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Postcard from Budapest, 1991 Last week I posted a card I sent from Beijing to my paternal grandma days before I boarded the Trans-Mongolian. The five and a half day train ride took me to Moscow. From there, I traveled by train to Budapest and then on to Prague before flying home to Chicago by [...] Borobudur, 1991 My mom and I sent this postcard from Indonesia in 1991 to my grandma (her mother-in-law). Susan and I are having a wonderful trip. I never dreamed that Indonesia was so interesting. It is very hot, but we splurged on a very nice hotel in Yogyakarta, so didn’t suffer too much–it was nice and [...] click to enlarge Here we go again. I know I’ve already posted plenty about 1930s Shanghai and how it’s become not just a genre unto itself but a downright cliche. Still, I just love that period and can’t get enough. When I was last in Shanghai 15 years ago, the postcards with present-day images weren’t too [...] click to enlarge I sent this postcard in July, 1991 to my grandma in Albany, New York a week before I boarded the Trans-Mongolian train to Moscow. Dad and I are now in Beijing, China. We are having a nice trip. In Thailand we stayed at a hotel, but in China we have stayed with families [...] In my posts from last week, I wore the same lavender skirt in several of the photos spanning my first year in Hong Kong. Yes, I traveled lightly when I moved to Hong Kong. “People in Hong Kong dress up,” my mom warned. She was going on memory from her last time there in ’65, when [...] click to enlarge It’s Saturday morning again. I don’t know if it’s just me, but these weeks seem to fly, especially as the summer comes to an end. Or maybe I’m just getting old. To round out my week of looking back at my stay in Hong Kong 20 years ago, I remember how I spent [...] click to enlarge I spent so many afternoons in this room 20 years ago, I can still smell the musty fragrance of the building. When you’re halfway across the world and 19 years old, it’s nice to have a place to go where you can feel at home. I lived across the quad from the Office of [...] click to enlarge I first arrived in Hong Kong 20 years ago this week. To commemorate this anniversary of sorts, I’m going to dedicate this week’s posts to my favorite memories of my favorite city. I sent this postcard to my paternal grandmother in 1997, a few months before the handover. My mom’s colleague and his wife [...] click to enlarge click to enlarge I loved traveling through Southeast Asia in the 1990s because so many places seemed like they hadn’t changed in decades. Vietnam was one of those places and Cambodia another. Take these hand-written boarding passes. My mom used one in 1965 and I used the other in 1991. We both flew Vietnamese [...] click to enlarge When I look at this photo, I want to cry. It’s not because I’m appalled by the living conditions or the monotonous architecture. Or the fact that many people have no choice but to live in these buildings. (In fact I’m not appalled by any of this. I love the architecture.) When I say [...] |
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