catching up with Stan's photoblogs - Japan and S. Korea

From Stan

Sending from Starbucks at the port in Hong Kong, ‘cuz ship internet has not been effective and we haven’t found internet access at  port stops in Busan or Shanghai (I’m sure it’s available, but our time was too limited to locate it). I’m backed up preparing reports—maybe I’ll never catch-up, but am gonna try. Here’s report #9 on Kobe, Japan—not our best port stop so far (due to a complex comedy of circumstances and weather) and perhaps the most difficult report to compose to be nice and see the positives and downplay negatives.

Definitely on the plus side:

We’ve avoided the worst of the cyclonic storms.

We weren’t in a museum in Tunisia
Kobe, Japan

World Voyage Report #9

https://docs.com/1KH2I

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8bStWwJ2x3PaWh6eVVxbU5vcGM/view?usp=sharing

Busan, S Korea

World Voyage Report #10

https://docs.com/1KH2J

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8bStWwJ2x3PSU9BdWVYbWJjaTA/view?usp=sharing

We are heavy into port stops for awhile now - busy, busy. In Saigon coffee shop - the Vietnamese really have caught the coffee craze - though I guess they have their own style.  We were mostly looking for air conditioning and a waiting place (cathedral will open in a bit, then back to the bus.