August, 1983
Dear
Got back to Jakarta last last night. Off to a meeting now. All well will write and try to phone this weekend.
Love, Bill
Jakarta, Indonesia
Bangkok, Thailand
Fall, 2002
Sawatdee!
Having a marvelous time in Thailand. My friend has been here several times and makes an excellent guide. Toured temples today and an elephant ride. Will go to the Burmese border tomorrow and think of you.
Love
Bangkok, Thailand
February, 1989
Dear
Greetings from lovely warm Bangkok. I hope all continues to go well in Moscow.
We go to Chiang Mai tomorrow, where I have never been before, and then back here Sunday Evening. I hope you are all warm and cozy.
Love
Indonesia
Jakarta, September 1988
Hi
Would you consider this for your wedding? Or maybe your maid of honor could wear it! We are “R and R”ing in the big city this weekend. Our guesthouse is very nice, but we need a change of scenery and food, now and then. One of the team leaves for Texas this aft. so we road up with him. I have finished the petit point – how what to do with it?? Jakarta is HOT and HUMID compared to Bogor. But will enjoy anyway.
Love
This Balinese bridesmaid was photographed shortly after her sister was married during a ceremony held in Tahanan on Bali’s West coast.
Shanghai, China
July 1988
Dear
My flight was OK. Full plane to Tokyo and two hour delay out of Tokyo but no problems. It is cool and raining here. My hotel is lovely. Haven’t seen much of the city yet but from my hotel room there are a lot of green trees and it looks nice.
Love
Bangkok, Thailand
July 1987
Dear
The original part of the hotel still looks like this but they have a modern, lovely hotel around it. It is still one of my favorite places in the world. The flight over was long! 24 hours! With stops in S.F and Tokyo. Saw three movies – The Tin Men, Hoosiers and Burglars on the plane. Burglars was good.
Take care
July 1988
This should reach you by the time of your birthday! Happy Birthday! Our hotel is lovely! Looks quite different now than in this photo but this is more or less as it was when we first stayed here in the 50’s. Hope all is well and your trip to Boston is fine. I am having a new silk suit made.
Love
February 1990
Hi
We all met as planned at airport about midnite last nite (24 hour trip – tired). This hotel (the new version) is just gorgeous and comfortable – we are impressed. We had big slabs of papaya for breakfast in the sun along the river. Wish you were here.
Love
The Oriental, Bangkok, Circa 1876
From its earliest origin as a rest house for western adventurers, The Oriental has stood for quality of life that made it an oasis midst the hub-bub that prevails all about. As it was over 100 year ago, so it is today.
Khumbu, Nepal
Kathmandu, May 1993
Dear
Lovely mangosteen, rambutan, papaya in Bangkok but non here. Heavy rain in evening but day starting fine. Hotel plain but OK. My colleague on assignment is good field man. Saturday’s here is day of no work. All OK so far. Slept well last night.
Love
Bali, Indonesia
February, 1970
Our trip gets better all the time!! We saw a marvelous hour-long dance yesterday plus many other interesting things on a tour. This hotel is even better than the Pierre Marques – with a little Hindu temple on the grouds where dances are given. We’ve decided to stay in Fiji for several days instead of Tahiti on the advice of everyone.
Love
Djanger Dance is such interesting that some of the tourists returned with a group Djanger dancers to perform in their country.
Taipei, Taiwan
March, 1989
Sending you our love from Taichung!
The weather is lovely. We had a nice visit in Hong Kong with a niece and her family. Our friends are here also, though haven’t had a chance to meet them yet.
J
Yangmingshan Park is 16 kilometers north of Taipei at an altitude of 443 meters.It is particularly beautiful during Spring time when the cherry blossoms and azaleas are in their full bloom.
Indonesia
Jakarta – August, 1988
Dear
We hope you are having a nice birthday! We are weekending in Jakarta in a lovely hotel, have been shopping in a wonderful dept. store – more than a whole floor of batiks. I could spend a week just looking! The guesthouse is full of Australians at the moment – interesting all and I’m not alone all day as I was at first. But I manage to keep busy.
Love and Kisses
The Balinese Barong is a mythological symbol of the forces of good in the universe.
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