{"id":911,"date":"2013-08-16T11:31:52","date_gmt":"2013-08-16T15:31:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mayliang.us\/?p=911"},"modified":"2013-08-16T11:31:52","modified_gmt":"2013-08-16T15:31:52","slug":"asia-lite-summer-vacation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mayliang.us\/?p=911","title":{"rendered":"Asia-Lite Summer Vacation"},"content":{"rendered":"

What we did on our summer vacation:\u00a0 we visited Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Honolulu\u2014what I laughingly call our Asia-lite trip (anytime you go to Asia and you can drink the tap water, it\u2019s not a true Asia trip).<\/p>\n

The weather was hot and humid in both Hong Kong and Tokyo, but they were really fun trips.\u00a0 Here’s a view from our hotel in Hotel Kong:<\/p>\n

\"view<\/a>
view from the Island Shangri-la Hotel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Hong Kong Disney was a blast, and we were fortunate the day we went because there was some cloud cover and a slight breeze.\u00a0 Then, in true Hong Kong fashion, it poured during one of the parades where the characters spray you with water guns.\u00a0 As the kids said, \u201cWe didn\u2019t get wet from the water guns at all!\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Hong<\/a>
Hong Kong Disney parade<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We also discovered the Museum of Coastal Defence in Hong Kong.\u00a0 (I know, the British spelling can be most disconcerting.)\u00a0 They used one of the actual bunkers to create the museum, which is very well done.\u00a0 Once again, the only quibble I have is the commentary about modern times.\u00a0 (\u201cReunification has brought about a new solidarity and brotherhood of common defence.\u201d\u00a0 Or something along those lines.)<\/p>\n

Tokyo was just a brief stop in order to participate in the US-Japan Leadership Program\u2019s weekend activities.\u00a0 It was lovely to see a lot of people whom we hadn\u2019t seen in a while and catch up.\u00a0 It was also nice to meet the new delegates and discover what an impressive group they are.\u00a0 We had a tour of the Diet (the Japanese Parliament building), walked around the fish market, and toured the Nezo Museum, which has a small but excellent collection of Chinese antique bronzes.\u00a0 (They have several other items of interest, but we love Chinese bronzes.)<\/p>\n

Our final stop was Honolulu where we stayed at the Halekulani, our favorite hotel there.<\/p>\n

\"Waikiki\"<\/a>
Waikiki<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The kids took surfing lessons every day; we visited the Bishop Museum, the Honolulu Art Museum, and the Plantation Life Museum.\u00a0 For a bit of kitsch, we went to the Dole Plantation, where we went through the maze and, most importantly, ate some Dole Whip.\u00a0 (I mean, yes, you can get fresh pineapple there, too, but what would be the fun in that?)\u00a0 We had some fabulous dinners at Alan Wong\u2019s, Morimoto, Town, and Sushi Sasabune.\u00a0 More about the meals later.\u00a0 Their magnificence deserves their own blog entries.\u00a0 We also weathered Tropical Storm Flossie, which fortunately for us, only lightly touched Oahu.\u00a0 I\u2019ve included some photos showing the imminent arrival of the storm (and the view from our hotel room).<\/p>\n

\"view<\/a>
view upon arrival<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Tropical<\/a>
Tropical Storm Flossie approaching<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Tropical<\/a>
Tropical Storm Flossie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"after<\/a>
after Tropical Storm Flossie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It was a relaxing and fun break, and we look forward to our next trip there!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What we did on our summer vacation:\u00a0 we visited Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Honolulu\u2014what I laughingly call our Asia-lite trip (anytime you go to Asia and you can drink the tap water, it\u2019s not a true Asia trip). The weather was hot and humid in both Hong Kong and Tokyo, but they were really fun […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[33,3,82,4,46,26,103],"tags":[335,327,338,332,18],"class_list":["post-911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-disney","category-family","category-fun","category-holidays","category-hong-kong","category-honolulu","category-tokyo","tag-disney","tag-family","tag-hong-kong","tag-honolulu","tag-us-japan-leadership-program"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p23QXm-eH","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mayliang.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mayliang.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mayliang.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mayliang.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mayliang.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=911"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mayliang.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/911\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":920,"href":"https:\/\/mayliang.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/911\/revisions\/920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mayliang.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mayliang.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mayliang.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}