I put up our home page link to our PANDA pics in the Picture Links section.

Here's the direct link to the page

Masaki

Fantastic photos, Masaki. Thanks for bringing back such terrific memories.

Cheers, Anne

Great memories thanks for posting all of those Masaki.

Fantastic photos!!! That was probably 10% of what you took? I'm still trying to get mine labeled and uploaded.

Fantastic pictures! I especially enjoyed the photos of Marika with her cousin. Thanks for including them. Some of those pictures taken at night with the lights are outstanding. It looks like you ate your way through a wonderful vacation.

Masaki, I LOVED your pictures! Especially of all that strange food! It was wonderful to see you and Amanda connecting wih both sides of your family on this cruise!

Excellent photos, Masaki. You have some nice shots that we somehow missed, and it is fun to see the things you did that we didn't do. We did not make it to Shanghai old town and the soup dumplings as we had that planned for Sunday morning, when we ended up leaving early. Next time!

Dena

Truer words were never spoken. :D I'm surprised that I only gained 5-6 lbs over the course of the 3 wks. I attribute that to all the walking that we did as part of our cruise tours. :)

Thanks for all the kind words. I'm looking forward to seeing other people's photos! Dena - that's part of the fun - to see what other things happened that you missed and you can earmark them so you don't miss them the next time!

Masaki

OK be prepared to be bored/horrified by my horrible photography skills.

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Well done, Lauri! More great memories. I'd almost forgotten what Japan was like, it seems like we were there so long ago...

Dena

Your photography skills are just fine in fact I think you can officially be a member of the LCT Lots of Camera Talent society. Some really good shots from Xian. Thanks for sharing.

Lots of good pictures Lauri! Thanks for sharing.....

Thanks for the kind words. I just kept shooting and shooting. Maybe one day I'll get close to Ken's tallent.

Lauri - you sell yourself way too short. You had some great shots! What happened to your Li River pictures though? It seems like things jumped from Guilin to Hong Kong.

BTW, one small correction - in your Kyoto pictures, the picture that's labeled "fish with ?miso?" ... those are actually pickled vegetables. The big white slabs are radishes (daikon). The brown stuff you see on them is rice bran - this form of pickling is called "nuka-zuke".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nukazuke

More information than you ever wanted to know about Japanese pickles.

Masaki

My computer had a minor freak out. I'll try to upload again.

I think they are all there now.

Grant, Mitch, Ken....I want to see how the pros photos came out :banana:

I am so busy studying for my sleep boards in a few weeks that I have had little time to play with my pictures but I will eventually get them posted. By the time I do, I may need Masaki to help me name the vegetables, too. By the way, I have been considering dressing up either as a daikon or possibly, a sea slug for Halloween!
:)

Eww. :eek:

I guess I can cut you some slack; boards are no fun!

The nuka-bed must be stirred well daily to keep it from becoming putrescent, moldy or infested with vermin.

YUM!!! Almost as good as fermented squid for breakfast ;)

Great pictures Masaki! It definetly brought a smile to my lips...especially the seafood feast in HongKong. I loved the pictures of Marika with her cousin Emma. Laurie, your pictures are terrific too. I especially enjoyed Tokyo b/c Mitch and I never got there. Thanks to all for sharing!

Masaki, your pictures are just beautiful! Thank you so much for sharing them with us.

Nancy

I think a sea slug might be interesting though others might mistake it for an earthworm. :)

Like your Li river cruise pics too, Lauri! And we shouldn't forget Ron too - would love to see his pics too!

Masaki

Which Ron? I met 3 or 4 of them (made it easy to remember names ;) )

Ron Litteken never gets around to posting his pictures. Given up on him!!!

Oh, OK that Ron...I met Ron and Linda, Ron and Amy, Ron and Gloria, Ron and Karen...see just too many Rons!!

I'm counting on you and Ken copying his pictures when he's not paying attention and posting them on the board, Ngaire. :)

Definitely would love to see more of Ken's pics when he gets a chance.

Masaki

Awesome pics, M & L!! Thanks so much for sharing.

I agree, wonderful pictures!!!

I just realized that many of my Tokyo photos didn't upload the first time. I've added them now.

Wow, you *were* missing a few pics - wonder how that happens??

Thanks for the kind comments!

Masaki