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Saturday, December 29, 2018

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Weed Whacker statue

Not sure if I was to take it seriously.

Graffiti

On bamboo? Sure makes sense in this part of the world.

Skinned rabbits are the ones in red.

Not good.

Frozen frogs at Walmart.

Seriously not yum.

Old men passing time.

Yes this picture was taken by me in 2012.

The World meets in Kunming.

The way people should be everywhere. Chinese youth group meets South African youth group.

A tricycle.

This is a small load. Fairly common in China.

Brent

Catching up on the wise sayings of Chairman Mao.

Poor bunnies.

So sad!

Some of Brent's relatives.

Brent is on your far right. For some reason I am always told that I am tall when I go to China. Hmm go figure.

Two fine travellers.

At the bird market.

At the nunnery.

Can you spot O and O?

Jungle Trek

Deep in the jungles of southeast Asia two intrepid travellers from the cold north brave the plus 25 and march steadily up steps laid down by the British years ago.

Jungle Trek

High on a cliff overlooking the mighty jungle stand two hardy travellers from the distant shores of Canada!! Yeah!

Two World travellers.

At the Ladies Market, one of the world's greatest knockoff markets in the world.

Opa.

The happy photographer.

Classic Opa.

Note added feature. A survival backpack as big as the astronauts of Apollo 11. When in China do not leave home without it!

Eating rice and seafood.

With chopsticks. A wedding anniversary to remember!

Alvin

Alvin the man!

Alvin

The sitting on your lap game. I think the person on Alvin is a touch heavy.

Alvin

Alvin tied up in the human knot.

Alvin

Eating with the gang near the ocean.

Alvin

Supervising the carrying of a student.

Alvin

Alvin getting dragged along by a camp leader.

Yeah!!!!!!

Maple Leaf forever!

BC, Canada

Mexico

Pyramids, Egypt

Great Wall, China

Sydney Opera House, Australia

A typical walking/biking path on sweet Lamma Island!

Settlement of Yung Shue Wan

Lamma Beach!

Jungle

On the way to the beach.

Eating bean curd!

Its ok. Like a watery pudding. The Chinese love it, like we do nachos.

Homes on Lamma

They call these village houses. Note the thing on the roof. Thats for sunprotection. Would be a great place for a barbecue.

Beach stuff on March 18!

A few bikes.

Seafood

Fresh seafood!

Fire in the forest.

You get a few of these trees like this together and it looks like a forest fire. This explosion of colour only happens in the spring.

Wow

I will now state the glaring obvious: These leaves are rather large.

Purple orchids.

Kite flying looking blossoms.

Red something or other.

Trees that shed their bark.

Stark, but beautiful.

Elephant Grass

Shimmering in the sunlight.

Purple something or other.

Note wasp hovering below

Red Sea Urchin

Actually this is a blossom on a rather ordinary looking bush.

A few domestic helpers.

On an overpass near Central in Hong Kong.

Domestic Helpers on Sunday

Hanging out on cardboard.

Boxes

Chaos on the street as Domestic Helpers pack their stuff.

Boxes

Getting things ready to send back home.

Domestic Helpers taking over steps on Sunday to socialize.

Taking over steps on Sunday to socialize.

Big and not so big.

Dogs wearing Chinese coats. Hmm

Need I say more?

Wild Blossoms

Austin Mini!

Hairy Crabs

Sven looking at HK at twilight.

Chinese students watching a pick up basketball game.

Shatin highrises

Mui Wo from on high

Kowloon from Lion Rock

Tai O

View from a mountain down to Pui Wo.

View from Shun mon Springs

Sweet peace

Chinese Barbecue

Toast, fish, porkchop, mushrooms in tin foil, and of course hotdogs.

Fat cat.

Eating some left over fish. Yum!!

Burnt Offering

A barbecue is not a barbecue without one of these.

Barbecue.

Chinese style.

Climbing wall.

Lots of screaming.

Basketball.

Greatly loved by the Chinese.

Ping Pong.

They hold the rackets like they do chopsticks.

Soccer

Played on cement.

Worship Time

Songs were sung in Cantonese and English

Dried Squid!

Hello dinner. Not!

Dried fish market.

Smells bad, looks bad, different culture different tastes.

The famous stilt houses of Tai O.

These small fishing houses on stilts are all inhabited.

