Japan

日本賞楓泡湯之旅
Grandpa and Grandma went to Japan to enjoy the hotspring and see the beautiful maple leaves from November 4th to 9th.


They made and grilled their own rice cake.

The beautiful sceneries were breath-taking and memorable.

Grandpa and grandma experienced the "Hotspring of Forever Young/Eternal Life" It was next to the ocean and brownish because of the iron minerals in the hotspring. What could be better than to have delicious food after a nice hotspring? 溫泉加美食，真是人間一大享受！

Grandpa saw a persimmon tree and attempted to pick one.

Photo with geisha.

Some more nice sceneries of Japan.

HuaLien

Our annual Chuang's get-together took place in HuaLien this year on October 4 to 6. Cynthia, Karel and their 5-month old daughter Athena joined. Yvonne also invited her friend Chris to come along. Including grandpa, grandma and Sandy's family, we have a total of 11 people. It would have been perfect if Darway could get away from his busy schedule to join the trip.

We took the Taroko Express to HuaLien, visited the Taroko National Park and stayed over at Tien-Shien for the night. Grandpa and grandma spent some quality time with the three grandchildren.

Several members got up early the second day to hike the trail near our hotel. We then went down south to visit Butterfly Valley, a forest reserve and stayed there for the second night.

On the third day, we came up north along the sea coast back to HuaLien. It was a fun and enjoyable trip for all. We got to see the beautiful mountain, the blue ocean and enjoyed good food.

For more photos of the Hualien trip, please visit the following blogs.

http://thomas-ryan.blogspot.com/2008_10_01_archive.html

http://cynthiakarel.blogspot.com/2008_10_01_archive.html

Yunnan, China

Grandpa went to Yunnan, China for distributor's meeting from September 19th to 25th. He took the chance to tour Yunnan before and after the meeting. It was a very beautiful place with its unique culture, people and traditions.

Grandpa experienced how the aborigines lived, what they ate and visited their community.

The temples there were influenced by the Thai temples so they were very similar in architectural styles.


Grandpa also visted Li-Zhan, an UN-listed cultural heritage site.