Asia Trip in June
Asia Trip in June
Monday 23rd June - Wednesday 02nd July 2008
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| 15:09:02 Hong Kong by night. | 15:09:18 And again but close up! | 14:30:46 A busy restaurant in Hong Kong. |
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| 12:01:11 Here we are at Fukui in Japan. | 12:01:36 Marvellous flowers! | 12:01:52 Close up. |
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| 12:02:09 And more. | 12:03:08 And again! But different species! | 12:12:19 The corridors of the ryoukan where we stayed. |
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| 12:16:35 Typical Japanese window in our room. | 12:17:13 The washitzu (or Japanese style room) | 12:17:21 Another angle. |
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| 12:19:10 Rare picture of me sitting at the table. | 13:07:23 Tsubo-san, Keiko-san and mighty Kutsunugi-san at the dinner table. | 13:08:55 Keiko, Kutsunugi san and me! |
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| 13:09:44 Me and Tsubo-san, he looks like a samurai in this pic! | 13:10:14 Some edibles here. | 13:11:07 The tempura dish, note the beautiful rice paper! |
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| 13:11:41 A sort of appetizer sushi-looking dish | 13:11:48 Another appetizer! | 13:12:39 The four of us at the table (with mandatory beer) |
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| 13:24:31 Kutsunugi san opening a VERY EXPENSIVE sake bottle (made in Fukui, one of the best places for rice and sake) | 13:24:40 Close up of this marvel. | 13:29:49 This fish is called "black throat" |
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| 13:42:20 Kutsunugi san eating another fish (rive fish that is) | 13:42:28 The fish in question. | 13:49:43 Me devouring the thing! |
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| 14:46:55 Some cakes! | 15:59:07 Time to play some Takkyu (table tennis). Keiko won the torunament after a very long final match against myself! | 16:43:51 More corridors in the ryokan. |
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| 16:45:29 Forest at night. | 17:09:32 Futon ready! | 17:10:39 The spa rooms at night. |
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| 17:12:23 This is the name of our room | 00:00:22 The forest at dawn (I could not sleep) | 00:06:30 A fake old style Japanese fireplace... |
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| 00:08:02 The onsen room early in the morning... simply beautiful! | 00:08:27 More details of the onsen, steam piling up on the camera... | 00:08:57 More onsen shots, this time a picture close to the water... |
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| 00:11:34 Out of the sauna, there are a lot of flowers around this ryokan! | 00:12:54 Waterfall! | 00:13:04 When you say that the ryokan is immersed in the forest.... |
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| 00:13:40 Morning sky. | 00:14:32 More hotel in the forest shots. | 00:15:52 Ghetas.... |
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| 00:20:32 The corridors again! | 00:21:19 Pine trees from below. | 00:21:50 Lovely flower in the middle of the forest! |
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| 00:21:58 That's that flower from below too. | 00:22:12 Closeup of the lily... | 00:24:04 More room names. |
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| 05:27:06 This is Tsubo-san factory, quite interesting since everything is made of wood!! | 05:27:36 Silk getting ready to be spinned. | 05:28:43 More factory shots. |
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| 06:04:57 Outside the factory there are some onions to dry... | 06:05:04 Getting ready to go! | 08:35:34 Here I am in Osaka at a very nice ramen shop. |
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| 04:53:05 Random people in Tokyo. | 04:54:41 More random people in Tokyo. | 05:06:56 Love this one shot! |
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| 05:16:17 More random people. | 05:16:43 A VERY YOUNG trainspotter! | 14:11:24 Chiafeng, Becky, Eric and myself in Taipei! |
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| 14:20:36 Tapei 101 - a great view! | 14:22:18 Close up of the tallest skyscraper in the world! |