A fish being descaled.

This lady was sending scales all over the place. On her and anyone close by. Interesting.

Cats!

A flock/herd/school/pack/gang/gaggle/ what do you call a group of cats anyways! feeding on rice. Go figure!

Chinese White Dolphins

You could actually see them from way up on the cliff overlooking the ocean.

The fjords of Norway, I mean Tai O on Lantau.

Ridge Walkway.

You could see the white outlines of the dolphins in the ocean from up here. The views were great.

Dragon dance.

The guy in the front would stand up, wiggle around, shake the head, and make the dragon look real. But the poor guy in the back. Oh boy. It would suck to be the hindquarters. Poor guy probably has to go to a chiropractor first thing when the dancing is all done.

Chinese Village houses.

Note bikes. This village does not allow cars. That is very good.

Cattle

They roam free all over Lantau like deer.

Fishing boats.

View to the South China Sea.

Vendor selling his meagre items.

Note roots, and hoodie to ward off the plus 20 cold. Wiiiiimp!

Lok Fu Park

The park has a sweet 250 meter track that rolls gently up and down around a lovely will maintained park. Who needs a backyard when you can go to one of these places?

Kill Hill. Lok Fu

I ride my bike up this hill for exercise. This is just a third of it. Not fun but good for your health

Well taken care of forest. Lok fu!

The concrete jungle of Shatin.

Amah rock , jungle and Shatin in the background.

Trees that lose their bark.

Weird seeing these orange trees with peeling bark. Huh?

Ancient rock steps through the jungle.

Braving the elements

Eating lunch outside at plus 8. Brrrrr

Crab for lunch.

Now that was truly yum!

Spicy Fish Balls

Yum?

Dried fish.

Yum!

Scene on the street.

Descaling of a large fish.

Fishing Boats

Cheung Chau is famous for its seafood.

Cheung Chau

Typical street scene. Lanterns are up for Chinese New Years.

Dragon's Back Trail

A little cold today.

View of Shek O from the Dragon's back.

Jungle trail on January 24.

Chinese Princess Dog

Since it is a frigid 12 above, a lot of dogs are wearing their Chinese winter jackets. Wimps.

The Ferry security guy.

Note happy face button.

Pineapple chicken.

Thai food is great.

Pat Sin Leng

Our destination. The peak on the right.

View on the way up to Pat Sin Leng.

Cloudy rainy, dramatic.

Up to the peak of Pat Sin Leng .

You are ugly yes you are.

Man from Canada

A fine old woman.

Poverty in the Philippines.

This was hard to witness.

Time for a kiss chicken.

Owie on your forehead

Peek a boo I see you

Is that a laugh ready to blow out?

Sweet old lady

Sweet Baby

Old wise man.

Sweet

I think sunglasses are too big in China

Year of the Dragon!

Dragon Heads

Dudes put these heads on and dance around. Since it is the year of the dragon these heads will no doubt get plenty of use.

A CNY display.

The circle thing is real stone.

A Mandarin Orange "bush."

Mandarin's grow on trees, I have seen them for real, but somehow the Chinese have turned some of the trees into bushes. These mandarin bushes are everywhere. It is orange season. Note the notes of blessings on the bush.

CNY display.

Located in the lobby of the Skytower clubhouse.

Loading up on CNY supplies.

Lots of fireworks are available.

Say Hello

Asian peace signs.

Posing for a picture

Kinders know how to have a good time.

Peace Out

Kun Wee saying hi.

Kinders

Cute, Cute, Cute

You are very tall.

Really?

Off to a home visit.

Be grateful for what you have.

Just a few oranges.

Chinese Classroom

56 grade 7's celebrating Christmas.

Bangkog Street

Just a few cables.

Bangkog traffic jam

Traffic 24/7 Best thing is a motor bike.

Outdoor weight room

Who da man?

Crispy Squid

Yum Yum Yum

Para sailing

What a rush!

Rama 9 King of Thailand

Kinda maybe looks like the king of 1315 Frontenac. Don't you think so?

Ko Kret flooding.

Very rustic

Ko Kret Pottery

Flooding

Massive Buddha

Look at the boat in the water to get some scale. Crazy!

Typical Thai rural homes.

Be grateful for what you have.

Reclining Buddha.

Seriously folks.

