Barbara J. Hamby
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Beginning Our Asian Cruise
Osaka Street
Osaka Harbor
We rushed around on Monday, May 15th, arranging for a place to live after the sale of our manufactured home closes on July 1st. We turned in our application at King City Apartments, asking… . . . click here to continue
June, 15th, 2006
May 18th - Hiroshima
Hiroshima Peace Park
Our bus tour of Hiroshima began at 2:00 p.m. Our guide was a beautiful young Japanese woman, rail thin and just over six feet tall. She spoke well, but her knowledge seemed limited to the prepared material she had been given. Al’s questions, as well… . . . click here to continue
June, 14th, 2006
Friday, Enroute to Vladivostok
Sunset-Sea of Japan
At 9:15 a.m. we have a pilot on board, guiding our ship through the Kanman Kaikyo Channel toward the Korean Strait and eventually, Vladivostok, Russia. I’m looking at other ships passing us going both ways. We just went by a clamshell dredge working on a channel. Al… . . . click here to continue
June, 12th, 2006
Vladivostok
Vladivostok
After two days at sea, we arrived in Vladivostok in the wee small hours of the morning. Al was up around 5:00 a.m. I think, to look around. Not I. With the video camera and the digital, he began recording the sights. From our balcony, we can see skyscrapers and… . . . click here to continue
June, 11th, 2006
Pusan, South Korea
Pusan Building
Pusan Pier
Another day at sea passed quickly. On Tuesday morning, May 23rd, I attended a lecture on Global Immigration by the same University of Michigan professor I had heard two days before. Her… . . . click here to continue
June, 10th, 2006
A Day at Sea - En Route to Shanghai
Sea of Japan
May 24th was spent at sea. The morning was the second foggy one we’ve had on the trip. The ship’s horn penetrating the fog is a pleasant sound in the cabin. If you happen to be walking near the bridge, however, deafness threatens.
After… . . . click here to continue
June, 09th, 2006
Shanghai’d in Shanghai
Shanghai Harbor
When we arose this morning our ship was berthed on the Huangpu River. At 6:45 announcements began for people on the earliest tours to report to a lounge to be eyeballed by Chinese Immigration officials while temporarily holding passports. As soon as each passenger went through Immigration… . . . click here to continue
June, 08th, 2006