Episode 7: the peak at mt Victoria, to central

yesterday i went to the stanley market, an outdoor market where you can buy nice little nitnacks (this country is the most consumer oriented country in the world, malls are EVERYWHERE). afterwards we took our bus to the peak on top of victoria mountain. that is the beverly hills of hong kong where homes supposedly can cost $100million US (i am skeptical of this figure). still, it was beautiful and some of the homes were like chinese palaces (though i had no time to snap a photo on the driveby). afterwards i went to central.

this was my dim sum lunch that i had at the stanely market, a ritzy little area by the beach. dim sum is a type of chinese cuisine where they serve many small portions of food and you dabble in all of them. it was fantastic.

here are some of my favorite people at the exchange. one french canadian, two french, two austrians. all of whom are very fun... kid on the right, gp, will be in hong kong a whole year. i wish him the best of luck

here is a panoramic of hong kong by day. not a bad looking city if i say so myself...

here i am about to take flight into hong kong, until i thought better of it. there was a 20 foot drop from that ledge...

a panoramic of me at an observatory on the peak. i really liked this spot because of how hard the wind was blowing. we were on the opposite side of the mt so there was no view of the city really.

couple of hours later after it got dark, this is a gorgeous view of hong kong at night. from the top of the peak. every night at 8pm there is a light show which involves dozens of buildings that light up from top to bottom. it is best viewed from the kowloon side across the water.

i found this poor cow on display that was suffering from an identity crisis. my chinese name is xue hu, which means snow tiger. a lot of the mainland kids get a kick out of my name which often comes across to them as a childish one. i happen to like it very much.

here i am sucking on the utters of a greek cow...

some of you may or may not know that i have a thing for lions (leondari means lion in greek). here i am riding on at the HSBC building in central last night. i named him theodore.

this is me smiling in my artistic pose in black and white. the amazing 10 minute hong kong boat ferry ride was coming to an end....

by the end of the day i was dead tired, as you can see. this is danny on my left, he is from maryland.