Reclining Buddha

Five tons of gold!

Royal Palace.

Wow

Royal Palace

Wow.

Buddhist Monks.

At the Royal Palace

The Bridge Over The River Kwai

Good movie. An old classic.

Worst War Museum Ever.

Life like figures working on the railroad. Note Japanese guard to the left..

Bamboo raft ride.

Elephant

Having a well deserved feed after carrying me.

Scenic Thailand

On the death railway.

Floating market.

You can buy food, clothes, junk, and lots of junk from these boats.

Canal near the floating market.

Interesting to live there.

Sweet beach.

Hua Hin

Merry Christmas 2011

Gaudy Gaudy Gaudy

Merry Christmas

Monkey, Monkey, Monkey

This guy was not the one who stared me down. This is a little guy.

On top of Lion Rock

No safety barriers. Typical Chinese

Kowloon!

Hong Kong is over the water by those hills.

John Daly and caddie.

Nice pants John.

John Daly fans.

Hmm. Nice pants!

Sok Kwa Wan

Fish restaurants are all along the main road on the right.

Sok Kwa Wan

The things in the water are fish farms. They provide the numerous restaurants in the village a great fresh supply of seafood.

Lamma!

On the way down to Sok Kwa Wan

Lamma Island

On the way to Sok Kwa Wan

Sweet beach on Lamma

Swimming in the ocean on November 27. Usually I am skating on ice and freezing on November 27.

Happy Hibiscus

I am happy that there is a blooming hibiscus on November 27. Outside!

Yung Shue Wan

Narrow streets. No cars. Just great.

Old folks

Watching the world go by on sleepy Peng Chau under the Banyan Tree

Kid hanging out.

Buddhist Graveyard

A little different

Big leaves beside a big man.

A Buddhist shrine

For alcoholics?

Hmmm, drying fish.

Yumm

Sven after the hike.

Well done old chap.

Just a few steps.

Note Sven's happy smile.

Wassup?

These dudes were all over the place on the trail. Harmless unless you feed them.

Eating seafood.

Food was great, ambiance, highlighted by roll of toilet paper for your "hands" was not. Better restaurants have doilies around their toilet paper while the real expensive ones have napkins.

Sven the wheeler dealer

Checking out authentic knock off watches.

Big Wave Bay

Sven rode the waves.

Sven on the peak.

By a banyan tree

Sven on the peak.

Hong Kong Views

Panarama with Sven at the side.

Hong Kong Views

Kowloon is on the other side. Taken from the peak.

Rural China

Not great.

Rural China

Interesting

Shenzhen

Plaza just outside of trainstation by Lou woo

Downtown Kowloon

TST district

Hong Kong Alleyway

Note shoes for sale.

Cheng Chou Island

Near Hong Kong

Niagra Falls.

Surrrrrre!

Venice?

Mini Venice

Ape and me. I'm on your right. ha ha.

Pucker up sweetheart.

America!!

Oh say can you see, how phoney this is!

Obama's House.

Look its a giant at the White House! For real!

Huh?

Halloween in China. Say it isn't so. Sorry its so.

Symbol of Rome

Who in the heck came up with this for a symbol? Yuck

The Vine

Funky design, rocking service, great message.

Rolls Royce

Parked out in the open. People were in awe. Me too

Shek O

Beach! Very good!

Shek O

Random building codes. Just a jumble of houses and apartments.

Shek O

Across the street from the beach. Oct 16!

Fore

Blasting some tension away.

A Rolls Royce

A Rolls Royce outside of the pub I was at. Note the people taking pictures. Pretty bold parking a RR convertible outside busy HK. But HK is quite safe.

Stonecutter's Bridge

Pretty impressive.

Another view from below

Stonecutter's Bridge

From below.

Stonecutter's Bridge

From below.

Stonecutter's Bridge

Dramatic morning picture.

Some homes on Peng Chau

Homes on the island are not all this, but still interesting to see how people live.

Growing wild on Peng Chau

Bananas!

Found on a random garden plot in the jungle.

Papaya

House returning to the jungle.

Walking through the island.

Note random bike. The Chinese are not very good with the environment. Lots of junk and random things laying around.

