Hong Kong Wetland Park

Howdy,
I hear it is a tad chilly back in Alberta.  Do I dare say it was about plus 25 today, actually almost a little too hot.  Sure I dare cause I am here and you are there.  Hopefully you will forget these little low blows when I return cause I am due for a pie in the face or at least a snowball.  Ouch there I did again.  Sorry. This week I went with my PE 10's for a day to Tung Lung island.  It is on the way out of Victoria Harbor and is famous for excellent rock climbing cliffs that jut out into the South China Sea.  Pretty spectacular.  The kids had to do all these survival type activities, one of them was repelling off a hundred foot cliff.  With some pressure from the kids I put my faith in a very slender line and plunged into a rocky abyss and survived, obviously.  It was an excellent moment that I won't ever forget.  Next week I should have some photo proof as well.
Today I took a rather lengthy train ride into the new territories to Tuen Mun and visited the Hong Kong Wetlands Park.  It was pretty decent.  Saw some interesting creatures and enjoyed a walk around a well organized and maintained park.  As you can see from the pictures there are several huge apartment buildings that border this park.  I still am amazed at the amount and size of these buildings, but how else do you cram almost 8 million people in a tiny area and still have lots of nature.
So once again, as usual, I experienced something different and unique this week.  What a great place Hong Kong is and I am grateful for how unique and interesting it is.  Till next week folks.

Adios,

Dirk

Hong Kong Heritage Museum

Hello All,
The weather has been Vancouver like all week.  It was so misty that the top of my apartment building was shrouded in a cloud and I had trouble seeing it from the bottom.  Kinda depressing.  I don't think I would do very well in Vancouver.  It might be minus 20 in Alberta, but when there is blue sky there is hope.  Things are supposed to get a little better next week so I am looking forward to that.  As a result of the rain I finally succumbed and went into a museum.  Museum's here are good and they only cost 10 Hong Kong to get in, about a dollar 25 Canadian so that is great.  I toured the Hong Kong Heritage museum and it was like going to Heritage Park, a funky art show, a classic art gallery, and a typical museum full of excellent dishes and bowls.  I'll let the pictures speak their thousand words.  Adios.  Till next time.

Dirk

Wet Market

Howdy,
One of the interesting features of Hong Kong is a thing called the Wet Market.  These are open air markets which as you will note from the pictures can be kind of gross.  Meat is hung up freely and fish, dead and alive are offered as well.  The vegetable and fruit stands are pretty good cause it is cheap and fresh. Not sure why the markets are called Wet, maybe it has to do with the fish but they are everywhere throughout Kowloon and Hong Kong.  There are some normal supermarkets as well, yet they are kind of small and space is tight. It took a while to develop some nimbleness to navigate through those stores.  Any ways this week is a short entry.  Pictures are worth a thousand words.

Adios,

Dirk