2009 Photos from Asia

• King Richard, Shanghai, January 2009
  
  
• King Richard's crown, Shanghai, January 2009
  
  
• dinner with students and faculty, East China Normal University, Shanghai, January 2009. Back row: Wu Jin (吴军), Xie Jin Xia (谢瑾霞), Xu Mi Mi (徐咪咪), Du Ruo Xia (Rosena) (杜若霞). Front row: Ding Yun (丁云), me, Yang Dan Mei (杨丹梅)
  
  
• Presidential Palace, Nanjing, 10 January 2009
  
  
• two moons, Qinhuai River, Nanjing, 10 January 2009
  
  
• Elephant Walk, Zhongshan Mountain National Park, Nanjing, 11 January 2009
  
  
• vegetarian shrimp at a Buddhist restaurant (note vegetarian pork at the right), Zhongshan Mountain National Park, Nanjing, 11 January 2009
  
  
• Mausoleum of Sun Yat-sen (Sun Zhongshan), Nanjing, 11 January 2009
  
  
• feathered friends, Zhongshan Mountain National Park, Nanjing, 11 January 2009
  
  
• car aquarium (note fish swimming inside), Chang Feng Park, Shanghai, January 2009
  
  
• magic teapot, Shanghai, January 2009
  
  
• sugar candy, Chang Feng Park, Shanghai, January 2009
  
  
• Haibao (海宝), Chang Feng Park, Shanghai, July 2009: mascot of Shanghai Expo 2010, ubiquitous in Shanghai. "Haibao" means "Shanghai treasure" or "treasure of the sea."
  
  
• Table tennis, East China Normal University, Shanghai, July 2009
  
  
• ECNU, Shanghai, 9:31 a.m., 22 July 2009. Why so dark? It was during a total solar eclipse. Sadly, the weather was cloudy.
  
  
• Du Ruo Xia (Rosena) (杜若霞) with lotus seed shells, West Lake, Hangzhou, July 2009
  
  
• Fountain show, West Lake, Hangzhou, July 2009
  
  
• Lotus garden, West Lake, Hangzhou, July 2009
  
  
• Dinner with Takayuki Hibi, Sapporo Park Hotel, Sapporo, August 2009
  
  
• Sapporo from nearby hill, August 2009
  
  
• Hiroaki Terao, Sen-Peng Eu, Christos Athanasiadis Sapporo, August 2009
  
  
• Cranes, Sapporo, August 2009