Weird

These sticks are fire beaters. Sign says to make sure you put fire beater back after use. There were about 5 sets of these scattered around the island. Hmmm

Beach scene

Quaint, rustic, peaceful

Peng Chau maybe means Senior Citizen Island

Watching life go by Chinese style.

Dried fish market.

Yuck

Old People Hiking Group

There is good hiking on Peng Chau. Hiking groups in China have a few more people than hiking groups like my parent's hiking group in Canada. Note young woman acting as mother hen to make sure group is all together. Like the hats? That is one to make sure the stray ones get seen easy.

Dragon Dancing

Some interesting sights on the island.

Peng Chau

Main street. Great if you are part of the green party.

Glowing trees.

Sweet.

Another amazing Pagoda

Note marble dog peeking behind tree.

Long covered walkway.

Pretty sweet.

Sweet Garden

Serene

Another sweet Pagoda.

Note lanterns hanging for mid-autumn festival.

Chinese Pagoda

Note lifesaver for those falling into pond.

Urine District

On top of a Urinal

Close Easy and Close to Civilization

Men strapping the bamboo together with black electrical tape.

Yikes!

At the top of the building.

Can you see the men?

At the bottom of the building.

Hauling up the bamboo to the top.

Building covered in bamboo scaffolding.

Banyan Tree.

Elephant Grass.

Fire in the Forest.

Only blooms in May and lasts till mid June.

Orchids.

Jungle!

From a garden in a nunnery.

Lily pads

Wild parrot!

Ok not a plant or flower, but its in a tree so kind of meets criteria.

Lion Rock

From afar.

Lion Rock

Head of the lion.

If you look closely you can see two people climbing straight up the cliff face.

A few steps on the way.

Great action.

Lion Rock

Note person on the Lion head.

What a View!

Kowloon, Hong Kong, South China Sea

Shatin

Lion Rock

Follow travellers at the top.

Hong Kong and Kowloon

The ICC building is the tall silver one on the left, across Victoria harbour.

Icc Building.

Note fog way on top.

Kowloon in front, HK in the back.

Hong Kong at Night

Monkey!

Welcoming us on the start of our hike.

Monkeys!

A baby!

A few steps.

Jungle walk.

Elise pointing to the sky?

View of Kowloon

At 4:00 am.

Looking pretty chipper.

I made it!

Shenzhen is in the background.

A view of the South China Sea

View of Tuen Mon

A "suburb" of Hong Kong

Toi Mon Shan

Big Cloudy Mountain

Moi Wu

Sweet

Elsie the bathing beauty.

Dragon Boat

On the beach of Moi Wu

Sweet

Leaving Moi by ferry.

Turbo boat!

Off to Macau.

Macau skyline.

Weird gold building is a casino. The Lisboa.

Dude worshipping at A Ma Temple.

Buddhist Temple

Elsie and me in downtown Macau.

Senado Square. Elsie wearing her fashion glasses. Not real like most of China.

Elsie with her designer glasses in Senado Square.

Cool brick patterns on the ground.

St. Paul's Ruins

Cannon taking aim on the Lisboa Casino

Statue representing Portugal handing over Macau to China.

Portugal is the guy. China is the girl. Hmmm

Venice?

In front of the Venetian in Macau.

Tower of Venice

A famous Venetian Bridge.

You know the one. It is in all the movies.

A monster hallway leading to a casino.

Roof is amazing.

Venice

Not really. Fake Venice in a mall.

Hallway.

Miles and miles and miles of hallway. Wide enough for a mac truck.

Elsie!

Elsie on an ice carosal.

Me. Freeeeeeeezing

Like the decor?

Ice scene.

Beauty.

Ben Ben on Ice

Winter wonderland.

Mon Kok!

Crossing the road at an intersection in Mon Kok.

Great for people watching.

Mon Kok area.

Just a few people.

Elsie acting in Drime.

She is in the middle with the great facial expression.

Elsie doing Drime in Mon Kok.

It is 10 pm but still crowded.

A bit of jewellery.

In the Luoho commercial market mall.

The Luoho Commercial Market Mall

A must see for every visitor to Hong Kong. The knock off palace of the world.

Tailor shop

Inside a mall but it felt like a farmer's market or an arabian bazaar. Families and store keepers hung around in front of their shops. Kids were playing, lots of smoking, lots of talking and laughter. I was called boss. Elsie Missy. Store keepers would go, "Boss looking in my shop, sunglasses, tee shirts, shoes etc.

