hong kong – TaB

Posted on October 26, 2015October 26, 2015 by theatrejunkiehm2012 — Leave a comment

Photos from Hong Kong: Part 2

The view from my hotel room in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong Island. 35 floors up.

Another view.

My second night there, I just went walking. This is at the intersection for Canal Road West and Leighton Street.

See the chuck of building jutting out? Hong Kong is out of space, so they add to buildings ON TOP.

On Gloucester Road are several car dealerships. Not Honda, Toyota, no no. Romeo, Porsche, Renault, and Maserati.

That blue light under the bridge is an ambulance, trapped in traffic. Heaven forbid you ever need one in HK.

The construction continues…

A very limited view of the Kowloon skyline.

Right behind is an opulent office building with still-open, beautiful restaurants and shops…looking out onto this red-drenched building site.

More of Causeway Bay.

“Small heart” again!

A stunning park — where people were doing Tai Chi at 8 pm.

Fountains in the park.

I so wish I could’ve gotten a better picture of this dragon. A pair of them watched over the park.

Even the ads in HK are gorgeous…and over the top.

Just so cool.

I lost count of the foot reflexology consultations in HK. It’s a thing.

This across the street is the Hong Kong Jockey Club. It looks to be an especially fancy bookies, really.

The signs sticking out into street are amazing.

In the middle of everything…a basketball court.

There are no back alleys in Hong Kong. They’re lanes, and they all contain businesses like the main roads.

7-Elevens are everywhere! I’m not kidding, every street!

Posted on October 26, 2015October 26, 2015 by theatrejunkiehm2012 — Leave a comment

Photos from Hong Kong, Part 1

Cheese-flavoured chiffon cake. The most appetising snack available at the Zhongshan ferry terminal

Grape? Blackcurrant?

About to get on the cable car for Nong Ping!

On the cable car, en route to Lantau Island..

Very. VERY. High.

MUCH better snack before my tour – noodle pockets filled with minced fish, drenched in soy sauce.

They LOOK like daffodils!

The beginning of the South China Sea.

Buddha from the distance. This is only the SECOND largest Buddha in Asia!

Tai O, the fishing village on Ngong Ping.

More of Tai O.

I love the Chinese characters for “Beware” – the first two translate as “Small heart”!

A dog protecting his houseboat home.

Promenade from Tai O.

Live fish in tubs, dried fish hanging.

The fellow in the red shirt is cutting chunks out of (what I think) is a whole octopus, and serving them.

In case you want to get your photo taken with the desiccated carcass of a shark.

Shrine to Buddha just off the main road in Tai O.

Tai O.

I love this: The tree has been planted and tethered to grow over the bench. There’s a whole courtyard like this.

The promenade on the way to the Buddha.

One of the Twelve Heavenly Generals.

The monastery.

The Buddha from the bottom of the 280 steps to see him.

The monastery from the top of the peak.

I LOVE THESE TREES.

TREES.

One of the six Devas around Buddha.

Yet more trees. I can’t get over how utterly lush it is here.

I COULDN’T BELIEVE THIS. This was THE shop we went to for slurpees growing up in Calgary. In Canada, they’ve all closed down!

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