We're Back!

China was amazing to see. It is definitely a different culture, and I'm glad we got to see it. We started off with a 1 day layover in Tokyo, and then "China" started with Hong Kong. After a couple of days, we crossed the border into China and visited factories, local restaurants, and malls of Schenzen, Dongguan, and Gaungzhou. We visited a furniture company, Valspar, V-tech, a toy company, small kitchen appliances company, and a gas appliance company. We took a 2 hour train back to Hong Kong where we visited the Hong Kong Science park which helps new technology ideas get started into businesses. We took a ferry to Macau island which is a huge gambling city (just like Vegas). All in all, we did a few touristy things - we took a Gondola ride up to a Big Budda statue on a mountain, visisted many markets and shops, walked along Hong Kong's "Avenue of the Stars" (Chinese stars that is), saw the laser show, and stayed in fancy hotels (for cheap). But the best part was the amount of non-touristy things we got to do - spend a whole day with South China University students, local restaurants, Science Park, universities, manufacturing facility tours, and driving through the streets of non-metropolitan China. It was a really great trip, but we are glad to be home!

Pictures will follow. I could only upload 250 at a time, so this is the first batch. It's late, so I'll load the second batch another day. I know there's a lot...maybe you can scan. I tried to put descriptions on some so you know what you're looking at. Enjoy!