Elsie getting fitted.

An endless cloth store.

Here you chose the cloth for your tailor made garments.

For the Geologist.

I tell you they have something for everyone.

A few teapots.

i am sure almost all the tea in China is at the world's greatest knock off mall.

Ah Chinglish.

My life has improved due to the pleasure I get reading Chinglish. I love it!!!!

Elsie about to get a pedicure.

A well deserved rest from a hard day of shopping.

On the trek to Sai wan.

Note the water in background. That is our destination.

Elsie by a deserted beach.

Only an hour from Kowloon.

Elsie by the falls and cliffs.

Elsie about to jump.

Elsie having a shower.

Elsie heading down a natural slide.

Deep Water

A few steps.

At times the trek to the cliffs was a little challenging.

Off to Cliff jumping.

A dramatic view.

A little crowded at the border between Hong Kong and China.

Urine District

Close Easy Close to Civilization

Urinal is below the sign.

Bamboo Pipe.

Chinese Bible

Lychi Nuts and old timers.

Majong and old ladies.

Firecrackers and motorbikes.

Chicken and garbage.

Kids singing at church.

VVM Very Visible Minority

Girls, bikes, umbrellas.

Narrow rural street.

Chinese Coke

Chicken Head Eating

Elsie maintaining composure in the background.

Elsie with some new friends.

Empty Street

Chek Hum

Great kids.

Find Elsie

Chinglish

You have to love it.

Kite flyer.

The kite string is wrapped around the wheel. This guy's kite was a small speck in the sky it was so high.

Tai Po Waterfront Park

Mermaid kite

Seafood restaurant

Outdoors. Great social time.

Seafood

Verrrrry Interesting

Seafood restaurant.

Tasty?

Seafood restaurant.

Guy collecting dinner.

Kindergarten grad

Kids trying to stay calm and cool.

Chinglish!

One laugh can loud out only.

Quaint Hoi Ha village.

A great way to get away from it all. An hour out of Kowloon.

Hoi Ha beach.

Elsie and Noelle before they got burnt.

Travel In Hong Kong

Double decker bus. 50 cents Canadian on average.

Mini Bus. Crazy fast.

About 75 cents Canadian on average.

Travel in Hong Kong

Taxi About 5 dollars Canadian on average

Glad the 80's are over.

Hong Kong Swing

Swing

You ain't got a thing if you don't got that swing.

Sushi bar.

Elsie is pumped.

I Scream You Scream for Chinese Ice Cream

Not recommended. Sweet rice covered in chocolate sauce? Not yum.

Sky Rink- note roller coaster track.

Skaters coming out of the fog. For most kids was the first or second time they have skated.

Hochey Stars of Hong Kong

I am pretty sure Canadians have nothing to fear about Hong Kong beating them.

Hong Kong Skyline

View from the Kowloon side.

Our Boat.

Crowded Victoria Harbour

On the boat.

Elsie and Noelle relaxing.

Father and daughter jumping 5 meters into the refreshing South China Sea.

Spashdown.

Big bodies, big surf!

Rent a junk.

A sampling of the 10 other boats around us.

Elsie on a banana boat. It gets pulled by a speed boat and is very flippy.

Aliens in Hong Kong

Buzz Lightyear!

Woody!

Elsie riding the surf.

Big Wave Bay Beach

Pleasant Walk

Jungle Road

Bus no 9

Fish market

Very interesting if you can stand the smell.

Junk!

On to the Ferry"Sing Way"

Girls in front of low level building.

Flaming Tree of the Forest

Red blossoms in the spring.

Elsie with a Sheltie pup.

Brought back sweet memories.

City lights through the jungle.

Amah Rock with Shatin in the background.

Happy moment.

Me and Elsie on Amah Rock.

On Amah Rock

Elsie and Noelle enjoying the view.

Elsie by Amah Rock.

Shatin

Note red blossoms on trees. Great, Note concrete jungle.

Cute!

Dress up day at CAIS.

Waves!

Elsie showing everyone how to ride them.

Sweet isolated beach!

Jungle walk

Not a bad view.

Serene

At the Nunnery

Garden at the Chi Lin Nunnery

Beautiful, amazing, great

Elsie and Noelle ready to go on the rollercoaster.

