
Wednesday November 18, 2011
Basic Info On China
 Temperature during time of visit: 66-73 degrees
Fahrenheit
 Population: 1/5 of world’s population, 1.3
billion people
 Economy: Largest exporter of goods, GDP
5.88 trillion dollars(1 Chinese dollar= .15
American cents)
 Religion: Buddhism is most popular religion in
China
Continued…
 Words to know when going to China:1. Xie Xie(She ay She ay) thank you
 2. Xi shou jian zai nar -(She show jeeyan zye
nar) where is the washroom
 3. Ni hao- (nee how)hello
 4. Zai jian- (zye jeeyan) goodbye
 5. Dui bu qui-(dway boo chee) sorry
 6. Bu dui- (boo dee) no
 7. Hao- (how) yes
Continued…
 Main languages: Mandarin, Wu, English
 Delicacies: Grasshoppers, sea
cucumbers, abalone muscles
 Geography: 3rd largest country in world,
Himalayas, Great Wall of China
 Current Events: Major drought
throughout China, and inflation rates are
rising at a continuous rate (discuss)
Continued…
 History: Dynasties up until 1914, and
today is a Communist/ Republic
 Requirements to Visit China: Passport,
and a Visa
Bibliography
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_the_People's_Republic_of
_China
 http://www.kidport.com/reflib/worldgeography/China/China.htm
 http://ezinearticles.com/?Chinas-Delicacies-You-MightEnjoy&id=236407
 http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&output=js&hl=en&geoco
de=&abauth=4d4799da7KY0D2Ct0ZERAAxpyHOHvRk86K0&q
=map+of+shanghai&btnG=Search+Maps&aq=&vps=1&jsv=310c&sll=39
.923297%2C116.397743&sspn=0.107293%2C0.210285&gl=us
 http://www.yellowbridge.com/general/invoke.php?u=%20http://english.p
eople.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/7278319.html
 http://www.frommers.com/destination/beijing/zol_inddin.html
 http://www.parkplaza.com/beijing-hotel-cn-100005/chnbwan
 http://www.cheapflights.com/flights-to-beijing/