Asia 
Japan by Bullet Train(0)
We took a 17 day family trip to Japan in June 2002. It was the first time the girls had been to Asia, so it was a quite different experience for them. We bought bullet train passes and made good use of them as we journeyed from Tokyo to Hiroshima, Kyoto, Takayama in the mountains and Nagano, before returning back to Tokyo. In each city we took day trips to places such as Nikko, Miyajima Island and Nara.
Through China from Beijing to Hong Kong
China is a unique destination and we spent three weeks exploring some of the major sites of the country. Our goal was to go from Beijing to Hong Kong, relying primarily on trains. We made it most of the way by this mode of travel; a holiday period delayed our exit from Xian so we took one internal flight to make up the time. Along the way we saw everything from the Great Wall to pandas to local markets, making this a memorable experience.
Cosmos: Mumbai, India
We arrived in Mumbai (formerly Bombay) at 3:30am. We stayed with a family that consisted of a couple with a four year old boy.
Cosmos: Agra (Taj Mahal), India
After leaving our hosts in Mumbai, we took a 21 hour train trip to Agra, home of the Taj Mahal.
More Asia:
- Cosmos: Delhi, India
- Cosmos: Sikkim, India
- Cosmos: Rajasthan National Parks, India
- Cosmos: Rajasthan Cities, India
- Cosmos: Brunei
- Cosmos: Bangkok, Thailand
- Cosmos: Northern Thailand
- Cosmos: Phnom Penh, Cambodia
- Cosmos: Angkor Wat, Cambodia
- Cosmos: Southern Thailand
- Japan: Tokyo and Nikko
- Japan: Hiroshima
- Japan: Kyoto and Takayama
- Japan: Nagano and Matsumoto
- China: Beijing and the Great Wall
- China: Luoyang
- China: Xian - Terracotta Warriors
- China: Chengdu and Dali
- China: Kunming and the Stone Forest
- China: Yangshao
- China: Hong Kong
