Part 8 of our June 2009 trip to China with the Speizmans. Wednesday, June 17 – Bus to Stanley Market, Sunset at Four Seasons For old times’ sake, we took the #6 bus from the Star Ferry terminal across the island toward Stanley, passing our hold homes and haunts. This was a chance to show …
Part 7 of our June 2009 trip to China with the Speizmans. Sunday, June 14 – Xian to Hong Kong We split off from the Speizmans for the next few days. They headed toward the karst mountains and river valleys near Yangshuo and Guilin while Allie, Barb and I headed to Hong Kong. This was …
Events that crossed my radar and memories, these many years later. This effort is aided and abetted by reviewing Wikipedia’s listings of each year’s events, in this case, 1971, 1972, 1973 and 1974. 1971 We arrived in Hong Kong on August 15, 1971 with Typhoon Rose. It took us a while to come to terms with Hong …
For our 10th anniversary, Barb and I took a special trip to Hong Kong with Larry and Ashley Harder, then came back through Hawaii, staying at the Mauna Lani Resort on the Big Island. Being our 10th anniversary, I resolved to do this trip right. We had been in Hong Kong for a few days …
This post is based on an album I put together in 1976 or so called “Bill – The Story So Far.” I have other pictures from Hong Kong in my with-Barb days, 1974-76, but these are what was in that particular album. I will find some way to collate others as I come across them. …
This post is based on an album I put together in 1976 or so called “Bill – The Story So Far.” I certainly have other pictures from Hong Kong in my pre-Barb days, 1971-74, but these are what was in that particular album. I will find some way to collate others as I come across …
Related Post: Working at Bei Jing-Washington, Inc. Related Post: February 1982 Beijing-Shanghai April 1982, Beijing My second trip to China, about six weeks after the first trip, was longer and eventually afforded some more time for sightseeing. It was my second time to Beijing and Shanghai, so I had a little bit better sense of my bearings, and …