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My Favorite Tours

LIBR500 Foundations of Information Technology SLAIS, University of British Columbia. My Favorite Tours. Lei Zhu zhulei@interchange.ubc.ca. January 2006. Let’s first have a quick look at the starting point of the tours…. Shanghai – Sweet Home . 6,200 square kilometers.

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My Favorite Tours

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  1. LIBR500 Foundations of Information Technology SLAIS, University of British Columbia My Favorite Tours Lei Zhu zhulei@interchange.ubc.ca January 2006

  2. Let’s first have a quick look at the starting point of the tours…

  3. Shanghai – Sweet Home 6,200 square kilometers. • 25 million population • Canada 32 million? • China 1,300 million! four distinct seasons China’s financial center

  4. US$40 Luxury Tour (1990) Right after graduation from university, my best friend Weidong & I went on a long awaited tour without a second delay. In the next two weeks, we • traveled 5 provinces in China, • climbed 2 of China’s top 5 mountains (Huangshan & Lushan), • swam in the biggest artificial lake (Thousand Island), and • visited China's capital of porcelain (Jindezhen) and another historical city (Nanjing), … with an expenditure of

  5. US$40 Luxury Tour (1990) $40? Sorry, wrong answer. I came back with a $5 surplus ! (1 US dollar = 8.5 CN Rmb in 1990)

  6. Hello, Uncle Sam! (1996) Golden Gate Bridge was amazing. Disneyland@LA was really fun. View from Empire State Building wasincredible. The roar of a Harley Davidson was deafening. But what impressed most was actually…

  7. NYC Museum Mile (1996) Nine world-class museums are located along the Fifth Avenue in Manhattan! Unfortunately, I only got time to visit four of them: • Metropolitan Museum of Art(Click) • American Museum of Natural History(my favorite) (Click) • Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)(Click) • Guggenheim Museum(Click) But I got compensated with…

  8. Grandest Party of the Century(23:59:59 pm Dec 31, 1999) Millennium Eve Beers and Cheers Ball Drop Countdown Times Square, NYC 1.5 Million People I WAS AMONG THEM!

  9. AdventureBus! (2000) What a killer trip! • an converted bus full of laughters • 13 tourists from around the world – Australia, China (that’s me), England, France, Israel, and U.S. • 14 exciting days touring great places • 14 campout nights under the stars around a bonfire

  10. AdventureBus! (2000) Breathtaking National Parks Arches | Bryce Canyon | Grand Canyon | Grand Teton | Monument Valley | Yellowstone | Zion

  11. Jackson, Wyoming A drunken night at a bar of this cowboy town. Las Vegas Lavish hotels, casinos and shows. A town (I forgot its name) The great Hoover Dam stands there, on the border between Arizona and Nevada. AdventureBus! (2000) Fascinating Towns & Cities

  12. White Water RaftingExhilarating thrill ride down the Snake River. Midnight SpaSoaked in a secret hot spring somewhere near Yellowstone AdventureBus! (2000) And More… AdventureBus! Experience of a lifetime.

  13. Dishes and Skiing, S.Korea (2004) Temples and beaches, Thailand (2001) Last But Not Least

  14. Next Stop?Greater Vancouver! (2006)

  15. The End "The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.“ St. Augustine

  16. Bibliography • Clip arts, sounds and animations were fromhttp://office.microsoft.com/clipart/default.aspx?lc=en-us • All photos were taken by the author of this presentation.

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