想了幾年的河背水塘遊，臨行前一晚驚覺朋友家原來距離河背水塘很接近，於是便邀請朋友同行，順道泊低架車。

這是第二年出席日本的學術會議了，上年在大阪，今年在神戶。在會議前後及空餘時間，除了遊覽神戶外，我還去了幾個鄰近的旅遊勝地，包括姬路、淡路島、岡山及倉敷等。

Ocean Park is part of my Hong Kong trip in 2001. I only went to some particular attractions especially the giant panda.  

久違了的香港圖書館協會海外考察團，雖然我在五月尾才到過新加坡旅遊，但我還是爽快地報了名。一來是這些圖書館並不一定可以隨便參觀，二來是可以憑這次機會跟海外圖書館打交道。

外遊照，地點不明。  

Pictures was shot around late January 2001 when Alan was in the New York. All pictures were taken by him with his Minox camera.  

Ken held his new house party at his house in Staten Island, NY on March 2000. The photos were taken by Kevin’s digital camera. Some friends attended including Carol, Kevin and Winnie, Nelson, Wilson and …

除夕夜想開支紅酒，順理成章在冰箱找出兩塊一吋厚牛扒。牛扒不算厚，不用焗也不用慢煮，每面煎三分鐘可以了。

這次安排了去日本，反正國外許多地方都未完全開放，對上一次日本遊已是 2019 年。這次京阪之旅沒有特別行程，唯獨是信用咭有海外餐飲回贈，順道預約了一家米其林一星的壽司店。