The trip first takes in Japan, then Hong Kong, and Singapore. In Singapore, he loses a case containing all of his notes, and learns to lecture without them. He visits some Indian institutes and then flies to Israel. After tourist stopovers in Istanbul and Athens, they arrive finally in London as guests of Abdus Salam. He begins work on a research project on bound states in strong forces, which leads nowhere. He gives invited talks throughout the UK. They spend some time in Italy before attending the Rochester Conference of 1962, in Geneva. Weinberg receives news that he has been promoted to associate professor. They return to New York via Lisbon, after 280 days away.