Monday, September 29, 2008
say hello to my leetle friend, the dragon
After 5 months of slowly getting the pictures up on the site and putting in good descriptions, I am done with everything from my business trip to Asia in May. I traveled with one other guy from work, Keith. We were there for two weeks and visited Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Huizhou, and Taipei. I have a few shots from the business side of the trip, and I have lots of shots from our evening and weekend trips.
Photos from Trip to Asia:
Flight to Hong Kong
First Day in Hong Kong
Evening at Victoria Peak
Temple Street and Mong Kok
Hong Kong and Tai Po
Shenzhen
Po Lin Monastery and Tai O
Hong Kong Museum of History
First Day in Huizhou
Second Day in Huizhou
Arrive in Taipei
Taipei 101
Before I go any further, I must thank my hosts. This was my first chance to travel to Asia, and I could not have been more impressed with the hospitality and gracious nature of everyone I met. In particular, my hosts in each location, being experts at it, made sure every aspect of our trip was planned. We didn't have to worry about anything other than what kind of food to try next. So, please let me extend a special thanks to all of them for making my first trip to Asia unforgettable.
Fortunately, Keith was not intimidated by unfamiliar food. Since I don't have this issue either, we got an opportunity to try several different types of local fare. In a lot of ways, the meals stand out in particular - Indian food around Temple Street, the seafood with Vincent, Regina, Winnie, and Thomas, a typical "Hong Kong breakfast" brought in by Vincent, the Peking Duck, the meal cooked on the giant flat irons with Daniel and Bryan, and the dumplings with Shao and Renee. Again, thanks to everyone for treating us to a variety of food experiences I will never forget. You'll find lots of photos of the meals we shared in the photo sets as well. The one photo we missed was of Stinky Tofu.
April Family Vacation to San Antonio:
San Antonio Zoo
San Antonio Children's Museum
SeaWorld
When you look through the photo sets, I hope you can get a feel for how interesting a trip it was. I enjoyed it and look forward to a chance to visit again someday. Who knows? When the kids are older, it might be a vacation destination for us. I have now visited the dragon, and it was a trip I'll never forget.
I've also posted photos from our April trip to San Antonio. We had a great time on our short family vacation. I think the kids really enjoyed it, too. Enjoy the photos. Now that I have finally caught up on these, I might actually get a few more updated before long. You never know! <wink>
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