Courtyard by Marriott Hong Kong

... older streets.....towards Hollywood Road and the Antique district. Hong Kong smells like perfume, diesel fuel, stir fried food, incense, and fish. Potent blend. The streets are choked with people and street vendor stalls decked out with Christmass goods. I check out the food stalls, raw/live seafood and fragrant vegetables everywhere. Durian fruit stink permiates the air ...

... mingled in with a sense of history. Dave also appeared to be enjoying the ocean breeze. We almost certainly sampled some of the delicious, exotic food, washed down with an ice cold beer now and again. Life was being good to us in HK.
One peculiar happening was when we were about to cross the road in an area of HK known as city mid levels. There were a group of young people who would momentarily run into the center of the road ...

... know what Simon Cowell means when he tells the contestant “that sounded like you were on a cruise ship”. Our entertainment staff is pretty good, but I have seen so much better on a cruise ship before. I was sitting at the back of the theater & was surprised at how many people walked out of the performance ½ way through.

We were both in bed by about 2230 as we have our first port tomorrow, Sanya, China.

... and the next day a local holiday, it was wall-to-wall people, and, if one were the least bit claustrophobic, it would be a challenge. At night, the skyline of Hong Kong is lit up in grand style, and at 8pm, laser light shoots from building to building in Victoria Harbor producing a laser light show. (See the photos.) We could watch it from the top of the ship.

The ...

... walking to work, and realized that the streets really start filling up at 7:30

- Had a birthday muffin and candle in the morning which was so thoughtful, I really love my mom for that... little things like that mean the world to me.

- Office was decorated, shared cake with coworkers, had the b-day song sung- and most special: was the cantoneese version (But I don't think I can learn that) :)

- Went out with a co-worker for lunch ...

... show, Mozart's Little Nightmusic was played, which is in particular very interesting as at the airport when I arrived, a Strauss walz was played in the arrivals/immigration hall. classical music everywhere!). On my second day, which was today, I visited both the Wong Tai Sin Temple and the Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery which comprises a temple with more than 12,000 sitting buddhas lining the walls. Whereas the first temple was rather touristic, which means ...

This incredible journey began in Pantnagar, where our flight from Delhi landed. We drove to the Almora region where we begun a three day 'Kumaon village walk' through the incredibly humble and beautiful villages of the Indian Himalayas. Each night we stayed in a specially made up village house, where the owner was our host for the night. The walking itself was not difficult, and things were made all the easier by the fact that we had a porter each and our guide to ...

... luck to yr shopping plans but plenty of gals to look at. This place basically sells clothings, shoes (mostly boots in winter season), stockings, accessories etc. (About 5 or 6 floors) Eateries like Cafe de Coral are @ basement. Here's a minibus, HK's version of a ...

Are we there yet? Are we there yet? .... disons que c'est ce que je me disais dans l'avion!!! Je viens juste d'arriver a Hong Kong apres 24h de deplacement. Les enfants assis a cote de moi ont ete sage.... heureusement!!!! Pour ceux qui se le demande, je commence un trip de 2.5 mois en chine. Je vais surtour aller dans le sud-ouest, pres de la birmanie et du tibet. Justement, je reprends l'avion demain: direction Kunming et comme si c'etait pas ...

... malls, and realized we are not gonna be able to make good use of our money if we buy from there. Although their sparkling advertisements back in our country stated that there will be a Hongkongwide sale, prices are still away from our league as they are originals. So we headed out to the open air, and walked along the streets. Amazed, how the sky is still a little bright when it fact it was already 7 in the evening. (In the Philippines, the sun sets at around ...