The Peak

The Peak is pretty famous in Hong Kong. Click on the photo to view it larger - it looks much better that way! I used PhotoShop's photomerge feature to create this from 3 photos I took. It about a 180 degree view.

Jon and Adam - what a clear day. (not. as usual.)

Fire Dragon Dance

Saturday night we went to a "Fire Dragon Dance." We stood and got pushed for about 3 hours and really didn't see much, even though we were up front.


Dragon running through the streets without fire.

There was drumming for over an hour at the beginning.

This girl was good - her belt says "Sexy Bull"! (random?)

The dragon was this thing that had a ton of incense sticks in it. After the drumming, they lit the incense and ran it through the streets.

Girls at the Fire Dragon Dance

Weekend in Hong Kong

We had a day off on the 11th, and Jon and I were in Macau and Hong Kong for business, so we decided to stay down there for the weekend. Adam lives in Macau, which is about an hour ferry ride away from Hong Kong.

Friday night we ate at a Greek restaurant, found a new t-shirt for me (from France, I was told), went to a bar called Carnegie's, and then finished the evening at the sports bar in our hotel. The restaurant was great. Jon found a little piece of plastic in his food, but told the waiter not to worry about it. Of course the waiter was worried about it, so gave us all free dessert. I was too full for dessert and I think he felt bad because I didn't get anything, because then he showed up at the table with shots of ouzo. And he ensured we drank them.

Hong Kong has double-decker busses and trams. The streets and sidewalks are very narrow too.