Itinerary  - July 2002      Calendar

*PLEASE NOTE Coach times below - particularly departure time - may be subject to some adjustment. Page updated p.m. Friday 12th July.

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Last updated 26/07/02 09:53

Flight and coach times:-

Departure - Monday 15th July                All times are local, 24hr clock  

***Please be at Elm Bank before 04:00***

Coventry (Elm Bank) to Heathrow
[Coach]

Departure:     04:00am*
Arrival:          06:30* approx

Heathrow to Beijing via Paris
(Air France Flight No 1171Y)
(Air France Flight No 128Y)

Departure:     09:15
Arrival:          11:25
Departure:     15:55
Arrival:          07:45  (Tues 16th)

Return Departure - Friday 26th July

Beijing to Heathrow via Paris
(Air France Flight No 129Y)
(Air France Flight No 2170H)

Departure:     09:45
Arrival:          14:20
Departure:     18:00
Arrival:          18:10

Heathrow to Coventry (Elm Bank)
[Coach]

 Departure:     19:00* approx
Arrival:          21:00* approx

Tuesday 16th

Morning: Group will be met at the airport by teachers from the Jinan Foreign Language School
(Scheduled arrival time 07:45 local time i.e. 00:45 am British Summer Time)

Afternoon: sightseeing

Wednesday 17th

Sightseeing (Great Wall of China and Ming Tomb)

Thursday 18th

Morning: Tian Anmen Square and Imperial Palace

Afternoon: Take train to Jinan
                   Group to stay at the Nanjiao Hotel

Friday 19th

Morning: Meet Chinese students and teachers, mandarin lesson

Afternoon: Sightseeing Baotu Spring Park and Yellow River

Saturday 20th and
Sunday 21st

Morning: Activity with the Chinese students

Afternoon: Visit the students' families and stay for one night 

Monday 22nd

Morning: Taiji Boxing, basketball and tug-of-war match

Afternoon: Lake Daming and Thousand Budda Mountain

Evening: Dinner hosted by Foreign Language School and Shandong Experimental School, attended by Mayor of Jinan

Tuesday 23rd

Tour to Qufu and Mountain Tai

Wednesday 24th

Morning: Learn Chinese painting and paper cutting

Afternoon: Visit to cultural market, shopping

Evening:  Dinner hosted by the City Education Bureau

Thursday 25th

Morning: Take train to Beijing

Afternoon: Shopping

Friday 26th

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