Days Hotel Luohu Shenzhen

... needed to go. Later in the afternoon I went to visit my friend Marina, she is married to an airline pilot. They just had a baby in July. Shaky, her husband, (great name for a pilot), told me they call him Bob but really more like boba which is baby but we did agree it might make a good English name for the baby. We will see. Marina's mom created a wonderful dinner. She set a variety of dishes on the table and then asked me to sit on one side of the table ...

... Peanutsburgh Nutters," funny. The streets of Hong Kong were lit by neon signs, and filled with locals and tourists even on a Monday night. We ate at Tropical Village Restaurant recommended by Jake's Dad, and we took the Star Ferry across the harbor to Hong Kong Island. We went on the Mid-Level Escalators which was escalators covering blocks of a shopping street. We opted not to go up to ...

Last night we hit a Chinese steak House after meeting up with Hugh and Nina - I had fried rice though and a couple of beers. Nathan Road is extremely busy at night and not a place for those who dislike crowds. Not too hot today as we set out for Lantau on the ferry. Then a windy bus ride up the mountains and suddenly there was the giant Buddha and monastery with huge numbers of giant incense sticks and ...

... one was another mistake). e sun sets pretty early in hk, not sure if it's due to e winter season, it starts getting dark from 5 onwards.... on e way down 1 of e many escalators, I caught ...

... and you'll never feel alone, unless you attempt to walk down The Peak (as Dave and I did), through Mid-Levels, which is rather upscale, but deserted at night. It's the only time I felt a little nervous. The city is very user friendly, with many elevated walkways and street escalators (including the longest escalator in the world) to move you around. The metro is first class and most of the traffic you see is from the double-decker buses and taxis. Very few ...

It really is amazing the number of people here that I meet in 2004. I know I said the other day there were a few familiar faces. But the truth is I am staggered at the number of people I have met before. I really didn't think there would be anyone here that I knew. And ...

=Shenzhen, China= *we only stayed here for 1 day (aw.) *but we visited a lot of cool places the whole day *Windows of the world *tea house (i forgot the name of the place coz its chinese.. damn!) *fancy restaurants (i also forgot the name but they served real delicious foods.. yea)

... to wonder whether these little emperors aren't actually big mummy's boys in a subversively matriarchal society. In a hugely family oriented society, it makes sense for mama to be at the centre of everything doesn't it? Just don't tell the men! Me.... Some places I go, the welcome is unbelievably open and warm and in others it feels like open warfare on the foreigner, especially, but not only, when it comes down to money. The thing I'm always struggling to come to ...

... back on the Star Ferry (in operation since the 1890's they all have names like Day Star, Evening Star, Shining Star, and Twinkling Star) and crossed back over to Kowloon. There is a cruise ship pier, right next to the Star Ferry pier, with a shopping arcade attached so we went inside to take a look at the TRU. It's pretty cool. They have the usual stuff but they also have some items that aren't available in Canada. I picked up a couple of Star Wars figures! After that we wandered into ...