The Diary of Annis H. Strong

A Trip Around the World

January 23, 1929
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After lunch Geo. and I
both were vaccinated.
Could make no snapshots???
at Shanghai. So dark and
rainy.

Thursday Jan. 24″
Not quite so cold but stlll
dark and rainy –
Not much roll to the steamer –
We have been told that most
of the new passengers will
leave us at Hong Kong –
A part of the Chinese at
least are going to Mecca
to worship at the shrine
of Buddha there –
A quiet day on board
played bridge in the morning with Mr. + Mrs.
G.A. Firestone –
Retired at 11P.M.


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2 Comments

  1. steve

    A couple of things caught my eye here:
    “Could make no snapshots”??? Were they taking photos along the way? Where are these photos???

    Also, I found it interesting that she said there were passengers going to Mecca to worship at a shrine of Buddha. That seems wrong. Maybe it doesn’t say Mecca. Maybe she was mistaken about what they were worshiping. Or maybe there was a shrine to Buddha in Mecca. I’ll need to do some research there.

  2. steve

    Also, no real mention of the smallpox vaccine. Just that they got it.

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