Posts under ‘Travel’

(That is my Forest Gump impersonation of the day….Can you dig it?)
Last weekend, I took another impromptu trip to Beijing.  It was a three-day weekend, and I wanted to see some of my friends.  We went to a restaurant that serves food from Xinjiang (新疆), which literally means, “New Frontier.”  Xianjiang is a [...]

Halloween came and went before I realized it. I realized around 9pm what day it was. It just isn’t a big deal in Japan at all. It was never much a big deal in my house growing up, so I don’t miss it, at all.
If you haven’t seen this, here is a [...]

While we were in our hotel in Kyoto, I wrote this post, and I meant to edit and publish it, but I got too tired, so I gave up. Now that we are back in Tokyo, I will post it. Here is what I wrote on 10/9/06, at around 11pm:
(Post title: “On the [...]

Sorry again for the lack of updates, but I have been very busy.  Angela has been really getting out and seeing a lot of things.  She has seen a lot of neighborhoods, as well as many great museums.  The other day, she went to  Nikko, a World Heritage Site and one of the most beautiful [...]

Sorry again for the lack of updates, but I have been very busy.  Angela has been really getting out and seeing a lot of things.  She has seen a lot of neighborhoods, as well as many great museums.  The other day, she went to  Nikko, a World Heritage Site and one of the most beautiful [...]

I went to Harbin, China on May 3, 2006, for my friend’s wedding.
What can I say about Harbin? I was really impressed. It has a great deal of Russian influence, as well as Korean.  The city and the people are very vibrant and interesting!

I took a night train from Beijing.  My time in [...]

In case you haven’t seen this photo, I took it at the Great Wall, in China, on 4/30/2006. Click on the picture to go to my Flickr site…

Update: I forgot to mention: if you do click on the photo and go to my Flickr page, right above the picture, there is a [...]

Ok, I am a bit late with my report on my trip to Hong Kong, but better late than never, right?
As I wrote before, it was a last-minute trip, with little planning. But it turned out to be a fun trip, though I was really too tired and it was way too short. [...]

(Note: Most computers can read Japanese and Chinese characters, even if their owners can’t. If yours can’t, you can either ignore it or download the fonts. Please ask me if you have any questions…)
So I didn’t take any wild trips last weekend. And that was the right decision. But I [...]

Well, the adventurer in me is disappointed that I didn’t make another impromptu trip, but I really needed to rest.
I have more to say and more pictures to post, but I am anxious to get out of the house now. In the meantime, check out my photo gallery. (Click the “Photos” link [...]