UTIA Student
Study Tour--Mexico 2001
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| Thursday, August 9 |
| Arrive in Mexico City. Taxi to
Hotel Corinto. Walking tour of downtown Mexico City. |
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| Friday, August 10 |
| Morning: Visit
Abasto Food Center, wholesale distribution center for all of
Mexico City. Visit CIMMYT, International Center for Improvement
of Corn and Wheat. Afternoon: Visit National
Anthropological Museum. |
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| Saturday, August 11 |
Travel to Querétaro City.
Tour of "the Ranch"--CAETEC, the
Experiment Station of UT's university partner in Mexico, Instituto
Tecnológico des Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM).
Afternoon: TEC Querétaro Campus tour. |
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| Sunday, August 12 |
| Tour of San Miguel Group (part
of international company, Monterrey Mushrooms of Watsonville,
CA). Tour San Miguel de Allende, a retirement town for
many US natives. |
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| Monday, August 13 |
| Morning:
Visit craft shops and winery, "Las Cavas Freixenet,"
in village of Bernal. Afternoon: Visit village
of Tequisquiapan; also, La Serpentina, a dairy goat farm.
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| Tuesday, August 14 |
Visit companies: Kellogg
de México--El Tigre Tony; Expor San Antonio vegetable processor
and exporter to U.S.
Evening: Party at home of Rocio Ferrer. |
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| Wednesday, August 15 |
| Travel to Guadalajara. Visit Rastro
Delta (pork products) and Girasa (swine slaughterhouse) |
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| Thursday, August 16 |
Morning: Marinela
Baking Company--part of the Bimbo baked goods empire.
Afternoon: Self-guided tour of Guadalajara. |
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| Friday August 17 |
| Agave production and tequila processing.
Visit Tequila Cazadores. Return to Querétaro. |
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| Saturday, August 18 |
| Travel to Mexico City. Tour pyramids
of Teotihuacán on the way. |
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| Sunday, August 19 |
| Departure for Knoxville. |
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