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We had a few good friends over to try out our new cookbook from Reuben ...
Updated: Aug 29, 2009 6:00pm PST
A food talk/cooking demonstration at Beijing's Black Sesame Kitchen.
Updated: Aug 29, 2009 1:16am PST
Another Property We're Considering in the Western Cape
Updated: Aug 01, 2009 2:46am PST
We spent four nights in Kruger National Park, in NE South Africa--two ...
Updated: Jun 05, 2009 8:39pm PST
Cape Town (and a little Johannesburg)
Our first stop in South Africa was the area around Cape Town. We spen ...
Updated: May 30, 2009 2:51am PST
We spent a few days in the Winelands outside of Cape Town, including t ...
Updated: May 30, 2009 2:44am PST
After a few days of rain in the Cape Winelands we took refuge in the s ...
Updated: May 30, 2009 1:34am PST
It's been a little while since I posted photos of the puppy; now he's ...
Updated: Feb 21, 2009 1:29am PST
Photos from our trip to Catalonia during Chinese New Year
Updated: Feb 04, 2009 6:29am PST
I took a new colleague/friend and his wife around the Xinyuanli Market ...
Updated: Jan 16, 2009 7:48pm PST
Still More Photos of the Most Photographed Sheltie Puppy in Beijing
Updated: Jan 11, 2009 2:23pm PST
Part of our continuing effort to make Ivan the world's most photograph ...
Updated: Jan 05, 2009 4:33am PST
We bought our new puppy, a 2-month old Shetland Sheepdog, at the Tongz ...
Updated: Jan 02, 2009 7:09am PST
The former industrial area is now a zone of art galleries
Updated: Dec 26, 2008 1:21am PST
The whole HR team from work had dinner at Haidilao (海底捞)
Updated: Dec 13, 2008 11:55pm PST
We and our trainer, Alpha, have set up a personal training club in Bei ...
Updated: Nov 22, 2008 11:12pm PST
We invited ten good friends to celebrate Thanksgiving a few days early ...
Updated: Nov 22, 2008 8:25am PST
Photos from my sister's trip to China, from all over Beijing
Updated: Oct 26, 2008 2:52pm PST
The area of Longji (Dragon's Spine) is about 100km from Guilin in the ...
Updated: Oct 26, 2008 8:04am PST
One of our favorite places in China, though each time we visit it lose ...
Updated: Oct 26, 2008 6:20am PST
China's ancient capital, and home to our favorite night market.
Updated: Oct 26, 2008 4:56am PST
Dinner with the Chaine des Rotisseurs at the Commune by Kempinski
Updated: Aug 31, 2008 12:50am PST
Assorted photos from Beijing during the Olympics.
Updated: Aug 23, 2008 6:14pm PST
Group C Preliminaries (Romania, Belarus, Germany, S Korea, Slovenia, L ...
Updated: Aug 10, 2008 6:40pm PST
Some of the people and animals we came across in Bali.
Updated: Feb 14, 2008 3:30pm PST
Mostly photos of the dances/performances we attended, with some other ...
Updated: Feb 14, 2008 2:53am PST
A UNESCO-listed biosphere in northern Sichuan.
Updated: Oct 26, 2007 5:43pm PST
We spent the National Day Golden Week holiday in Chengdu and the Jiuzh ...
Updated: Oct 07, 2007 5:29pm PST
Ta Keo, Banteay Samre, Chao Say Tevoda, Beng Mealea, et al
Updated: Aug 23, 2007 6:58am PST
The famous "tree temple" that Lara Croft visited in Tomb Raider...
Updated: Aug 23, 2007 6:57am PST
Pictures of the town of Siem Reap and the surrounding countryside.
Updated: Aug 23, 2007 6:56am PST
The world's largest religious structure, and the central temple in Sie ...
Updated: Aug 23, 2007 6:16am PST
The famous "face temple" and the "Great City" of the late Angkor Perio ...
Updated: Aug 23, 2007 5:56am PST
A bit out of the way, but with the finest carvings of the area.
Updated: Aug 23, 2007 5:23am PST
Lhasa: Jokhang Temple and Barkhor Area
The Jokhang is Tibet's most important temple, and the Barkhor area aro ...
Updated: Aug 02, 2007 7:11pm PST
The Potala Palace! Before the advent of the skyscraper in the West, t ...
Updated: Aug 02, 2007 7:10pm PST
Lhasa Area: Ganden and Drak Yerpa Monateries
Ganden and Drak Yerpa are important monasteries on the outskirts of Lh ...
Updated: Aug 02, 2007 7:03pm PST
Lhasa: Drepung and Nechung Monasteries
Drepung was the world's largest monastery, with 7000 monks. Nechung w ...
Updated: Aug 02, 2007 6:55pm PST
Tibet's third largest city, with the famous Gyantse Dzong and Monaster ...
Updated: Aug 01, 2007 3:53pm PST
Visiting Tibet entails lots of driving, and often the views are stunni ...
