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Hong Kong - Final Destination on our RTW trip 2004 |
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It was early in the morning when we arrived in Hong Kong. The public transportation (train) into Hong Kong and Kowloon was a marvelous feat of ingenuity and technical craftsmanship. Together with the GREAT support staff, Hong Kong went straight to the top of the 'great for visitors' list. |
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Busy and in motion.
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High tech too! Their underground transportation system was EASY, with guides, lights and directions posted everywhere. |
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Devon, as always, enjoying the ride. |
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We walked to the harbour and watched the lights fill the night. |
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Especially as it was something he can 'talk' to us about. Light!
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has a 'baby sign' for the word 'light' which is reaching up above
his head and opening and closing his hand. |
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I couldn't resist taking this photograph. So Hong Kong-ish.
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| The following day we visited a temple to see what the spiritual life of Hong Kong was like. | |
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of the underground, it looked like we'd arrived. There were people
selling incense, spiritual danglies and the like. |
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I know that little boys are 'good luck' and I suppose a little, white, red-haired, blue-eyed baby in a temple was cause for much joy. I got the impression that if he waved to them they felt good luck was bestowed. Devon responded, waving, smiling, to the delight of everyone. |
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They would face the centre shrine, kneel, close their eyes and begin to shake the small tubes. Anywhere from a few moments to a few minutes would pass until suddenly a stick would fall out onto the pavement. |
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The person would rise, look at the stick, bow, and walk away. What were they doing? Fortune telling... |
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I go first. shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake... shake.. shake shake shake shake... shake... shake... shake... shake shake shake... shake.. shake... shake... shake... shake shake... Clink. Look at the stick... Stick number 1. |
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Hooray for stick #40! |
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Devon gets # 68. |
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Tila's fortune: Don't spend too much money. Not what she wanted to hear. |
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"Everywhere you walk, blooms. Great success." Just what I wanted to hear! |
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See. Happy turtle. |
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The gardens even had waterfalls! |
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| By this time, I needed a stretch. | |
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I don't know if you can see it, but there is pain on my face. This
was the last time I carried Devon for six weeks. |
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This is HONG KONG! |
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 Devon
is loving the trip. |
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Asian cities are quite a combination of old colonial architecture and new, modern shiny towering buildings. They are so clean. Quite 'proper' really. |
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We toured Hong Kong Island on the top deck of a trolly. |
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The end of the 2004 Round the World trip, thank you Hong Kong. "Now that was a GREAT trip" says Devon. It sure was, my little man, it sure was! |
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| Be a light unto yourself :) |
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Good job Hong Kong!
What
was our impression of Hong Kong?
We found a great vegetarian restaurant around the corner from our
hotel and enjoyed a couple of meals there.
Every
evening, Hong Kong lights up in a scheduled light-show.
Devon loved it too!
Devon was received with delight. 
We saw many people come with small tubes filled with long sticks.
Okay,
let's try it. 
Shake
shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake... shake.. shake
shake shake shake... shake... shake shake shake shake shake shake
shake shake shake... shake.. shake shake shake shake... shake...
shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake... shake..
shake shake shake shake... shake... shake shake shake shake shake
shake shake... shake.. shake shake shake shake... shake... shake...
shake... shake shake shake... shake.. shake shake shake shake shake
shake shake shake... shake.. shake shake shake shake... shake...
shake... shake... shake shake shake... shake.. shakeshake shake
shake shake shake shake shake... shake.. shake shake shake shake...
shake... shake... shake... shake CLINK. 
shake
shake... shake.. shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake...
shake.. shake shake shake shake... shake... shake... shake...
shake shake shake... shake.. shakeshake shake shake shake shake
shake shake... shake.. shake shake shake shake... shake... shake...
shake... shake shake shake... shake.. shake... clink.
So we had our fortunes read.
Me?
Devon's:
Healthy boy, no problems, no sickness, good for growing. Lucky boy.
The
gardens of the temple were beautiful, even the turtles thought so.
We
went downtown into Hong Kong iteslf. It reminded me very much of
Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. 
And
ate mexican for our final meal before heading to the airport to
catch our plane back to Perth.