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Raffles Girls School - Singapore
1998 U.S.A. Study Tour
14.5 days to 3 Cities and 2 Regions
68 Students and 6 R.G.S. Teachers and 2 Global Seminars Staff
Topic: Geography and the Sciences

HAWAIIAN OAHU TOUR:
Pearl Harbor cruise and tour; Oahu Island Tour (Pali Overlook, Punchbowl, Iolani Palace, etc.); University of Hawaii on Native Hawaiian Ecology; University of Hawaii on Satellite Mapping; Hike up to Diamond Head rim; Hanauma Bay and Blowhole visits; plus Oahu Free Day!.

VOLCANIC BIG ISLAND:
Hilo Outdoor Market and parade; Mauna Loa Nut Factory; Ranger at Volcano: recent volcanic activity; Movie "Inside Hawaii Volcanoes"; Steam Vents and Jagger Museum crater views; Hula dancing at Uncle Billy's.

FLY TO PHOENIX - COACH TO WILLIAMS:
Country dancing at Miss Kitty's.

GRAND CANYON:
Hiking down and up Bright Angel Trail; Ranger talk on Grand Canyon geology; Desert View tower visit; IMAX movie "Hidden Secrets"; Sunset on Canyon Rim.

HOOVER DAM AND LAS VEGAS:
Hoover Dam (tour on hydroelectrics, water management); Coach and walking tour of the Las Vegas Strip; Forum Shops.

FLY TO SILICON VALLEY AND TOUR:
General Electric Nuclear Power training facility; NASA Ames Research Center briefing and tour; Stanford Human Genome Project lecture; Stanford Human Genome Project lab visits.

SILICON VALLEY AND SF TOURS:
USGS on Yosemite¹s Geology and Earth Science; USGS on Earthquake Research (and tour); Stanford Linear Accelerator; Tour of central Stanford University campus; San Andreas Fault, Ocean Beach, Golden Gate Park drive; Golden Gate Bridge walk; Grace Cathedral, Nob Hill walk; Cable Car Museum and Chinatown alleys walk; Chinatown to Union Square to Market St. walk.

SAN FRANCISCO DAY:
Exploritorium science museum; Free time Fishermans Wharf and Union Square.

COACH SAN FRANCISCO TO REDWOODS:
Coach Trip 350 miles S.F. to Crescent City; Redwood State Park ranger-led forest tour.

COACH REDWOODS TO PORTLAND:
Coach Trip 350 Miles Redwoods to Portland: Downtown Portland drive: International Rose Test Center gardens.

PORTLAND TO MT. ST. HELENS TO SEATTLE:
Scenic Colombia River Gorge; Multnomah Falls; Bonneville Dam, Locks and Fish Ladder; River Bend Farm (goats and farm products); Mt. St. Helens Volcano ranger talk and Omnimax.

TWO SEATTLE TOUR DAYS:
Western Fisheries Research Center lab visits; Boeing Aircraft Manufacturing Tour; Seattle City Neighborhoods Tour; Seattle Center (lunch and Monorail); free time downtown; Celebration Dinner at Planet Hollywood - Seattle.

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