Hi Everybody! Some of you have e-mailed me that you are having difficulty seeing the photos that I have posted. Try this: Click on the link that is sent to you telling that there is a new journal entry. When the entry comes up, it will have a title like "Taj Mahal." Above the title will be the words: Journals by Everette. Click on Everette and it will take you to the main page of the blog. Next, click on Gallery. I am creating a gallery for each country. If you see a photo for a country, click on the photo [View Full Entry]

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Hi Everybody! Some of you have e-mailed me that you are having difficulty seeing the photos that I have posted. Try this: Click on the link that is sent to you telling that there is a new journal entry. When the entry comes up, it will have a title like "Taj Mahal." Above the title will be the words: Journals by Everette. Click on Everette and it will take you to the main page of the blog. Next, click on Gallery. I am creating a gallery for each country. If you see a photo for a country, click on the photo [View Full Entry]

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Hi Everybody! We got here in the very early morning hours. Luckily, we were able to sleep some on the plane. Leaving the plane, we had to go down an escalator. Many people were carrying rolling bags and duffle bags. The Indians did not move away from the escalator. People started backing up, bumping each other, falling over, etc. I was very uncomfortable! We helped a young Muslim girl from Canada who had a small child in a stroller. I watched the child so she could complete her immigration papers. We had sent our passports to the Embassy of India in [View Full Entry]

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Hi Everybody! I made a mistake when I explained about Bali's currency. $1000 Bali rupies =10US cents, $10,000 R= $1 US, $100,000 R= $10. That was very confusing. I was glad when some shops accepted US dollars. The people in Bali are very poor. 80 million people in Indonesia live on $1 a day. Some of the workers told us that they mostly live on rice. Rarely can they afford to have any meat. They said that their most skilled workers make around $100 US per month. A man on the plane told me that he had a couple of stone [View Full Entry]

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Hi Everybody! Today, I am going to mention a few things that I had forgotten on previous blogs. We have seen many men and women in various countries exercising in the early morning hours in parks and on schoolgrounds. The men seem to be doing martial arts and exercises using wooden swords. The women do a slow type of dance or aerobics. Bali is covered with beautiful flowers. Everywhere you look, you see them. It is very tropical. There are many European and Australian tourists. We haven't met any Americans here yet. The money is hard to figure out for me. [View Full Entry]

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Hi Everybody! When we first arrived in Bali, it looked like a cross between the Bahamas of the 60's and Mexico today. I wasn't sure that I was going to like it. All of our airports have been very modern. Bali's is old and not as efficient. Life goes at a slower pace here. We are staying on the beach in the southern part of the island in an area known as Kuta. We have decided to just take this time for R & R. We don't want to go on any tours to see elephants, monkeys, or volcanoes. We may [View Full Entry]

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Hi Everybody! We are staying downtown in a convenient location. We love our hotel, Sunworld Dynasty, which we got on the internet for a great price. It has an open lobby with glass elevators and is quite fancy. We decided to not take a tour but to adventure out on our own. We walked to the government area of town and saw the Chiabng Kai-Shek Memorial Hall. The people here revere this former leader and have a huge statue of him in the hall with military guards. There were many beautiful national buildings in this area, like the National Concert Hall, [View Full Entry]

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Hi Everybody! Sorry that I haven't been able to write. We have been very busy and when I have tried, the computers have gone down. We are thoroughly enjoying our trip and are making do when there are language problems. We have met many new friends, especially in Korea. We stayed on base in an exceptionally nice 300 room hotel with health club, Starbucks, several restaurants, etc. The Asians serve you many dishes with a meal. It is fun to try new foods. If I like it I eat it, often not knowing what it is. So far, we haven't gotten [View Full Entry]

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Hi Everybody, Thanks for your messages. I love hearing from you and getting your suggestions of places to visit. I have put a few pictures on the blog of Hong Kong and Japan. You just need to click on Gallery and then on the photos displayed. I have several of HK and 2 of Japan on there. You may be able to see a slide show with a click. The climate is warmer in Japan than I had predicted. It is in the mid 70's. We have not seen any Americans, Africans, or Muslims while we have been here. We met [View Full Entry]

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I forgot to mention that sushi was on the breakfast buffet along with shredded lettuce salad. I skipped those and chose more standard fare. I will admit that I ate meat today that I was not sure of its source. I repeatedly asked the waitress what it was. She just garbled words back to me. I had said that I wasn:t going to eat anything unless I was sure what it was, but I lied. Hungry overcomes reasoning. We took a short trip to Gifu Park today. The Japanese gardens were lovely. We took a cablecar up to the Gifu Castle. [View Full Entry]

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