I left off mid-trip on my last blog, so let me finish that trip.
Vietnam.. As I was looking at my photos - I struggled to find some that were not boring work / factories.
So here is a fun one:
And another of a good luck symbol - yes dead fish wrapped in yarn.
As I was touring factories, I was trying out our new toy - Hero 6 GoPro. I needed to test it out before the holidays. As you can see below I had some issues.
The view from the Bund is always beautiful at night.
Vietnam.. As I was looking at my photos - I struggled to find some that were not boring work / factories.
So here is a fun one:
And another of a good luck symbol - yes dead fish wrapped in yarn.
As I was touring factories, I was trying out our new toy - Hero 6 GoPro. I needed to test it out before the holidays. As you can see below I had some issues.
On one of the car rides through Ho Chi Minh on our way back to the hotel I tried out a time-lapse again to show the motorbikes.
And then on Sunday it was off to Shanghai with my stalker still in tow a few rows behind me.
Shanghai team time which means more food.
On Wednesday I put my stalker in a taxi - it was a week before I would see him in person again.
Team time in Shanghai meant some fun time with team from both US and Asia.
The view from the Bund is always beautiful at night.
The Bund is a popular spot for wedding photos. These brides were brave - it was cold out there (5C / 40F)
As I look though my photos, I keep find intersting ones like this. At least this one is telling customers in multiple languages what not to do - the ones I find funny are the pictures of this with only instructions in English. (Are the English speakers the issue???)
On my last day in Shanghai I ventured to Starbuck's newest store - Reserve Roastery. I was there at 10:30am on a Friday (opened on Tuesday) and only had to wait 20 minutes to enter. Definitely not like any other Starbucks I have been to - coffee was a step above.
Then on Friday afternoon it was a high speed train to Shaoxing for the next 5+ days.
Saturday's photos of interest were the rest room signs in a factory office
Another interesting part of this area in China is there is are a lot of Korean restaurants, and the people we work with know where the best Korean restaurant is. Yes - we ate lunch and dinner here, but had very different meals.
Sunday was a day off in Shaoxing. So what do you do - get a massage and check out the local area.
Here is the towel from the best (and cheapest) foot massage I have had in awhile. Granted I could not have done it alone. They spoke no English. It was so good that we went back on Tuesday after factory visits.
After an amazing foot massage, it was time to find some food. The place that was recommended was closed, so we kept walking and found this cute cafe.
On the way home we decided to check out Target's competition. Part of the store felt American and other parts not at all. I only photographed the not at all part (dried fish and fowl hanging around)
The only other interesting part of the trip was a high speed train to Ningbo and back to Shaoxing. We only got up to 294 kph (183 mph).
It was then back to Hong Kong for my only weekend there in December.
Started off mailing some surprise Christmas cards to family in the US that I picked up in Vietnam.
Last breakfast of 2017 at our favorite coffee shop.
Some photos from the apartment. Beautiful sunset on the shortest day of the year (not as drastic as MN) and Christmas lights in the harbor.
Saturday morning took me to the grocery store for ingredients for the most expensive Christmas cookies I have ever made. They were totally worth it - everyone enjoyed them.
That lead to the final work trip of 2017 - to India. Stayed at the Imperial for a night before heading to Chandigarh. Again more beautiful Christmas decorations (6th country of Christmas decorations this season - 2 more to come).
The trip to Chandigarh was on my smallest plane - a ATR 72-500 propeller plane. You enter from the rear, and the luggage was stored between the cockpit and passengers.
Here is the amazing Indian food we ate.
I flew north, but took a train back south to catch flight home to HK. It was 4+ hours on the train versus 40 minutes on the plane. Here are some train photos - and the food was not too bad.
Back to HK for less than 48 hours before vacation/holiday time. I had just enough time to prep the toes.
I will end the December 2017 blog and work on a separate blog for "Christmas 2017 / New Years 2018" in Sri Lanka. Coming Soon - elephants.
