Guam

 Though it's a US territory, Guam is fairly close to Japan (about a 3.5 hour flight from Tokyo).  There are many Japanese and Korean  tourists here, and not a lot of American tourists.

 We did a morning island tour, which took a couple of hours. About 30 miles long, the island's located in Micronesia.

 Coconut seller, south Guam.

Our tour included a demonstration on making coconut oil and coconut candy.

A local demonstrating how to grate coconut.

Ancient kiln, south Guam.

The resorts, restaurants, high-end shops, etc. are all clustered at beautiful Tumon Bay, on the coast of the Philippine Sea.

Christmas is coming, Reef Hotel, Tumon Bay.

At Fisheye you can dive, snorkel, visit the offshore underwater observatory.

I also saw blacktip sharks when snorkeling in Malaysia.

Heading out for a dolphin watching tour. We saw quite a few spinner dolphins.

Once a week on Guam there's a busy night market that includes grilled foods, local handicrafts, music, dancing.

Tokyo Thanksgiving

 Easy rider.

 Shrine groundskeeper using the longest broom I've ever seen.

 Meiji jingu, Tokyo's largest Shinto shrine.

 Japanese sweets.

 You get complimentary plastic gloves with this jumbo burger.

 Japanese fashionista.

 I took this shot (Akita, the famous Japanese dog) at Shibuya Crossing, the busiest intersection in the world. Up to 1,000 people cross at a time.

 Beautiful fall foilage at Tokyo's Monogatari hot springs.

 Tokyo sushi bar.

 Thanksgiving vegan seaweed rollups.

 Christmas is coming, Tokyo's ritzy Ginza district.

 The Narita Express, Tokyo Station.

Fantastical Dazu stone carvings

 Chongqing, southwest China, is located on the banks of the famous Yangtze River.

 Chongqing's Donghuimen Bridge, which spans the Yangtze.

 During my weeklong stay here it has often been cloudy and rainy, likely due to the nearby mountains.

 Night shot of Donghuimen Bridge.

 I took this photo from the boat during our night cruise on the Yangtze.

 The incredible Dazu Rock Carvings are about a 2-hour drive from Chongqing. Above is the tour guide with some of the people in our group.

 Above photo and 5 below: a few of the thousands of rock carvings.

 Because Chongqing is fairly far south, there's a wide variety of fruits.

 This morning I took the subway out to Ciqikou ancient town, about a 1- hour trip from downtown Chongqing

 Lots of spicy foods in Chongqing.

 For those really bad hair days.

 Little robotic helper.

 Noodle maker, Ciqikou ancient town.

If you like hot & spicy dishes, you'd love Chongqing cuisine.