Hong Kong
Jun/12/08 11:05 PM
Man, time flies! It’s my second to last night here at the Horizon Suites in Hong Kong. I can’t believe how quickly the last few weeks have passed. The program isn’t over yet, though. We have a busy week ahead traveling in Mainland China.
On Saturday we head to Macau, a small, formerly-Portugese island off the coast of China. It currently stands as the Asian Las Vegas. During the day we’ll do a cultural tour of the city and then hear a presentation at the MGM Grand, where I’m sure we’ll spend the rest of the night (and pay off the trip, perhaps?). We then head to Zhongshan to visit a toy factory on Sunday. On Monday we visit the Zhongshan government officials and then head to Guangzhou in the evning, where we take tours of both a piano factory and Colgate’s largest China factory the next day. We spend the next few days in Shenzhen, which includes a visit to Wal-Mart on Wednesday, a jewelry factory and the supplier for Philips Electronics Thursday, and a city tour Friday. Then, we head back to Hong Kong by bus where we have our final dinner at a fancy restaurant that I’m eagerly awaiting. And finally, I fly out of Hong Kong on Cathay Pacific at 9:45 AM on Saturday! I land at JFK at 1:15 PM and will hopefully hop on a standby Jet Blue flight since my actual flight isn’t until 4:30 PM. Then it’s home at last!
On Saturday we head to Macau, a small, formerly-Portugese island off the coast of China. It currently stands as the Asian Las Vegas. During the day we’ll do a cultural tour of the city and then hear a presentation at the MGM Grand, where I’m sure we’ll spend the rest of the night (and pay off the trip, perhaps?). We then head to Zhongshan to visit a toy factory on Sunday. On Monday we visit the Zhongshan government officials and then head to Guangzhou in the evning, where we take tours of both a piano factory and Colgate’s largest China factory the next day. We spend the next few days in Shenzhen, which includes a visit to Wal-Mart on Wednesday, a jewelry factory and the supplier for Philips Electronics Thursday, and a city tour Friday. Then, we head back to Hong Kong by bus where we have our final dinner at a fancy restaurant that I’m eagerly awaiting. And finally, I fly out of Hong Kong on Cathay Pacific at 9:45 AM on Saturday! I land at JFK at 1:15 PM and will hopefully hop on a standby Jet Blue flight since my actual flight isn’t until 4:30 PM. Then it’s home at last!
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