Welcome junk boat pictures

Aside from drinking 6 strong drinks and having to have a 2 hour sleep to sober up it was an amaaaaazing day. I have never seen the Hong Kong sky quite so clear.

bx

Window weather watch

It's the junk boat trip this morning! Last week it was cancelled because of bad weather so I have been eagerly looking out of my window waiting so see what the day will bring.


Then I realized it was night time and you can't judge the weather in the dark...



But at 7am this morning, the sky is blue, the clouds are few and i'm going to get sunburnt to a dark red hue!

bx

More amazing pictures

These photos are amazing, i'm not blowing my own trumpet because I never took them. Click here to be taken to the website of the guy who does.






The first two pictures are of the International Finance Center, the last two are of the one and only Lamma Island

bx

Random Holidays

This week is random Chinese holiday week! (Not the technical name) which means...

Wednesday I get a day off to celebrate the Moon Festival (Mid-Autumn Festival). Chinese folk believe that on this day the moon is at it's fullest. They base their festival celebrations around the lunar calendar, so the Moon being its fullest is a pretty important time where families get together and exchange Mooncakes (which are the most revolting things in the world).

So after Wedensday the weekend appears and I get the following Monday October 1st off to celebrate China National Day. We have rented a boat for 55 people to go out onto the water that evening and watch the fireworks celebrations over the city, and the Chinese know how to put on a fireworks display!

Oh, and this Saturday the company has rented two junk boats and we are going island hopping with 70 of us and two speedboats for watersports. So excited la!

bx

Test

This is a test, i'm trying a new photo uploading system so thought I would use the Wan Chai MTR sign as my first trial.

The Greatest Skyline Picture Ever?

You need to click the picture to get the full effect. I found the photo on this website.

The guy who creates them uses a system that is way beyond my little laptops power, but it is the best picture I have ever seen of the Hong Kong skyline.

bx

In the papers

I have been going through the photos I have taken recently and decided to upload a few

I went to Macau last weekend and it's a pretty boring place once you have done all the tourist stuff. I did not take many pictures but St Pauls ruins are always worth a click.

The rest of the pictures are from a newspaper article. Believe it or not, the article is not about our organization, but rather our office. We have moved into the unused section of a primary school that the government is trying to close down. The general idea is that our presence and the free work we do for the school on weekends will keep the school yearly intake up and the school open. The group picture is with the school head, the last picture is me talking to a parent with the school head. Between you and me, the parent in the middle spoke not a word of English.

bx