Home!

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Hi All,
I'm home now, recuperating! It's amazing to see Blaise walking around, and Sam seems older, too! It's great to be back, although sometimes I wake up and can't remember if I am in China or not... What a trip!
Tomorrow I go back to work. Sharon's brother Mike, and his wife Rachael are here, enjoying the beautiful Alaskan winter for another week. So, it is a full house, but fun to be back with everyone.
Here are some pics from Hong Kong. Mostly while there, I walked around Temple Street market in Kowloon, ate good food, rode the escalator up through the hilly Hong Kong side, rode a cable trolley up to the "Peak", a lookout viewing area of HK, with a shopping mall of course, and marveled at the enourmous city.

Anyway, this is my last post for this trip. Hope you got some entertainment out of it, it was fun posting and reading everyone's comments. I feel very lucky to have been able to go on this trip, and fortunate to have Sharon here to take care of the boys and the house while I was away.

China was a pretty fascinating place, and I am still letting it all sink in, there was so much to absorb. Maybe someday I will return, but until then, zaijian!

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Photos

Hong Kong and Kowloon
From the Peak

In front of the city
Again from the Peak

Elevator
Up through town, I rode it to the top, getting off at various streets to eat, drink, or shop.

Night Scene
From the Kowloon side looking at Hong Kong proper

Light show
They had a light show on the Hong Kong buildings, syncronized with music on the Kowloon side. Patterns on buildings would change with the music and sometimes lasers would shoot out from the tops of the buildings.

Back in AK
On the road from Anchorage to Homer... trying to stay alert for ice and moose.

Comments

[Mother Lode]

what a trip!
An amazing trip! Neat sounding lite show on all the buildings. Yes, you one lucky man! Abit of a contrast on the last picture! Always good to get home! Love, Mom