logging in or signing up L Zhu Marianna Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINTLite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 20 Category: Education License: All Rights Reserved Like it (0) Dislike it (0) Added: March 21, 2008 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 0 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript My Favorite Tours: My Favorite Tours Lei Zhu zhulei@interchange.ubc.ca LIBR500 Foundations of Information Technology SLAIS, University of British Columbia January 2006Let’s first have a quick look at the starting point of the tours…: Let’s first have a quick look at the starting point of the tours…Slide3: 6,200 square kilometers. 25 million population Canada 32 million? China 1,300 million! four distinct seasons China’s financial centerUS$40 Luxury Tour (1990): US$40 Luxury Tour (1990) Right after graduation from university, my best friend Weidong & I went on a long awaited tour without a second delay. In the next two weeks, we traveled 5 provinces in China, climbed 2 of China’s top 5 mountains (Huangshan & Lushan), swam in the biggest artificial lake (Thousand Island), and visited China's capital of porcelain (Jindezhen) and another historical city (Nanjing), with an expenditure of …US$40 Luxury Tour (1990): US$40 Luxury Tour (1990) $40? Sorry, wrong answer. I came back with a $5 surplus ! (1 US dollar = 8.5 CN Rmb in 1990)Hello, Uncle Sam! (1996): Hello, Uncle Sam! (1996) Golden Gate Bridge was amazing. Disneyland@LA was really fun. View from Empire State Building was incredible. The roar of a Harley Davidson was deafening. But what impressed most was actually…NYC Museum Mile (1996): NYC Museum Mile (1996) Nine world-class museums are located along the Fifth Avenue in Manhattan! Unfortunately, I only got time to visit four of them: Metropolitan Museum of Art (Click) American Museum of Natural History (my favorite) (Click) Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) (Click) Guggenheim Museum (Click) But I got compensated with…Grandest Party of the Century (23:59:59 pm Dec 31, 1999): Grandest Party of the Century (23:59:59 pm Dec 31, 1999) Times Square, NYC Ball Drop Countdown 1.5 Million People Beers and Cheers I WAS AMONG THEM! Millennium EveAdventureBus! (2000): AdventureBus! (2000) What a killer trip! an converted bus full of laughters 13 tourists from around the world – Australia, China (that’s me), England, France, Israel, and U.S. 14 exciting days touring great places 14 campout nights under the stars around a bonfireBreathtaking National Parks: Breathtaking National Parks AdventureBus! (2000) Arches | Bryce Canyon | Grand Canyon | Grand Teton | Monument Valley | Yellowstone | ZionFascinating Towns & Cities: Fascinating Towns & Cities AdventureBus! (2000)And More…: And More… AdventureBus! (2000) AdventureBus! Experience of a lifetime.Last But Not Least : Last But Not Least Next Stop? Greater Vancouver! (2006): Next Stop? Greater Vancouver! (2006)Slide15: "The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.“ St. AugustineSlide16: Bibliography Clip arts, sounds and animations were from http://office.microsoft.com/clipart/default.aspx?lc=en-us All photos were taken by the author of this presentation. You do not have the permission to view this presentation. In order to view it, please contact the author of the presentation.
L Zhu Marianna Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINTLite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 20 Category: Education License: All Rights Reserved Like it (0) Dislike it (0) Added: March 21, 2008 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 0 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript My Favorite Tours: My Favorite Tours Lei Zhu zhulei@interchange.ubc.ca LIBR500 Foundations of Information Technology SLAIS, University of British Columbia January 2006Let’s first have a quick look at the starting point of the tours…: Let’s first have a quick look at the starting point of the tours…Slide3: 6,200 square kilometers. 25 million population Canada 32 million? China 1,300 million! four distinct seasons China’s financial centerUS$40 Luxury Tour (1990): US$40 Luxury Tour (1990) Right after graduation from university, my best friend Weidong & I went on a long awaited tour without a second delay. In the next two weeks, we traveled 5 provinces in China, climbed 2 of China’s top 5 mountains (Huangshan & Lushan), swam in the biggest artificial lake (Thousand Island), and visited China's capital of porcelain (Jindezhen) and another historical city (Nanjing), with an expenditure of …US$40 Luxury Tour (1990): US$40 Luxury Tour (1990) $40? Sorry, wrong answer. I came back with a $5 surplus ! (1 US dollar = 8.5 CN Rmb in 1990)Hello, Uncle Sam! (1996): Hello, Uncle Sam! (1996) Golden Gate Bridge was amazing. Disneyland@LA was really fun. View from Empire State Building was incredible. The roar of a Harley Davidson was deafening. But what impressed most was actually…NYC Museum Mile (1996): NYC Museum Mile (1996) Nine world-class museums are located along the Fifth Avenue in Manhattan! Unfortunately, I only got time to visit four of them: Metropolitan Museum of Art (Click) American Museum of Natural History (my favorite) (Click) Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) (Click) Guggenheim Museum (Click) But I got compensated with…Grandest Party of the Century (23:59:59 pm Dec 31, 1999): Grandest Party of the Century (23:59:59 pm Dec 31, 1999) Times Square, NYC Ball Drop Countdown 1.5 Million People Beers and Cheers I WAS AMONG THEM! Millennium EveAdventureBus! (2000): AdventureBus! (2000) What a killer trip! an converted bus full of laughters 13 tourists from around the world – Australia, China (that’s me), England, France, Israel, and U.S. 14 exciting days touring great places 14 campout nights under the stars around a bonfireBreathtaking National Parks: Breathtaking National Parks AdventureBus! (2000) Arches | Bryce Canyon | Grand Canyon | Grand Teton | Monument Valley | Yellowstone | ZionFascinating Towns & Cities: Fascinating Towns & Cities AdventureBus! (2000)And More…: And More… AdventureBus! (2000) AdventureBus! Experience of a lifetime.Last But Not Least : Last But Not Least Next Stop? Greater Vancouver! (2006): Next Stop? Greater Vancouver! (2006)Slide15: "The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.“ St. AugustineSlide16: Bibliography Clip arts, sounds and animations were from http://office.microsoft.com/clipart/default.aspx?lc=en-us All photos were taken by the author of this presentation.