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Welcome to the Leland & Gray Journey East 2005 trip to China and Inner Mongolia. As we get news from China, we’ll get it up on this site as quickly as we can. Click on any date below to experience the events for that day. You can click on the map link anytime to see where the group is (and has been) throughout the journey.
Remember: China is 12 hours ahead of us. When we are going to bed, they are beginning the next day. And . . . when we get up to check on this site, they have finished the day we are about to begin. It will take some getting used to, but I guarantee that a month from now, you’ll have it down pat!
Please visit the Journey East 2005 Program (JE4) site, as well as JE2 (2002) and JE3 (2004) to learn more about this fabulous program’s past, present and future. Okay, everyone, hang on tight ‘'cause HERE WE GO . . . (psst, there will be a quiz at the end, so pay attention!)
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March 28
Vermont, USA
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March 31
Beijing, China
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April 2
Qufu, China
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April 4
Qufu, China
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April 5
Qufu, China
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April 6
Qufu, China
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April 8
Qufu, China
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April 10
Xi’an, China
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April 11
Xi’an China
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April 14
Hohhot,
Inner Mongolia
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April 16
Hohhot,
Inner Mongolia
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April 19
Hohhot,
Inner Mongolia
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April 20
Hohhot,
Inner Mongolia
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April 22
Gobi Desert,
Inner Mongolia
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April 23
Hohhot,
Inner Mongolia
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April 27
Beijing, China
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JOURNEY EAST 2005 ITINERARY
(updated as we go)
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Mar 29
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Depart Hartford, Connecticut, USA
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Mar 30
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Arrival in Beijing, China
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Mar 31
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Tiananmen Square, Temple of Heaven, Beijing Opera
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April 1
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Great Wall, Forbidden City, Beijing Acrobats
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April 2
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Early flight to Jinan. Bus ride to Qufu.
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April 3
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Activities and performances in Qufu.
Visit Confucius’ Temple, Residence, Confucius Forest and Birthplace, lectures on Confucianism, visit schools and Painting/calligraphy classes . . .
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April 4
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Activities in Qufu
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April 5
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Activities and performances in Qufu
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April 6
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Activities in Qufu
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April 7
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Activities and joint performance in Qufu
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April 8
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Activities in Qufu. Farewell banquet.
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April 9
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Depart early for Mt. Tai, visit the Yellow River Bridge in Jinan and spend the night at the hotel in Jinan.
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April 10
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Early flight to Xi’an. Activities in Xi’an.
Visit the Old City Wall, the Great Mosque and Muslim Marketplace, The Terra Cotta Warriors Museum, the Forest of Steles, The Wild Goose Pagoda and Huaqing Hot Springs
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April 11
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Activities in Xi’an
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April 12
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Activities in Xi’an
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April 13
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Activities in Xi’an (mid point of journey)
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April 14
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Depart for Hohhot. Arrive in Hohhot.
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April 15
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Activities in Hohhot
Including collaboration with students and teachers at the Arts College, many performances, visit to Helin County, The Grasslands, Singing Sands (The Gobi), Zhao Jun’s Tomb, Buddhist Temple in the Old Town, Five Pagoda Temple, Inner Mongolia Provincial Museum, dinner with host families, and shopping in downtown Hohhot.
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April 16
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Activities in Hohhot
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April 17
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Activities in Hohhot
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April 18
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Activities in Hohhot
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April 19
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Activities in Hohhot
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April 20
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Activities in Hohhot
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April 21
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Activities in Hohhot
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April 22
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Activities in Hohhot
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April 23
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Activities in Hohhot: Final Performance
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April 24
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Activities in Hohhot: Farewell Banquet
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April 25
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Depart Hohhot for Beijing (Quiz)
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April 26
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Activities in Beijing
Including: visit to the Summer Palace, SYA and Middle School and shopping at Friendship Store, the Pearl Market and Liulichang Street. (Art street)
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April 27
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Heading home: Back in the US, back in the US, back in the US of A!
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April 28
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Final wrap-up
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April 29
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Answers to the Quiz
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