ASIAN PROJECT 2006Infosession 3

Infosession 3

• Travel schedule

• Practical things

• Task

• +/- 1 hour

• Take some notes

• Slides in English

Travel schedule: departure

• Saturday 25/03 • 06u00: come together at Groep T

– T-shirts, booklet, tickets, name cards, passport– Load suitcases

• 07u00: by bus to Paris CDG– Bring some sandwiches

• 13u40: take-off – MU554– Arrival on Sunday 07u35 local time– Summer time in Belgium!

Travel schedule: Shanghai

• Sunday 26/03: arrival in Shanghai– Exchange money in airport

• Keep the receipt!

– Transrapid + metro to hotel• Return flight tickets to us!

– Nanjingdonglu (shopping)– Bund (boulevard along river)

• Monday 27/03:– Jin Mao tower– Company visit: Alcatel– Boat trip, skyline view

Travel schedule: Shanghai

• Tuesday 28/03:– Museum old arts– Walk through old Shanghai

• Wednesday 29/03:– Company visit: Philips

Travel schedule: Suzhou

• Thursday 30/03:– Bus to Suzhou– Welcome tour– Dinner

• Friday 31/03– Campus tour– Company park + company visit– City tour Suzhou– Night-boat to Hangzhou

Travel schedule: Hangzhou

• Saturday 01/04:– Welcome– Campus tour ZJUT

• Sunday 02/04:– West lake– Lunch at tea plantation– Ling Yin temple– Hefang shopping street

Travel schedule: Beijing

• Monday 03/04:– Hu Xueyuan residence– Company visit: computer assembly

• Tuesday 04/04:– Free morning– ZJUT farewell dinner– Night-train to Beijing

Travel schedule: Beijing

• Wednesday 05/04:– BJT welcome– Campus tour

• Thursday 06/04:– Company visit: Barco– Summer Palace

Travel schedule: Beijing

• Friday 07/04:– Company visit: Shougang steel factory– Computer shopping– Wan Sheng acrobacy show

• Saturday 08/04:– Chinese Wall– Silk market (fake!)– Wangfujing and foodstreet

Travel schedule: Beijing

• Sunday 09/04:– Tian’anmen square

– Forbidden city

– Temple of Heaven

• Monday 10/04:– Free morning

– Flight Beijing-Shanghai

– Flight Shanghai-Paris

Travel schedule: return

• Tuesday 11/04:– 06u20 landing at Paris CDG– Bus to Leuven– Around 12:00 at Groep T

• Asianproject.groept.be : “reisschema”

Travel schedule

• Each day at the hotel by coordinator

• Local schedule can be different from this schedule!

Infosession 3

• Travel schedule

• Practical things

• Task

General

• Respect (“kowtow”)– Cultural differences– Thousands of years

• Open mind– Culture shock– Forget your prejudices

Behave in China

• You can have fun

• You can have drinks

• At a cultural visit, you’re sober, awake and on time!

• At a company visit, you’re sober, awake and on time!

• Drunk in public: NOT OK!

Going out

• Min 50RMB for taxi

• Address of hotel– Booklet!– Name card

• Let us know!

Emergency numbers

• General emergency number: Johan Mannaerts 0086 136 912 605 53 24h/24h

• All teachers + coordinators have a mobile phone number

• These numbers will be made public on the first day– Take notice of these numbers (booklet)!!

Something happens

• Let us know!

• Pay for the damage

• Never leave an ill student behind!

First aid and insurance

• First aid kit

• Provide yourself :– Medication– Allergy pills– Pills against sore throat!– Water!!

Bird flu

• “Avian influenza A”, “H5N1”

• Transmitted by air, not by eating

Climate

• +/- like Belgium in april:– Can be hot during day– Mostly quite cold in the evening

• Very dry (polluted!) air in the big cities– Drink often– Take pills against a sore throat

Passport & ticket

• Departure: keep them safe!

• Arrival in Shanghai: return ticket

• Leave passport on your room (in suitcase!)

• Take a copy with you on the streets

Money

• Don’t exchange too much at once

• Exchange on the streets = better rate but SURELY FAKE MONEY!!