Wow do they look happy!

Ocean Park

Roller coaster. Yikes!

Ocean Park

Jelly fish

Panda

Peek a boo

Panda

Its real!

Ocean Park

Shark, Tuna, Stingray

Ocean Park

Sharks!

Noelle and Elsie

Great company.

Banyan Tree

Growing out of a wall. Crazy.

Orchids!

coconuts!

Jungle view of Kowloon

Jungle looking onto a concrete jungle.

Rice.

It is a grain!

Wild hibiscus.

Dainty leaves in a dainty stream.

A group exercise that was not greeted with much enthusiasm.

Grade 11 camping trip.

Camping with the kids.

Waky waky.

My school kids at the beach.

Doing a collaborative exercise. Note tickling the foot.

My soccer team.

We lost all our games but we had fun. Like the Flames there is always next year.

A typical Chinese meal.Pork chop soup. Not bad.

All for around 4 dollars Canadian. Not bad.

Sweet reward.

Sea view restaurant. That is what it said on the English menu!

Mountain biking legs.

Jill modeling her fab mountain biking legs. Grease stains, scratches, bruises. What a great sport!

What more steps?

Thankfully the view was nice, the weather warm, etc

A buddihist grave yard.

Found in the jungle. Different.

A reward for biking.

Some great views.

Just a few steps. Ha ha.

Full body workout.

Ready to embark into the tough part of the trip.

Still smiling, wasn't doing much of that later.

Raised bike trail.

Ryan and Jill taking a breather.

Whampoa

Front view of the store.

Whampoa

This is a store. Weirrrrrd.

Hong Kong at Twilight.

Taken from the Kowloon Ferry.

Ahhhhh

Very wet, very cold. $10 Hong Kong is about $1.20 Canadian.

Getting Dunked.

The water was freezing.

Cricket

Dads and sons fooling around. Great.

Dog Toilet

Love the sign.

Hk graveyard.

Closer look.

Hong Kong Graveyard. Ching Ming Festival

Note the bridge where the urns are located.

Sweet

Hong Kong on the Right, Kowloon on the left.

View from the peak.

Up to the Peak.

Observation deck. Great view of HK from there.

Roots

Common sight in HK. Roots of trees growing on walls.

What! No polka!

Only happy songs (ABBA) allowed. Not good.

A German cow bell over the Bavarian Flag

The Bavarians would not be amused.

View from the tram.

Downtown Hong Kong

Some of my fellow gangsta teachers.

All you can do is laugh.

Me in front of the Tram.

Note the gangsTER glasses and suit.

Hong Kong Tram

Actually the birthday party Tram.

A few steps.

Fellow PE buddy Ryan lugging his bike up some steps.

Mountain Biking

This was an easy section!

Getting 50

That cake looks awfully bright. No need for a flash.

At the Driving Range

Fore!

Night Market

The greatest tourist trap in the world.

Some of the kids from the Social Justice Club.

Kids at Cais, for the most part, are great.

Mrs Fong

No she is not sitting down.

Food for the homeless.

On the box it says Jesus Loves You.

Inside the mission.

Interesting people.

The Kowloon Mission for the homeless.

A little scared.

Pants got hiked up a bit due to harness, so looked a little nerdish. It was awesome though.

Into the Abyss

Ocean crashing nearby, hanging on a thread. Yikes.

Dirk Abzeiling

Hanging by a thread.

A street scene in Zhongshan.

Be glad where you live even when its 40 below.

Four on one motorbike.

Note girl on front. "Are we there yet?" Also note. Why does dad get all the safety equipment? Mom is holding a baby.

A typical scene in urban China.

Where are the safety standards?

Chinese LIfe

Gated communities are common.

At The Church

Kids doing part of their program.

Two Kings

Pastor Wong on left, King Yu on right. (Sorry about King's head.)

Church Dong Xing

A Chinese mini factory

Making kids backpacks. Seen near the church we went to.

Home visit house.

House/Hair salon/ Kind of weird.

Home visit

Shiloh, Italy, June Wan, Korea, Charese, Hong Kong, Natalie, Canada, Family, China, Me, Canada Yeah. Note Asian peace sign that they do for every picture. A little lame, but oh well.

A bike?

Old school Chinese transportation.

Shiloh the rock star.

Amazing what blond hair can do.

