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HK - typical meat market Chicken pounded flat, Chinese sausage hanging in bunches by string, fresh & ready to sell	HK - busy streets Mingling with the HK crowd	HK - streets at night Typical street with neon lit signage everywhere you turn	HK - bus queue The lines for buses are about a mile long at busy times of the day. Everyone is patient in waiting for their turn on the 16 seat public buses.
HK - bathroom in Oriental Pearl Hostel Typical bathroom arrangement. Shower, toilet & sink all-in-one! How easy it is to clean the toilet with this!	HK - Oriental Pearl Hostel Our tiny private room for first 2 nights in Hong Kong.	HK - construction in HK lots of new building construction happening in HK	HK - harbour
Cheung Chau - bay Bay entrance to outerlying island of Cheung Chau	Cheung Chau - convenience stores Typical to see Circle K and 7-Eleven stores everywhere in Hong Kong, even on this little island.	Cheung Chau Dried fish in a basket ready for sale	Cheung Chau - fresh fish Pick your seafood here and the restaurant next door will cook it up for you. This is as fresh as it gets!
Cheung Chau multi-colored lobster	Cheung Chau Drying their daily catch in the great outdoors. Good thing people have parked their bikes here. They come in handy for laying out the shrimp and fish for drying.	Cheung Chau more fish hanging up to dry	Cheung Chau - man in boat typical way to row the boat
CC - Elderly playground all these pieces of equipment designed to stretch & work the body	CC - Elderly playground Steve rotating his torso	CC - view to the bay	CC - house? This may just look like a bunch of junk all stacked together, but this is actually somebody's house.
CC- Mini temple Outside the main temple is this mini worshipping temple.	CC - the "Beach" the other side of the island has the real beach	CC - lunchtime We shared some Pad Thai somewhere inside the streets of the town	CC - Field Trip Seems like all the classes of this one school came to study something about the temple this day.
CC - temple carving one of the many intricate stone carvings found at the temples	CC - temple worship? True multi-tasking: paying respects inside the temple of worship while talking on her cell phone.	CC - temple Colorful mural relief inside the temple	CC - laundry day Typical to see all laundered items drying outside
CC - teeny vehicles Mini ambulance on this vehicle-less island	HK - escalator "ride" Ride up a whole lot of elevators to the top of Hong Kong, sightseeing above the city on the way.	HK - market street View from street markets from above	HK - Botannical Garden The little monkeys are so nice to hold up the bench for Steve to sit on.
HK - botannical gardens the biggest bamboo plants we've seen so far	HK - botannical gardens the graphiti inscribed on the bamboo probably says something bad, but it looks kind of cool, like art.	HK - Peak Tram the Peak Tram trolley climbs up a long way at a steep angle to the top, the Peak.	HK - The Peak a view from the top to the city below.
HK - the Peak is the bamboo scaffolding holding up this end of the building?	HK - The Peak nightfall view from the Peak	HK - Bank of China controversially built tower designed by Chinese American I.M. Pei. People complain that it has bad fung shui	HK - Tsuen Wan Mom's town with more typical city streets in daylight
HK - Tsuen Wan Mr. Cheung - one of the original Hakka villagers whose family knew of the Chan family	HK - Tsuen Wan Hakka village where mom grew up.	HK - Tsuen Wan Hakka village where mom grew up	HK - Tsuen Wan the canal where mom used to watch he women do their wash.
HK - Tsuen Wan Mom & Dad amongst the rocks and canal where mom used to play	Peng Shen typical entry to a residence - banners for good luck	HK - Peng Shen	HK - Peng Shen entrance to the Tang Ancestral Hall
HK - Peng Shen The ancestors of the Tangs, but not our branch of Tangs	HK - Peng Shen Inside the Tang Ancestral Hall - wood imported for use from the Oregon!	HK - Peng Shen The ancestors	Peng Shen If two flags are on top, then both husband and wife have passed away.
HK - Peng Shen Dad's first place of residence!	HK - Peng Shen Dad's first place of residence! This side of the building is condemned. Don't know why it's just the one side though.	HK - Yuen Long Shoe repair woman. Same lady and her husband used to repair dad's family's shoes when they were younger	HK - Yuen Long Above the shoe store (left), dad and family lived in the mezzanine for a couple of years. Above the raspberry colored sign (with lots of paper on individual panes of glass), they lived for a few more years. Now it is a printing shop.
HK - Yuen Long "Good to the Bottom" noodle restaurant. Yummy wontons and noodles here!	HK - Yuen Long Outdoor meat shop, ready to chop up whatever you want!	HK - Yuen Long looking for dad's 4th place of residence	HK - Yuen Long This is the 4th place of residence. look, a courtyard!
HK - Yuen Long Dad used to ride his bike from here to the town all the time. The area with all the garbage on the left used to be where many people in this "neighborhood" would do their gardening.	HK - Avenue of Stars Jackie Chan has pretty big hands. All the Chinese stars have a star with their hands imprinted into the ground (well, handprints if they were alive when they made this walk)	HK - harbor at night	HK - Lantau Island buying Pamelo fruit and bananas from a market stand while the dog sleeps at our feet.
HK - Lantau Island Dad, splitting up the Pamelo fruit for us to share. It's like a huge grapefruit.	HK - Lantau Island - Po Lin Monastary Po Tai Monastary. Turtles here seem to be a big these. They bring good fortune.	HK - Lantau Island - Po Lin Monastary	HK - Lantau Island - Po Lin Monastary
HK - Lantau Island - Po Lin Monastary	HK - Lantau Island - Po Lin Monastary A look from below at the Big Buddha on the hill	HK - Lantau Island - Po Lin Monastary stone carving on the temple below	HK - Lantau Island - Po Lin Monastary more turtles...but these are real.
HK - Lantau Island - Po Tai Monastary Ever seen a tourist monk with a camcorder?	HK - Lantau Island - Po Lin Monastary The Big Buddha, weighing in at over 250 tonnes	HK - Lantau Island - Po Lin Monastary looking down at the temple monastarty complex many steps below	HK - Lantau Island - Po Lin Monastary
HK - Lantau Island - Po Lin Monastary The Big Buddha, sitting on his Lotus Flower Petal	HK - Lantau Island - Po Lin Monastary Finally, we see a glimpse of the sun!!!	HK - Tseung Kwan O My first double decker bus ride...pretty crazy!	HK - Tseung Kwan O w. Auntie Ellen It'd been over 16 years since I'd last seen Auntie Ellen (dad's older sister) & Uncle Edward (not shown) back in Canada.

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