'Twas a most wonderful and enlightening trip up the canal. The sights, the sounds, and especially the smells, are all a part of a world which is totally foreign to me. Or, as we say back home, "unique and somewhat different".

I am stuffed with all the good food to be had along the way, and my bag is full of souvenirs of the trip. I even bought a set of those fine calligraphic brushes for a rether monkish friend of mine.

Thanks again for a fine tour.