A Chinese Canal

China will become first world after they clean their place up. The canals were basically sewers.

Looks like a chicken.

As part of the farming "experience" kids got to catch chickens. Very entertaining to see city kids do this.

Hmmm. A Chinese Public Toilet

I thing I'll track down a bush thank you very much.

Cabbage

Lots of cabbage

Games with the kids.

Parachute games are always a riot.

Meal time

Food is passed on a dolly. The hard part? Eating slippery vegetables and nuts with chopsticks. Very challenging.

Yum! Chicken!

I hear eating the head improves knowledge. Of what? How terrible chicken head is.

No dog is allowed to foul.

Sucks to be a dog.

Lamp stand way

Lights go on and off and make sounds as you walk by. How weird and random!

Lamp stands?

In a park, outside, along a path, what or who thought of this?

Kowloon City at night

Bright lights of Kowloon

Kowloon City

A little crowded.

More dried fish

You would have to eat about 500 of these little guys to make a meal of it.

Dried Fish

Yummy! Just guessing.

Open store front

The store with all the red is full of stuff for the buddhists.

Fruit Stand on March 6

Mangos anyone? They are great.

Chinese Drug Store

They cook up potions here for any ailment you might have. Obviously pretty popular.

Chinglish

You gotta love it.

Cormorants

They were puffing their throats to stay cool on Feb 26. A little too hot for them.

Chinese Egret

He's a beaut

Bird blind

Packed with Chinese photographers

Fish

Carp maybe? I don't know. Couldn't find a sign to tell me what they were.

Boardwalk

Through the mongroves

Bordering the Park

Cram the people into a cement jungle

Feb 26 and the Water Lilies are out

Note the fall like colors. So it does cool off a bit here.

Poi Poi the Alligator

Caught near Hong Kong a few years ago when a lot smaller.

Aquarium at the Park, just like the Philippines

Where is Nemo?

Hong Kong Wetland Park

The Entrance

Peace Out?

Modern art. I just don't know what to say.

Chinese Opera Scene

Very colorful to say the least

Musical Instruments

Old opera instruments

Opera costume

Note the shoes

Hong Kong Fishing Village

A model of how it once was. Note hanging fish.

Costume for Hong Kong New Year

An explosion of color

A Model of Hong Kong Territory

The white represents the settlements, the brown nature. The white on the island is Hong Kong, the white across from it is Kowloon. So you see lots of nature here.

Modern Art

Astro Boy?

Hong Kong Heritage Museum

Big BUILDING!

Wet Market

Home is the tall building in the background. Wet markets are located on side streets like these all over HK and Kowloon.

More fish!!!!

Pre cut. Note heads and chopping block.

Vegetables

Well displayed, very good.

Fish!!!

Red fish, white fish, flat fish, grey fish, dead fish, live fish. Yumm!

Chicken!!!

Yummy chicken. Brown or white. Not sure if the head is tasty. I for one will never find that out.

Meat!!!

Tongue or hoof anyone? Anyone?

Outdoor Ampitheatre

This is located near downtown Doha

Ceder chip trail

Brother Sven as model

Islamic Art Museum

Downtown Doha is in the background.

Qatar

Outside of Doha. No this is not the moon.

Oil Refinery

No this is not the moon.

Ugly Camel

This guy was really mad at me, bellowing and note salvia. Yuck!

Falcons

At a falcon store. Accessories are extra.

Falcon

Falconry is a huge sport in the Arab world. This guy is at shop for sale. The blinds keep him quiet.

Big Pearl

A tribute to the pearl divers of Qatar. Was Qatar's source of wealth until they discovered oil.

Camel Riders

Honor guard in front of the Emir's palace

Allidan's Lamp

Giving it a rub

Shoes

Allidan would be happy

The Arab

Dirk's swarthy look

Smoking the Shashi

Men enjoying a smoke.

Typical Arab store

Just like it was a hundred years ago.

Carpets at Souch Wakif

Allidan's carpet is somewhere here

Three Arabs

In Doha this dress is common.

Fireworks

A great show after the game

Inside the stadium

Great seats great fun great game

In front of the stadium

My transport to the game. Kidding

Soccer Fans

Australian and Japanese fans getting along.

Aspire Tower

This is a hotel, note the pool sticking out of it like a little tongue.

