As I sorted through pictures this weekend, these reminded me of our trips together from 2005-2007,. We, now regrettably, took remarkably few pictures of ourselves on our travels. I share these few with you.
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| Making pottery in Okayama, Japan |
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| Katsura Villa, Kyoto, classical capital of Japan |
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| B's favorite city Kyoto - classical, gardens, temples ... peaceful pockets |
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| Next to B's house - lived 8 months in Kyoto as teenager |
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| Ryoan-ji most famous Zen rock garden |
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| With proprietess of elegant Kyoto restaurant |
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| Her exquisite, dainty, aesthetic multi-course meal |
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| A special all tofu restaurant - plain, but comforting |
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| Mano a mano in Chengdu |
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| 'OK, one more apple, now smile ...' |
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| The Potala |
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| Alas, my lassie in Lhasa |
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| Rotating the Tibetan prayer wheel |
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| My aunt (mother's sister) in Guangzhou |
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| Father at the gate to his ancestral village Conghua |
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| Father visited his ancestral home for first time in 70 years - all-but abandoned, but full of memories . |
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| Extended Li's - father's cousins and nephews |
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| Enjoying her most favorite xiao long bao at their origin in Shanghai |
