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Lugang, Taiwan - March 2010

An old college buddy swung through town with his family for a quick visit so we scrambled down to Lugang, home to the oldest temple in Taiwan. Kurt's been living in Singapore the last 15+ years running his biz which he sold a couple years ago. He'll be repatriating to the Portland area in about 6 months.

Clyde (I think)...

...and Drake (I think)

Clyde and Drake (definitely). Clyde is the elder...by a minute.

Some dried crayfish and mussels for sale outside the temple.

The Beuter clan (in the background)

Busan - lunar new year vacation, February 2010

A stop in Busan to connect with family for this important holiday.

The beautiful night view from our hotel.

New totems at the trailhead of our favorite hike.

Tokyo - February 2010

Daddy makes a 3 day swing through Tokyo to gather his wits and get inspired. Spent all three days roaming endlessly around Shibuya, Roppongi, Harajuku and Shinjuku without taking any public transport. Needed that exercise to work off the previous weeks' indulgences.

Roppongi Hills panorama

A crazy Gundam inspired building I just happened across roaming around Shibuya.

Shinjuku

Japantech - so tuff. Automated soap dispenser, water and hand drying all engineered into one sink.

Timberline Lodge - lunar new year vacation, January 2010

Ailey is really enjoying skiing and making rapid progress so we snuck up to Timberline to enjoy the incredible historic landmark and get Ailey some more lessons. Her first instructor labeled her "a little ripper".

The incredible Timberline Lodge.

Monstrous ice cycles from outside the hotel window.

Hot tubbing in the snow.

Dr. Kara goes old school.

Before her first American lesson.

With Auntie Kara

It was a challenge to keep up with "the little ripper". I took some video of her screaming down the mountain but its too shaky to upload as I couldnt keep pace.