Yvonne Caruthers is a cellist in the NSO.

Here are a few photos from Hong Kong and Macau. We took a jetboat just like the one in the photo to get from HK to Macau.

The weather is hot and humid, rather like DC in the dog days of August. Yesterday there was a huge thunderstorm while we were having a rehearsal and the thunder was so loud we could hear it onstage! Jet lag makes it hard to stay awake in the evenings, and breakfast is a popular meal for a few days. The audience at last night's first concert (Macau) was very enthusiastic (and sold out!) ---always a nice way to start a tour. The yellow building is in the historic (Portuguese) part of Macau, a UNESCO protected site.

H1N1 is a REALLY big deal here. We get scanned at least once a day to see if we have an elevated temperature. I like the scanner that looks like it was borrowed from the set of WALL-E. You stand in front of it for 3 seconds while it "looks" at you.