Dad's Trip to Asia

John went to Beijing and Tokyo for work for 11 days in October. He left Monday, October 10 (and with the time difference, arrived Tuesday night!) and spent a week in Beijing, then spent four days in Tokyo before returning Friday Oct 21. Thanks to some great local hosts (natives and American ex-pats), he was able to sample some great food and see some amazing sites. The highlights were staying at a farmer's hostel about 2 hours outside of Beijing and hiking the Great Wall the next day, as well as seeing the main tourist attractions in both Beijing and Tokyo. Click here to see some photos. (Once you click through this link - you can click on "Options" on the top left to always show the title and description if they aren't showing; you can also adjust the speed from the "Options" tab. Also, for some odd reason this always starts at the third photo in the series. If the first photo shown is of a wall rather than a red wall with a picture of Mao, you might want to click the "Prev" button twice on the top of the screen. If not, there's enough other pictures you won't miss much!)