Hyatt Regency Hong Kong, Sha Tin

... about a drunk driver who killed 2 people while under the influence. (He floated over the line, hit an on-coming car and killed the 2 people in it.) He was found guilty and sentenced to death. So tell that to your teenager, before he heads out the door with your car keys to a party! We felt quite safe while in China. Paul says that’s because in many of the developing countries, the punishment is so harsh that very few people go down that dark road. We ...

... of chop sticks to eat the soup with! Now that was a challenge. Bernie, the gentleman that was sitting beside me, had a heck of a time, but he & the rest of us got through it. Jack noticed that the dairy products on the flight were quite international. We had coffee creamers from New York, Hong Kong & from Island Farms Dairy (B.C.) & the butter was from Denmark. The entertainment system was great. There were several movies, TV ...

... I was &#8220;single person&#8221;), but that made it all the easier to take pictures of the freaky little dolls. They should have just used the minor music from &#8220;Arabia&#8221; all through the ride and called it another Hallowe&#8217;en Attraction. They all look the same, they shuffle arthritically from side to side and they blink in perfectly unsyncopated rhythm. Now that I think about it, they&#8217;re just like the bloody zombies I saw later in the parade...<br><br>Anyway, at ...

... when we exited an MTR station. Street signs aren't in the most obvious places, particularly since there are a million other store signs that can overwhelm unknowing tourists such as ourselves.<br><br>Another "annoyance" that we discovered was that Hong Kong does not allow pedestrians to cross certain busy streets at street-level. There are fences which prevent you from doing so. One has to find either an overhead or underground ...

... sell you goods and accomodation. They spot you a mile off and run towards you expounding the virtues of their guesthouse or 'copy rolex'.<br><br>Rob left Tuesday morning on his way to Soeul so I went across on the star ferry to Hong Kong island and visited the peak and Hong Kong park. Hong Kong is def the place to go for designer shopping - it's just street after street of CK, Ralph Lauren, Prada, Gucci, Louis Vuitton etc. Went to Kowloon night market in evening and saw ...

This was the day to back home. Some friends had been homesick but I did not want to back HK so soon. I want to travel Loyang as the other group classmate describe that was brilliant and the tour guide strongly suggest that the best trip travelling provident Henan was starting from Kaifeng, then is Dengfeng, the last destination was Loyang. That was a pity for not finishing the whole plant. We finally went to ...

... south, I guess since there is political tension (and this Buddha was planned and built only within the last 30 years or something) Taiwan was excluded from protection. I forgot to ask Sammy this question, but that would be my guess. Inside the Buddha was an exhibit of art (again, it looked like all other art we had seen; basically calligraphy or mountains and water) and then at the very top of the stairs were some of the Buddha's remains ...

... the Monday we didn't do much - fell asleep :) After what felt like 2 hours sleep we headed into Central Hong Kong (business district) - very fancy/expensive - but all the while great. We didn' have to look far until we came to our first port of call the Bank of China Building. This was one of the best architectually and happened to be one of the tallest buildings on the island. In amongst the business people we headed up to the 43rd floor (viewing platform ...

... had ever tasted before, all of it delicious and one which was definitely something's foot! From a value point of you we experienced two extremes. Food and drink in the tourist area wasn't much cheaper than home. We paid 88 dollars for a 500 ml bottle of water in a restaurant and next day in a shop got the same bottle for 22 dollars. Likewise, the meal in the hotel cost as much as a good meal out in Dublin and the next day we got lunch ...