- 16 Days
- Cultural Touring
Meaningful learning and once-in-a-lifetime cultural touring come together in November 2008 when the Kansas State Univerity Master of Agribusiness program embarks on its first-ever expedition to Southeast Asia. Join Dr. Allen Featherstone, your fellow students and program alumni as we explore rice farming, biofuel plants, palm plantations, wet markets, some of the world’s busiest shipping ports and the financial hubs of Kuala Lumpur, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) and Bangkok. Along the way, we’ll meet with representatives from international agribusiness consortiums like Malaysia’s Charoen Pokphand (CP) and Cargill, and discuss geopolitical and economic trends with leaders from local industry to the United Nations and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. This two-week adventure is also packed with an overnight stay on a junk on Vietnam’s Halong Bay, and some of Asia’s premier sights, such as Bangkok’s Grand Palace, Malaysia’s tropical forest and the Ho Chi Minh Trail. To reach KSU's Master of Agribusiness program, call Mary Bowen at 785-532-4435 or by email at mjbowen at ksu dot edu
Trip Highlights
- Dao Thuc Water Puppets
- Explore the Chu Chi Tunnel
- local "wet market" / hog farm
- Tour Grand Palace, Emerald Buddha, Wat Po (temple)
- Batu Caves
- Tour Port of Ho Chi Minh container shipping facillity
- Visit CP Head Office & United Nations
- Tour Hoa Lo Prison & Truc Bach Lake
- Visit the US Grain Association & American Soybean Association Aquaculture farms
- Dinner with USDA Foreign Agriculture Services
What's Included
- 13 nights in business-quality hotels
- Daily Breakfast and selected dinners, lunches
- International Airfare from USA (west coast)
- Internal airfare between Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam
- Private a/c motorcoach and driver, including all airport transfers
- Guided sightseeing / admission fees as per itinerary
- Bottled water and moist cold towels for freshening up during day excursions
- Private dinners and/or meetings with business and government officials
