Cruisin’ Asia, 2012
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a typical, beautiful evening view from the ship
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we had clouds to keep us company
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the entry to Muroran’s harbor
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this is how you help dock a giant cruise ship
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this was how we tried to strangle our room steward
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Scott’s favorite from the shipboard breakfast buffet
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when it felt like we finally arrived in asia
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our first meal in Japan was of course sushi
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at the Muroran train station
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our first ramen in Japan
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parts of the town were shut down because it was an off-day
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on the way up to a Muroran temple
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a typical denizen of a Japanese shrine
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Japan is full of cute snacks
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in Lost In Translation style, Western actors feature in strange Japanese advertisements
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Muroran came out in force to bid the ship farewell
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the sunlight was spectacular across the water
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ships on their way in to Vladivostok
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gateway to Vladivostok
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bridges on the way in to Vladivostok
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Vladivostok is full of Soviet-era shrines
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workers in a Communist montage
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we took a tour on a tiny Soviet-era sub
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“VLADIVOSTOK” in Cyrillic
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a tiny Russian Orthodox church
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we happened upon a Buddhist artwork exhibit in Russia
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Soviet-era statues and posters
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a window made from pressed stained-glass
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a giant cruise ship is an attraction for locals
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hero of the workers
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plants growing out of the wall along the Shanghai riverside
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a sculpture along the Shanghai riverwalk
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Colonial-era buildings along the Shanghai riverside
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a little fishing pond in a Shanghai park
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a grid to help support growing bamboo
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a demon doorknocker in yuyuan gardens
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there were beautiful water features all over Yuyuan garden
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a staircase wouldn’t be a staircase without being flanked by critters
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detail from one of the roofs in yuyuan garden
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Yuyuan garden, old Shanghai
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natural arch in the Shanghai gardens
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there’s always room for starbucks!
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a spicy squid snack!
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an iconic view of Shanghai buried in layers of smog
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one of our last sunsets at sea
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more like a spaceship port than a ship dock
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nearby the hazy city was under massive construction
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people in Dalian wore bizarre mishmashes of fashionwear
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near all the downtown shopping in Dalian
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us on a mirrored escalator
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mollusks for sale in China
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a fantastically strange building near the dalian docks