Taking a Few Pictures

 Hello Dear Great Ones,
I got a new camera!  A canon eos 4000.  A great upgrade.  Here are a few shots from a practice round I took the other morning in my "backyard."  Having a zoom lens that goes from 18 to 200 is awesome!

 See the monkeys on the side of the road?

Here is with the zoom.

Have a great week everyone!

Love adios and ping on!

Dirk

A Hike

Hello My Dear Great Ones,

Celia and I live a privileged life.  One major reason why is because we are 100 meters from a 44 thousand hectare sized country park, which is astounding with its variety of plant life, animals, and scenic wonders.  Here is a small sample of what our "backyard," looks like.

Have a great week!

Love adios and ping on!

Dirk

Classic Concert in Hong Kong

Hello My Dear Great Ones,

Celia and I got cultured on Friday night.  We headed to the oldest church in Hong Kong, the 170 year old St. John's  Cathedral, to enjoy a concert by the Hong Kong Welsh  Male Voice Choir and the  British Brass Company.  Our friend Bill has been part of the Welsh choir for 31 years so we came to cheer him on.  It was a an enjoyable and interesting evening.  The audience was made up of very old white people, so for once I was one of the younger ones instead of the opposite.   Money raised by the concert went to an organisation that helps protect the rights of domestic workers.  A very noble cause indeed.  

 St.  John's at night.  

 The high rises of Hong Kong dwarf the church.

Great people all watching and listening!

Have a great week everyone!

Love adios and ping on!

Dirk

An Afternoon in Tokyo

Hello My Dear Great Ones,

On our way back to Hong Kong from Japan we spent a few hours in Tokyo.  Metropolitan Tokyo has a population of 36 million.  The population of Canada is 37 million. While we only saw a minute fraction of this colossal city we left impressed.  

We walked through a busy pedestrian zone filled with shops and restaurants.

At a restaurant.  Menu banners hanging from the ceiling.

Sushi of course.

A kid's bakery.

Food kiosks battling for attention.

Fish on a stick.

Celia heading to a tree with remaining cherry blossoms.

Checking out a kimono.

Lots of color, lots of lights, lots of action.  Tokyo is a place that assaults your senses.

Love adios and ping on!

Dirk