http://groups.yahoo.com/group/castleandcardinal/ MIT ADVANCED ROTC GRADUATES 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. Sun, 01 Nov 2009 09:30:45 GMT Hawaiian WebMaster http://groups.yahoo.com/group/castleandcardinal/message/148 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/castleandcardinal/message/148 Ni Hao and Aloha, It was on our second night in Beijing that our tour group was treated to a special dinner where the Peking Duck was served to us. For the Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:28:35 GMT Hawaiian WebMaster http://groups.yahoo.com/group/castleandcardinal/message/147 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/castleandcardinal/message/147 THE SUMMER PALACE It was on Friday, 16 October 2009 - the day after our arrival in Beijing, that we visited the Summer Palace. Sitting in the Haidian District, Sat, 31 Oct 2009 02:39:43 GMT Hawaiian WebMaster http://groups.yahoo.com/group/castleandcardinal/message/146 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/castleandcardinal/message/146 THE TEMPLE OF HEAVEN It was on Friday, 16 October 2009, when our tour group visited the Temple of Heaven (literally the Altar of Heaven). It is a complex of Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:30:29 GMT Hawaiian WebMaster http://groups.yahoo.com/group/castleandcardinal/message/145 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/castleandcardinal/message/145 THE FORBIDDEN CITY It was on Saturday, 17 October 2009, when Nena and I and the 68 other members of our tour group visited the Forbidden City. This was on the Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:37:18 GMT Hawaiian WebMaster http://groups.yahoo.com/group/castleandcardinal/message/144 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/castleandcardinal/message/144 Ni Hao and Aloha, Our tour group left Hong Kong last Wednesday, 28 October, for Honolulu. And two nights prior to our departure Nena and I as well as the other Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:02:37 GMT Hawaiian WebMaster http://groups.yahoo.com/group/castleandcardinal/message/143 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/castleandcardinal/message/143 Aloha, It sure is nice to be back home again ... after being away for the past 15 days visiting different cities in China. It has been one tour that Nena and I Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:51:32 GMT Hawaiian WebMaster http://groups.yahoo.com/group/castleandcardinal/message/142 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/castleandcardinal/message/142 Ni Hao, It was on Saturday, 17 October 2009, when Nena and I finally had the chance to see and also climb the Great Wall of China which is one of the Seven Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:29:15 GMT tony pacleb http://groups.yahoo.com/group/castleandcardinal/message/141 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/castleandcardinal/message/141 Ni Hao Ma Juny and Nena, Its good you are now hsving a tour in China and you now see the what other people have been telling that China is a backward Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:11:37 GMT Hawaiian WebMaster http://groups.yahoo.com/group/castleandcardinal/message/140 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/castleandcardinal/message/140 Ni Hao and Aloha to All, I just wanted to extend warm greetings once again to all my cyberspace friends and also keep you updated on our on-going 15-day tour