Hong Kong

We went to Hong Kong for our Anniversary back in October. It was amazing! Great food, dim sum (we ate duck tongue!) There is still a lot of British influence, despite the city now belonging to the PRC. Everyone spoke English, so it was very easy for us to get by. It was without a doubt, the most international city I have ever visited. We had a running game of "guess the nationality", trying to guess where the other people in the restaurants and sites where from. Lots of Europeans, Australians and people from other Asian countries-not very many Americans.

Go to Hong Kong! Really!

Here are a bunch of photos from the trip.

Old Colonial Building-Now Hong Kong Parliament

Crazy long cable car ride up a beautiful mountain to the Po Lin Buddhist Monastery

The largest Buddha statue in the world. David feeling the zen under a replica of Sidartha's bohdi tree.

We're a long way from home! We comforted ourselves with a vegetarian lunch served in the monastery cafeteria. Supposedly this is what the monks eat. It was actually really good food. We could hear the monks chanting in the temple across the square, but it is requested that they not be photographed.

A day at the open air markets

City view from the very aptly named bar, Deck n' Beer.

Finally! A glimpse of a junk boat from our hotel window. Dave in front of the colonial train terminal, the last stop on the Orient Express. Hilarious!

A Mercedes truck delivering Coca Cola to McDonalds. Evidence that Capitalism is alive and well in Hong Kong.