Friday, October 17, 2014

Leaving China

Tomorrow morning we leave the hotel for the airport.  We will fly to Tokyo, then Minneapolis then Cincinnati.

By the time we get home, we will have flown 12 airline legs, traveled once by overnight train, had multiple bus and van rides, and traveled some 6,000 miles inside China, plus the miles from an to the US

Additionally, we will have stayed in Chinese villagers homes, Mongolian gers and various local hotels.

Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Barricades near Times Square of Hong Kong

Returning from Stanley on the other side of the island, we took a cab to Soho away from the water above Connaught road where an area of the demonstrations are, at Central. Quiet there and had lunch. We are staying on the other side of town, near Causeway Bay another area of demonstrations, see BBC map http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/340/media/images/77892000/jpg/_77892188_hong_kong_protests_one_image.jpg

Attached are some barricades getting ready for tonight.

Sunday, September 28, 2014

Saturday, September 27, 2014

Hong Kong




Arrived in Hongkong this morning from Wuhan. This picture is of part of the harbor on the way to our hotel