http://groups.yahoo.com/group/castleandcardinal/ MIT ADVANCED ROTC GRADUATES Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:33:41 GMT Hawaiian WebMaster http://groups.yahoo.com/group/castleandcardinal/message/163 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/castleandcardinal/message/163 Ni Hao, In my recent posting about MACAU, if you were unable to view the slideshow when you clicked on the link provided, try this one shown below ... Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:09:51 GMT Hawaiian WebMaster http://groups.yahoo.com/group/castleandcardinal/message/162 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/castleandcardinal/message/162 Ni Hao! Macau was not scheduled as part of our 15-day tour of China. It was only offered to us as a side trip when we were still in Hong Kong for three days Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:40:02 GMT Hawaiian WebMaster http://groups.yahoo.com/group/castleandcardinal/message/161 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/castleandcardinal/message/161 Ni Hao, If you were unable to view the accompanying slideshow for my recent posting about the LI RIVER CRUISE, try clicking once again on the link shown below: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:06:01 GMT Hawaiian WebMaster http://groups.yahoo.com/group/castleandcardinal/message/160 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/castleandcardinal/message/160 THE LI RIVER CRUISE The City of Guilin which is situated northeast of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on the west bank of the Li River was the Sat, 14 Nov 2009 02:19:01 GMT Hawaiian WebMaster http://groups.yahoo.com/group/castleandcardinal/message/159 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/castleandcardinal/message/159 THE YU GARDEN MARKET Thursday, the 22nd of October, was our last day in Shanghai. In the morning our tour group had a chance to see the Yu Garden Market where Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:57:31 GMT Hawaiian WebMaster http://groups.yahoo.com/group/castleandcardinal/message/158 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/castleandcardinal/message/158 Ni Hao and Aloha, During our two-day stay in Suzhou from October 20 to 21, one popular tourist attraction we visited was the Xitang Water Town. It is situated Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:34:02 GMT Hawaiian WebMaster http://groups.yahoo.com/group/castleandcardinal/message/157 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/castleandcardinal/message/157 VETERAN'S DAY Veteran's Day, which is celebrated on November 11th, was proclaimed by President Eisenhower on June 1, 1954 as a day to honor all the brave men Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:45:06 GMT Hawaiian WebMaster http://groups.yahoo.com/group/castleandcardinal/message/156 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/castleandcardinal/message/156 LINGERING IN GARDEN It was on Wednesday, 21 October 2009, when our tour group visited the Lingering Garden which is located at 338 Liuyuan Rd. Suzhou, Jiangsu Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:38:26 GMT Hawaiian WebMaster http://groups.yahoo.com/group/castleandcardinal/message/155 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/castleandcardinal/message/155 THE CHINESE ACROBATIC SHOW Thursday, the 22nd of October of 2009, was the last night of our short 2-night stay in Shanghai. And it was on this night that we Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:22:03 GMT Hawaiian WebMaster http://groups.yahoo.com/group/castleandcardinal/message/154 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/castleandcardinal/message/154 SAMPLING TEA IN A CHINESE TEA HOUSE During our short stay in Shanghai (October 20 and 22, 2009) our tour guide took us to a Chinese Tea House where we sampled Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:03:02 GMT Hawaiian WebMaster http://groups.yahoo.com/group/castleandcardinal/message/153 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/castleandcardinal/message/153 THE SHANGHAI BUND After a hectic two-day stay in Xi'an we flew to Shanghai which is the third of nine cities in our 15-day tour of China. We landed at the Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:51:11 GMT Hawaiian WebMaster http://groups.yahoo.com/group/castleandcardinal/message/152 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/castleandcardinal/message/152 THE TERRACOTTA WARRIORS The main highlight of our visit to Xi'an came about on the 19th of October of 2009 when our tour group toured the archeological site of Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:22:08 GMT Hawaiian WebMaster http://groups.yahoo.com/group/castleandcardinal/message/151 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/castleandcardinal/message/151 THE TANG DYNASTY MUSIC & SHOW It was on the 18th of October of 2009 and the first night of our stay in the City of Xi'an that our tour group was hosted to a Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:45:03 GMT Hawaiian WebMaster http://groups.yahoo.com/group/castleandcardinal/message/150 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/castleandcardinal/message/150 THE CITY WALL OF XI'AN Xi'an, one of the oldest cities in Chinese history and the capital of the Shaanxi province in the People's Republic of China, was the Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:39:58 GMT Hawaiian WebMaster http://groups.yahoo.com/group/castleandcardinal/message/149 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/castleandcardinal/message/149 THE GIANT WILD GOOSE PAGODA It was on Sunday, 18 October 2009, when Rocky, our local tour guide from Xi'an, took us for a visit to the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda.