View from our hotel room

Fabulous view from our 18th floor room. The building on the right of the picture is the new convention centre which is built on reclaimed land. Right in front of the hotel but out of the picture is another new building that will block some view. And more land is being reclaimed all the time.

Christmas in Hong Kong

January 12th 2009
The four day Christmas Break finally arrived. No rest for us however, as we were up at 5:00 am Christmas Day to get ready for our 6:00 am pickup by our driver who whisked the four of us off to the Dalian airport. We were off to Hong Kong with Thomas, a teacher from the school, and his wife, Feng-wei, who grew up in China and went to high school in Hong Kong. She trained as a nurse in Britain and m ... read more

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