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HongKong_880S0875_View of the bridge to Hong Kong island from the plane_


HongKong_880S0877_One of the islands of Hong Kong_


HongKong_880S0881_Jackie was waiting for us in the lobby when we showed up at the YMCA!_


HongKong_880S0889_The 4 of us in front of the Hong Kong harbor_


HongKong_880S0894_We made it to the harbor just in time for sunset_


HongKong_880S0901_We had an amazing view of downtown Hong Kong from the Kowloon side_


HongKong_880S0909_A ferry landed and local workers streamed off_


HongKong_880S0925_Lights of Hong Kong with the many high tech buildings' neon signs_


HongKong_880S0929_Colorful lights of Hong Kong_


HongKong_880S0937_The next day, we went over to downtown Hong Kong, where we were surrounded by skyscrapers on all sides_


HongKong_880S0942_One of the city's tall and skinny trams running through city center_


HongKong_880S0947_Fountain in Hong Kong park with the cityscape behind_


HongKong_880S0951_You could go inside the water fountain_


HongKong_880S0955_We couldn't resist checking it out from the inside_


HongKong_880S0980_Twin Lippo buildings_


HongKong_880S0983_Jax and Tom inside Hong Kong park_


HongKong_880S0987_We went into the aviary where the birds had a lush enclosed area to live in_


HongKong_880S0992_Cool bird with a black mask_


HongKong_880S0994_Great White Pelicans inside the aviary_


HongKong_880S1004_The local lunch crowd in downtown_


HongKong_880S1010_Rambutans - our favorite exotic fruit_


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HongKong_880S1023_Exotic Coke can_


HongKong_880S1025_We visited the Sha Tin nunnery on the Kowloon side_


HongKong_880S1027_The Sha Tin Nunnery was built recently and is very modern looking_


HongKong_880S1031_An illegal picture of one of the Buddhas (we soon found out that no pictures were allowed)_


HongKong_880S1033_The well-manicured Sha Tin nunnery grounds_


HongKong_880S1035_Carved tile roof at the nunnery_


HongKong_880S1063_Dragon fountain in one of the pools_


HongKong_880S1083_Scary looking door handle_


HongKong_880S1085_Tom and Jax at the nunnery_


HongKong_880S1086_Us at the nunnery_


HongKong_880S1090_Funny sign in Hong Kong - there are lots of rules here!_


HongKong_880S1094_Sunflower at the flower market_


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HongKong_880S1104_Kun Lam statue - Goddess of Mercy - on Macau_


HongKong_880S1113_Jaimie and Jackie posed with a dragon at the A-Ma temple in Macau_


HongKong_880S1114_Local tourists visiting the A-Ma temple_


HongKong_880S1115_Looking through a doorway at the A-Ma temple with a local begger woman_


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HongKong_880S1126_Tom and Jax in front of some Chinese symbols carved in the rock_


HongKong_880S1127_Us in front of the same_


HongKong_880S1131_More symbols - someday we will find out what these mean..._


HongKong_880S1135_A-Ma temple_


HongKong_880S1137_One of the oldest parts of Macau - Portuguese homes_


HongKong_880S1138_St Lawrence church in Macau_


HongKong_880S1140_Bright blue ceiling inside St Lawrence church_


HongKong_880S1141_Nice stonework on an old cobblestone street in Macau_


HongKong_880S1142_Old colonial style buildings can be found throughout Macau_


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HongKong_880S1146_Another colonial building in Senado Square. Macau was ruled by the Portuguese from the mid 1500's until very recently it was turned back to the Chinese._


HongKong_880S1148_Colonial style church in Senado Square_


HongKong_880S1149_A popular street for all sorts of souvenir and antiques in Macau_


HongKong_880S1155_The famous ruins of St Pauls church in Macau - all that remains is the front facade_


HongKong_880S1157_Looking up at St Pauls with some nicely manicured gardens_


HongKong_880S1166_Mirrored reflection of St Pauls_


HongKong_880S1168_Tom and Jax in front of a small Chinese temple we found near the ruins of St Pauls_


HongKong_880S1174_Looking inside the Chinese temple_


HongKong_880S1180_We found some public exercise equipment and decided to give it a try!_


HongKong_880S1184_The lighthouse (strangely, on top of a hill nowhere near the sea) at the Guia Fort_


HongKong_880S1186_Small chapel and the lighthouse on top of the Guia Fort_


HongKong_880S1199_This fish looks calm now, but drop in a fresh shrimp and it'll move faster than you could imagine!_


HongKong_880S1204_Jackie isn't too thrilled at the scampi squirming in the fish monger's hand_


HongKong_880S1209_Jaimie with a live lobster_


HongKong_880S1212_Tom with the same lobster - we decided to let it back into the tank for the night_


HongKong_880S1218_View of Hong Kong from the top of the peak tram_


HongKong_880S1223_We waited all week to take the peak tram up, as the clouds were low every day_


HongKong_880S1228_We finally got a day where we could see the peak, but still no sun_


HongKong_880S1232_We had one of the best breakfasts overlooking the city_


HongKong_880S1234_Then it was off to the races. Here, Jaimie and Jackie are checking out the horses in the parade_


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HongKong_880S1236_And 3 out of 5 of our picks came in first!_


HongKong_880S1239_All of us in front of the race track_


HongKong_880S1249_After the races, we visited the 10,000 Buddhas Temple_


HongKong_880S1251_Monkey posing next to the many Buddhas_


HongKong_880S1252_We had to walk up a steep hill, but had these guys to keep us company along the way_


HongKong_880S1256_The rest of the 10,000 Buddhas lined the walls of the main temple_


HongKong_880S1263_It was an amazing sight, and all of them in slightly different poses_


HongKong_880S1264_The large pagoda in front of the main temple_


HongKong_880S1267_This Buddha had many arms and heads_


HongKong_880S1275_Looking up on the pagoda, a beautiful sight_


     

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