This will be another trip

China/South Korea/Japan/Hawaii 2000 (9/30 - 11/15)

It's October, 2000 and our good friends, Chuck and Annie Hoefs invited us for a second time to join them and their family on a trip to China.

The China part of our trip included time spent in these cities: Hong Kong, Nanjing, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Shanghai, Huangshan, and Beijing.

The rest of the group returned and Diane and I went on to Xian for a couple of days to see the Warrior Soldiers. Then back to Beijing and on to Japan including Tokyo and a bullet train to Kyoto.

From there we flew to Seoul in South Korea to do a nostalgia visit of places I lived back in 1956. Nothing was the same. I worked at the Seoul airport located on an island the middle on the Han River. The island is now a fashion island and the airport is elswhere.

After South Korea we headed to Hawaii to rest up before heading home.

Airport Jane Di

Jane & Diane at SF Airport.

Anne, Jane, & Diane hit the streets in Hong Kong looking for the main shopping area.

Looks like they found the shopping area.

Diane looking cool on Victoria Peak, Hong Kong.

Jane & Di arrive in Nanjing.

Nanjing river cruise.

Boats along the river.

Jane, Di & Ginger posing with the local soldier

Suzhou rain with our guide Grace.

Watching cloth being made.

Arrived Hangzhou.

Diane enjoying tea in our hotel room.

Chuck, Bob and someone else.

We left the group at the Hong Kong and we headed to Bangkok for a couple of days before jumping on the Eastern and Oriental Express through Malaysia down to Singapore.

Bangkok, River Kwai, Penang & Georgetown, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia.

Di Thailand

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Eastern and Oriental Express

Upon arriving into Malaysia we disembarked at Penang after brunch and viewed the Eastern & Orient Hotel in Georgetown for a rickshaw ride to some Chinese temple viewing and then back on the train to pass through Malaysia onwards to Singapore.

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