• ATMs available

• Keep your money and valuable stuff on a safe place– Lock your suitcase!– Never leave your money openly in your room

Prices in China

• Taxi : 20 - 40 RMB

• Chinese meal: 20 - 50 RMB

• McDonalds and other fastfood = European prices

• Breakfast sometimes included

GeldSouveniers 18 Rolex Eten 2,40€ In Frankrijk Pot EA 100110 DVD-R's 55 Drank 100

2 Wierrook In Tempel 30,5 McDon 100,5 Offer In Tempel 8,5 Eten+Drank 210 TOT RMB500 4 Zwaarden 20 Bier 21,39€ TOT IN EUR25 PostKaartjes 30,5 McDon

100 Groene Thee 122 In De 88Bar10 Spiegeltje 3,4 Chips Internet 730 Microfoon USB 8 Sprite 2

480 MP3 Speler 20 McDon 310 Cadeau 18 McDon 420 Ring 135 In De Jazz&BleusBar 425 DrakeBeeldjes 20 Chips 20 TOT RMB35 Emperor's Hoedje 12 Snickers € 2,04 TOT IN EUR

100 3 T-Shirts 50 Pot Café15 Belletjes 31,5 McDon36 Postzegels 22 Eten+Drank Transport 2 Metro10 Chopsticks 5 Popcorn 10 Taxi

205 3 Sportshorts 50 Eten+Drank 22 Taxi30 DrakenPet 35,1 Inkopen 2 Metro

180 Basketschoenen 5 Cola 2 Metro108 Slof Marlboro v. Zus 12,3 Inkopen 2 Metro38 Chopsticks 42,7 Inkopen 7 Taxi

2087,5 TOT RMB 61 PizzaHut 5 Taxi€ 212,65 TOT IN EUR 5 Water 0 Taxi+Bus

30,5 McDon 5 TaxiDVD Films 35 35,1 Inkopen 8 Taxi# 155 369 5 Ijs 3 Metro

39 2 Popcorn 4 Taxi48 5 Drank 20 Bootje

192 14,2 Inkopen 8 Taxi24 26 Bier 5 Taxi

226 3,30€ In Frankrijk 13 Taxi100 5,70€ TOT EUR 20 Packing

1033 TOT RMB 920,3 TOT RMB 138 TOT RMB105,23€ TOT IN EUR 99,45€ TOT IN EUR 14,06€ TOT IN EUR

161 TOT RMB McDon303 TOT RMB Uitgaan

TOTAAL ChinaReis 2005 = 4408,8 RMB + 5,7 EUR = TOTAAL Zonder Souveniers&DVD Films = 1288,3 RMB + 5,7 EUR =

€ 455€ 137

Afgerond tot op 1 EUR

1 RMB = 0,101868 EUR (27 oktober 2005)

Souveniers

Internet

Pot EA

DVD Films

Uitgaven ChinaReis 2005

1 EUR = 9,8166 RMB (27 oktober 2005)

EtenTransport

Chinese guides

• Chinese guides don’t pay

• Ask them as many questions as you can

Transport in China

• Cheap taxi and metro

• Bus is very crowded

• Don’t go on your own– Cheaper in taxi

Communication in China

• Chinese SIM : 60 RMB

• Prepaid : 100 RMB(10 RMB = +/- 1 euro)

• Internet bars– Mail en messenger – Skype

Communication in China

• Message to the parents: – only use asianproject@groept.be in emergency

cases.– Don’t post too personal messages on the

forum

• Write something on the forum– Asianproject.groept.be

Rooms

• You broke that cup? Pay!

• You took that towel? Pay!

• You sleep in an other room? Let us know!

Photos

• Dates are all set the same on the same time.

• No need for another 10.000 photos...

• Power socket

Luggage

5kg

20×40×55cm

20kg

What you SHOULD pack

• Decent clothing for company visits

• Decent shoes for walking

• Pills against sore throat and other medication

• A backpack is always handy

• The Asianproject booklet

What you should NOT pack

• Sharp things

• Laptop

• Sheets, towels, …

• (GSM)

Infosession 3

• Travel schedule

• Practical things

• Task

Task

• Prepare company visits

• Report on company visits

• Keep the diary up to date

Services

• Travel report + photo journal : – Funny experiences, anecdotes, ...– diary, layout, printing, distributing, ...

• Maintain group money

• Translate for non-Flemish students (Groep T and local students)

• Prepare touristic visits

AsianProject

2006

25/03 - 11/04