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Hammonds, Smith-Hammond and Smith66 viewsDespite our party's high wheel-to-foot ratio, we managed to get around pretty easily. mudmine
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Drum tower, seen from bell tower34 viewsThe city drum and bell towers are paired up in the north-central part of the city.mudmine
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Watchtower on the Great Wall31 viewsmudmine
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At the beach, Hoi An61 viewsSaleslady looks on uncomfortably as Christine prepares to eat an Asian pear browned by the refrigerator. It really stressed out the snack ladies on the beach to see us eat this pear with its ugly brown insides, and they tried strenuously to talk us out of it and save us from the inevitable stomachache that would follow. This particular snack saleswoman, by the way, had teeth completely blackened from betel nut. Apparently a lot of old people in the Vietnamese countryside chew betel nut, a stimulant. The black coating it gives their teeth is even supposed to have a protective function!mudmine
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Confucius36 viewsSakyamuni (seminal figure of Buddhism), Laozi (seminal figure of Taoism), and Confucius all occupy one room of the temple, reflecting the temple's syncretism.mudmine
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Spectacles Lake waterfall34 viewsA typical Chinese 'outdoor' experience--a carefully designed series of vistas of constructed naturalness, crawling with people.mudmine
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Hilary and Yingchong outside entrance to Tian wang miao37 viewsTian wang miao=the temple of the king of heaven. Great view of cozy little Fenghuang from up there.mudmine
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Gate of the Bell Museum29 viewsLike almost every other museum and park in Beijing at the moment, the Bell Museum is undergoing extensive reconstruction in preparation for the 2008 Olympics.mudmine
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Venetian fortress, overlooking the Peloponnesian town of Návplion103 viewsAfter touring the Great Meteoron in Meteora in the morning, we drove six hours south, stopping briefly at the surprisingly perfunctory monument at Thermopylae, where a Spartan-led army in 480 BC managed to delay the invading army of Persia, and crossing the isthmus of Corinth onto the Peloponnese. It was a long drive that ended in us getting stuck in a tiny dead-end street in Návplion and, with the crucial assistance of a Greek guy who didn't want us parking there, backing in and out of a narrow parking spot in order to turn around and drive out again. That ordeal took at least a half an hour, but seemed much longer, as we were all tired, hungry and cranky. But in the morning, even after a largely sleepless night in a very noisy hotel, we were able to get some good coffee and pastries at a small cafe, and snap this picture of the fortress overlooking the town.mudmine
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Sonja and mom, relaxing in the den264 viewsmudmineJun 29, 2010
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Sonja puts on some lip balm250 viewsmudmineJun 29, 2010
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Sonja and Beckett at snack time222 viewsmudmineJun 29, 2010
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Bath goggles, version 1.0220 viewsThese are actually Hilary's swim goggles. They proved ineffective, so Sonja got her own pair later.mudmineJun 29, 2010
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Beckett helps Sonja put on her bib217 viewsmudmineJun 29, 2010
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Sonja in hat and mittens211 viewsFor some reason--perhaps the 90-degree weather--hat and mittens are a popular play costume these days. mudmineJun 29, 2010
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Another smile for the camera201 viewsHow's this, paparazzo?mudmineJun 29, 2010
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Sonja enjoying a snack at her table208 viewsmudmineJun 29, 2010
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Joanna and the toddlers208 viewsmudmineJun 29, 2010
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Joanna and Rowan202 viewsmudmineJun 29, 2010
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Checking out the otters187 viewsmudmineJun 29, 2010
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Examining a giant stone egg202 viewsmudmineJun 29, 2010
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| | | | | Beyond BeijingTrips to China and elsewhere from earlier this year, and from earlier in our lives. |
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