Venice in Doha

The Gondola is motorized

Inside a mall

Note men in white-ladies in black

Kahlfira Stadium, Doha

Site of the Asian cup soccer final

Downtown Doha Qatar

Dr. Suess inspired

Sky Tower 3

Look Up Way Up, My Apartment is up there somewhere

A Junk

Across the harbor from Hong Kong

concrete jungle

cool

Concrete Jungle

Cool

Concrete jungle

Cool

Concrete Jungle

Cool

Concrete Jungle

Cool

Concrete jungle

Cool

Pretty sweet

At the flower market

Flowers in January

At the flower market

Manderin Oranges

They grow everywhere here

Chinese New year

Display in the lobby of the Skytower

Huh what?

Sucks to be you pup. Poor thing.

Ladies Market

Note Chinese New Year Stuff on the right

Buddha Bird cage

there is a bird in that clutter somewhere

Bird market

Interesting

Banzai Tree

Note the little figurines

At the Zoo

Jan 8 2011. I like the weather and vegetation here.

Hong Kong Buildings

Interesting?

Flamingos

At the HK Zoo and Bot. park

tree

some more growing out of a wall

Tree

Growing off a wall

Hong Kong Street

Scene from the escalator

Escalator

Sweet ride up

Manger scene

Called Belen in the Philippines. What Christmas is really all about

Poverty

Be grateful for what you have

Public transportation

Jeepney is Cheapney

Cebu white sands

Main pool

Courtyard

A great place to read and think

Merry Christmas from the Philippines

Santa does not look happy. Must be a little too hot.

Sobering

Kids begging

Transportation filipino style

Motor bike with hanger ons. Notice the exhaust protection on the driver

Christmas Lanterns

A filipino tradition to make lanterns out of anything and everything

Island Hopping

Island hopping boat

Snorkelling

Ready to feed the Angel fish

Men's badminton

Men's semi final

Badminton

Russia vrs Taiwan

Random Bike

Old school, chairman Mau rode this bike I bet

Three wheeler

Hey at least she is biking on the left

In Tai Po

Bike/rickshaw

Biking under the Banyan trees

December 3 ?

High end bikers

Getting ready

Biking in Sha Tin

Note left side, no wobblers yet, all is well

Transportation

Ten mins from my place, ferry to Hong Kong @15 mins @ 75 cents Canadian

My hockey rink

Red building 10 floor hockey rink, the rest is a department store 17 stories of stores

Bauhaus

Note 1,2,3 world all in one

Typical Street scene

A block away from where I live

Traffic

Note the red taxis and the double decker buses

Recementing my sports field

No reseeding, but instead recementing, Sky tower in background

Merry Christmas?

Tacky

Lion rock from below

Do you see the Lion?

Lion Rock

Kinda scary

Lion Rock

View from the top

Tough Steps

Up to Lion Rock

My friends at Amah rock

Radio blasting, lots of food, party time

Amah Rock

What a picture op. The guy standing there stood there at the perfect time

Jungle walk

Is it really November 20?

CAIS

Hmm Mcdonalds across the street from the school. Perfect

CAIS courtyard

This is my gym

CAIS

PE 20s

Kowloon Hills

Sky tower is in the middle in front of taller building

Kindergarten Sportsday

Sitting on Grass (Wow)

Hey Handsome

Wild monkey on Kowloon Hill

Lung Yan Road

Translated: Cough up a Lung Road

Trees Growing out of a retaining wall

Trees are precious, so they pour concrete @them rather than destroy them

View From the Top

Home is down there somewhere

Monkey Warning

Don't feed the monkeys

View from Kowloon Hills

Country/City contrast

Lung Yan Road

Sweet shade, sweet forest

Kowloon Hills

From my bedroom

Last view of Guilin

Sunset at Guilin

A Chinese Farmer

A typical Chinese farmer

Cormorants

Ready to go fishing

On the river Li

View on the Li

Traffic light

Ready for green

Guilin

Li River at sunset

Guilin traffic

Waiting for the green light

Bamboo

Rochelle taking a rest in the bamboo grove

Rochelle at Big Wave

Ready to go

Big Wave Bay

Yeah

Hibiscus

Growing Wild

Interlocking Trees

Where does one start and the other end?

Cardboard Lady

Cable car

Off to see the Big Buddha

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