Nunnery in Kowloon

Dried lizard on a stick

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April 15th 2006
Can't wait to post the picture with this entry title. The best part was the shop owner who made two lizards on a stick fight each other. I visted two temples today, actually one was a nunnery, and had two very different experiences. The first was a very old one in an area call Yau Mei Tei adjacent to a park where old men were playing Chinese chess. The temple is heavily used and for about ... read more

Asia » Hong Kong » Kowloon

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Occupied by the UK in 1841, Hong Kong was formally ceded by China the following year; various adjacent lands were added later in the 19th century. Pursuant to an agreement signed by China and the UK on 19 December 1984, Hong Kong became the Hong Kong... ... read more