Hong Kong Eye Candy

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We've got about two more days in Hong Kong before heading out for Thailand tomorrow evening. Our India trip plans got scrapped (boo) due to difficulty getting a visa. Once we got over that disappointment, we decided to change our tickets and head to Thailand a few weeks early. Now we have the liberation of knowing that we could venture into Malaysia, Vietnam, or Laos in that time - we're still not sure where the trip will take us!

Hong Kong has been overwhelming, efficient, vertical, smelly, and fun. We feel quite safe here and are mostly just shopping. Stories are plentiful, but for now the pictures will have to suffice.

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Photos

Smoggy City
Suspension bridges - crossing over from the airport into Hong Kong

Chinese Food
Yum yum yum! Almost nothing like the Chinese food you find in Kansas, much much fresher and tastier! My new favorite - roasted duck.

Hot tea
Served with every meal, whether you ask for it or not.

Bamboo
Used as natural scaffolding for building construction. We can't believe how high they trust it to go!

Electrical Mayhem
Inside a stairwell

Snack Shops
Most items are new to me - lots of dried seafoods, nuts, seeds, meats and sometimes herbal remidies

Ascetic Budda
My favorite Budda from the Hong Kong Art Museum

Sanitation
Sanitation is a big deal here - lots of people walk around with surgical masks. This sign on the museum door cracked us all up. Look for Justin and I in the reflection!

Yes I ate it -
and it wiggled all the way down

Hong Kong Cityscape
Smoggy but nice, I was surprisingly amused by this view

Packed Streets
This town is very space efficient, sometimes too cramped for comfort, but things get done here.

Flower Market
Fresh flower market that we walked through

Orchids
Tons of beautiful varieties of orchids were hot items at the flower market

Bird Market
Nearby the flower market - a bird market. Caught between pity for the caged birds and their novelty, we sauntered through.

Bird Food
Live grasshoppers, worms and other insects for sale to feed the birds.

Roasted Chickens
I swear one was looking at me the whole time I was taking this photo.

Dim Sum
Yum yum yum again! This style of Chinese food is steamed in bamboo trays. Everything from wontons to vegetables to meat dishes. Served tapas style, so we could taste a little bit of everything.

Ladies Market
Packed in the streets selling everything from handbags, watches, underwear, scarves, shirts, you name it. Crazy bustle, but the shopkeepers were very nice to help you find just the right thing.