Time for Some Sites!

Starting at the flight over... the mountains of Siberia from the airplane window! Shanghai from the Shanghai TV Tower...Once in Shanghai... outside the police station, the officers park their bikes... see the red light!

A cool shot that kinda shows what this whole trip is about! Technology at the speed of light!A view of Tiannamen Square in Beijing, China...

The smog was a little thick the day we visited the Bird's Nest of the 2008 Olympics fame!

A few views of the Great Wall of China...

Men gather in parks to play cards and dominoes and more. Look into the tree... see the birdcages? The people don't have dogs (too expensive, really!) so they take their birds out for their social gatherings to give them some air!
A view of the Emporer's Summer Palace in Beijing.

Yes, these are seahorses on a stick at the Bizaar Foods Market... that's nothing compared to some of the stuff there!!Our "pedi-cab" driver... like a rickshaw but using a bike for power!Ah, yes! A cup of coffee never tasted so good!! It is a Starbuck's!

Nagoya Castle in Nagoya, Japan... A detail of the rooftop of the Castle...

What it looks like when East meets West... or modern meets history! A lion guardian outside of a Shinto shrine...In Nara, we visited many a Buddhist Temple and Shinto Shrine... enjoy the next few slides of the sites...
Nara, Japan at night... we had to dress in kimono for dinner... we all ventured out to see the lights of the pagoda. The pagoda was wonderful, the people on our trip were more the spectacle!!

By the lake early in the day... A Buddhist shrine in Kyoto, Japan... rain visited us today, but it didn't dampen the wonder!

These Faces Fascinate Me

The people of Asia have been some of the most sincere people that I have met... they don't know me or our group from a hole in the wall, but that doesn't matter to them - they smile with abandon, they laugh and offer help without a hesitation, they are gentle souls.