http://calpolymbatrip.com The OCOB Graduate Program Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:01:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We depart soon. For two and a half weeks, our Cal Poly MBA and MS in Industrial Technology students will keep this on-line blog highlighting some their travels and learning experiences in the People?s Republic of China and the Republic of India. Below, you will see their first ... http://calpolymbatrip.com/2008/china/the-mba-and-ms-in-it-mustangs-leave-the-chute/ Team One: The group met fairly promptly at 10:15 pm in the international wing of the SFO airport. There was a lot of excitement in the air as the group prepared to depart. Those who managed to pack the lightest were given bragging rights while those with large suitcases were lovingly ... http://calpolymbatrip.com/2008/china/days-1-and-2-fly-out-of-san-francisco-left-at-120-am-to-hong-kong-and-then-on-to-beijing-arrived-at-1130-pm-team-1-michel-malloy-windham-jencks-and-team-2-wong-banks-orosco-marlin-and/ We started out our official tour of China with a visit to the place the whole world will be watching in just over a month, the Bird’s Nest (Olympic Stadium) and "The Cube" (venue for the water sports). We were immediately impressed by the scale and magnificence of the stadium, ... http://calpolymbatrip.com/2008/china/day-3-beijing-team-3-bowie-eng-rohrbach-steen-parsons/ Saturday - June 21, 2008 - Team 4 As a prelude to this post, we’d like to say that today was a truly amazing and memorable day that our words cannot fully capture. Today, we put on our tourist hats. We had a full day scheduled at the two biggest tourism draws, ... http://calpolymbatrip.com/2008/china/day-4-beijing-team-4-ybarra-linker-miura-hughes-and-team-5-trieu-chou-ciesco-dominguez/ Team 6: Today was the first day we had to ourselves in the wonderfully diverse and sprawling metropolis of Beijing. Many people took the morning to sleep away a long day and night. We used the free morning to indulge in a full body massage ($20) to release the tensions ... http://calpolymbatrip.com/2008/china/day-5-beijing-team-6-moore-bilsten-zarcone-kirk-and-team-7-haskell-dip-munio-dundon/ Today we checked out of the Grand Hotel Beijing at 10:00 am; this would be our last day in Beijing. We began the day with a fascinating presentation at a nearby conference room from an expat and executive from Ogilvy, a marketing consulting firm. He began his speech by discussing the ... http://calpolymbatrip.com/2008/china/day-6-beijing-suzhou-team-8-palmer-kvilhaug-white-michael/ Day 7 – Suzhou to Shanghai We arrived in Suzhou by train at 6:30 AM and promptly packed our things into our bags, clearing out of the sleeper cars. The walk through the train station was quite a challenge as we maneuvered up and down sets of stairs. We met our ... http://calpolymbatrip.com/2008/china/day-7-suzhou-shanghai-team-9-greenlee-drum-mohr-fairman/ Daybreak This morning found us ensconced in our rooms at the Jian Gong Jin Jiang Hotel enjoying a late morning to help recuperate from the busy day prior. The breakfast here is more traditional Chinese fare with dim sum, rice, and chicken included in your am options. With ample time to ... http://calpolymbatrip.com/2008/china/day-8-shanghai-team-10-tripp-dougherty-sadowski-belloni/ Today was a day of industry and fun for all of the members of our trip. The day started early, far earlier than any other day we had had, 7:45 am. Reason being, we wanted to make sure our arrival time stayed on track and was not delayed by traffic ... http://calpolymbatrip.com/2008/china/day-9-shanghai-team-11-massion-guy-wallace-sprecher/ Click on the "Previous Posts" link below to move to the next web page and continue reading the trip reports and posts. http://calpolymbatrip.com/2008/china/click-on-the-previous-posts-button-below/