ASIA - 2010Sharon and Hugh

ZHENGZHOU, HENAN, CHINA

GUESTS OF PROF. MENG AND FAMILY

ZHENGZHOU

Henan Province Museum

Downtown skyline

Apartments

SUNDAY IN THE PARK

DINING

Fried scorpions

A typical meal

Making taffee

Preparing noodles

SHAOLIN TEMPLE

SHAOLIN TEMPLE

PAGODA GARDEN AT SHAOLIN TEMPLE

KUNG FU SCHOOL AT SHAOLIN TEMPLE

LONGMEN GROTTOS

LIJIANG, YUNNAN, CHINA

Lijiang is in mountainous southwest China.

The old part of the cityis the best preservedancient town in China.

PARADISE HOTEL IN LIJIANG

Office and front desk Dining room

Front door

THE OLD CITY

SHOPS IN LIJIANG

NIGHT LIFE IN LIJIANG

CHINESE TRADITIONAL MUSICPERFORMED BY NAXI PEOPLE

JADE TIGER SNOW MOUNTAIN

LEAPING TIGER GORGE

As you approach the choke point, the water gets more active, until …

A long walk along the riverElevation – 13,000 feet

LEAPING TIGER GORGE

Myth has it that a tiger once leaped to the rock in the center,then to the other side.

6 million gallonsper second!

TIBETAN HORSES

SHANGRI-LA Originally a fictitious Tibet city

in named in the 1930s book Lost Horizon and famed as a perfect place to live - China renamed a county in Yunnan Province to attract tourists.

Farmer’s Market

Hotel lobby

SONGZANLIN MONASTERY

A long way up!

POTA TSO NATIONAL PARK

High point of the daywas at 14,000 feet

SHANGHAI

The Bund

Lunch with our friend Chunyan (Candida) Zhu

River bridge at night

SHANGHAI MUSEUM

SHANGHAI WORLD EXPO 2010

China

Hellishly long lines (4-6 hours)

United Kingdom’s“Dandelion”

Expo Garden

EXPO AT NIGHT

KYOTOThree SistersRyokan

THE GION

HENAN SHRINE

BUDDHIST TEMPLES

MEDITATION DRY GARDENS

TEMPLE GARDENS

The first guns ever seen in Japan (ca 1600)

Jiso BodhisattvasProtector of women, children, & travelers

SUSHI LUNCH

UJI

BYODOIN TEMPLE

TOKYO

We are hosted by our friends from 2007 Tsuneko Takagi, Zen Yamada, and Keiko YamadaThey were wonderful and generous in seeing thatwe saw the best of Tokyo. We are most thankful.

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF EMERGING SCIENCE & INNOVATION

Yamada san is a docent

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MORE FAMILY

Daughter Jennifer and Granddaughter Kelseyjoined us.

OSUGI FAMILY

We were homestay guests of the Osugi family in 2007.They took us around Tokyo for a day.

KAITEN ZUSHI!

MEIJI SHRINE

Two weddings

TAKESHITA DORI – SHOPPING STREET

Where the young people shop…

TEA AT OSUGI’S HOME

DINNER WITH SALEM STATE STUDENTS

Miyuki and Emiko

Shino

Aya

Kiho

Megumi

Yuka

OGAWA FAMILY

Kiho’s parents drove into town just to meet us

We felt very honored.

TOUR OF TOKYO

TOUR (CONTINUED)