Updated: Aug 01, 2007 3:27pm PST
Tibet's second city, and home to the best-maintained monastery in the ...
Updated: Aug 01, 2007 6:44am PST
Photos of the highest saltwater lake in the world, Namtso Lake in Tibe ...
Updated: Aug 01, 2007 6:39am PST
The old capital of China in the Tang and other dynasties has a lot of ...
Updated: May 09, 2007 8:01am PST
One of our favorite places in China, the town of Yangshuo is a 4-hour ...
Updated: May 08, 2007 4:58pm PST
One evening and a morning spent in the gateway to Yangshuo's lovely sc ...
Updated: May 08, 2007 8:01am PST
We visited the northernmost major city in China in mid-January to see ...
Updated: Apr 10, 2007 8:11pm PST
On March 31 and April 1 we had a nice weekend, weather-wise, and took ...
Updated: Apr 01, 2007 4:16am PST
We spent a lovely couple of days in Tokyo in March 2007, visiting frie ...
Updated: Mar 16, 2007 4:52pm PST
Tsukiji Market is one of the largest fish markets in the world, and is ...
Updated: Mar 15, 2007 5:13pm PST
The Yasukuni Shrine is where Japan venerates those who died defending ...
Updated: Mar 15, 2007 4:49pm PST
The Meiji Shrine is where the memory of Japan's reformist emperor Meij ...
Updated: Mar 15, 2007 4:35pm PST
Kamakura was the capital of Japan at one time, and is the home of a ve ...
Updated: Mar 15, 2007 4:08pm PST
A Taoist temple just a few minutes away from our apartment.
Updated: Feb 04, 2007 1:09am PST
Incredible Inca ruins in magnificent setting
Updated: Jun 05, 2006 6:16pm PST
Another holiday with our favorite traveling companions.
Updated: Jun 04, 2006 5:52pm PST
In August/September 2005, we traveled to China for James' second trip ...
Updated: May 29, 2006 7:15am PST
In May 2006, we took a two week trip to Peru to visit the main sights. ...
Updated: May 27, 2006 3:13pm PST
An unexpected destination, courtesy of Delta Airlines
Updated: May 25, 2006 2:30pm PST
Manu Wildlife Center, Peru 2006
Protected biosphere area in Amazon Jungle
Updated: May 25, 2006 2:27pm PST
A visit to see the condors and scenery in the world's second-deepest c ...
Updated: May 25, 2006 3:45am PST
Beautiful Inca town (originally in Puma shape) at 11,000 feet
Updated: May 24, 2006 5:36pm PST
I had another client trip to China in spring 2006, visiting Beijing an ...
Updated: Apr 18, 2006 6:40am PST
Wuzhen is one of the famous "water towns" in Zhejiang and Jiangsu in t ...
Updated: Apr 18, 2006 6:29am PST
Germany/Switzerland March 2006
Visiting clients I still managed to do some sightseeing.
Updated: Mar 19, 2006 3:34pm PST
Every year we make a gingerbread house as the centerpiece of our Xmas ...
Updated: Dec 28, 2005 2:52pm PST
The "garden city" of China, a center of silk production along the Gran ...
Updated: Oct 22, 2005 5:18am PST
The city of Guilin and town of Yangshuo are set among some of China's ...
Updated: Oct 22, 2005 5:14am PST
Meals from all over China during our 2005 trip
Updated: Sep 28, 2005 12:50pm PST
Suzhou: Master of the Nets Garden 网师园
Supposed to be one of the best gardens in Suzhou; we prefered the Humb ...
Updated: Sep 24, 2005 11:52am PST
Suzhou: Humble Administrator's Garden 拙政园
One of our top two or three gardens in Suzhou!
Updated: Sep 24, 2005 8:36am PST
Quite out of the way, but getting there was fun and the garden itself ...
Updated: Sep 24, 2005 8:35am PST
Not the best part of Suzhou, but not bad either.
Updated: Sep 24, 2005 8:03am PST
Suzhou: Lion Forest Garden 狮子林
Not in the Lonely Planet guide, this turned out to be one of our favor ...
Updated: Sep 24, 2005 6:08am PST
Suzhou: Garden for Lingering In 留园
One of the big gardens of Suzhou.
Updated: Sep 23, 2005 5:56am PST
It seems every time we go to China we buy furniture; this time we boug ...
Updated: Sep 23, 2005 4:14am PST
Huangshan, in southern Anhui Province, is one of China's most sacred m ...
Updated: Sep 22, 2005 3:13pm PST
The Lijiang River between Guilin and Yangshuo is one of the prides of ...
Updated: Sep 22, 2005 3:19am PST
Photos from a moveable feast with our redoubtable traveling companions ...
Updated: Aug 20, 2005 5:33pm PST
A gallery for our dogs, Leo the Labradoodle, Genghis the Laika mix, Re ...
Updated: Jun 18, 2005 5:40am PST
Our first--and last--cruise, to the Western Caribbean
Updated: Jun 16, 2005 2:45pm PST
