Beijing

I was able to meet up with Mike in the Beijing Airport, and we headed to our hostel last night.

When we arrived it was too late to do anything too cool, so we just went to Lake Hou Hai and walked around a little. The lake was full of night life, and had a bunch of really cool things going on (like a pick up gymnastics competition between the locals).

Then, Mike was jet lagged, so we ended up going to bed around 11 or so. Little did we know we had the worst roommates ever in the hostel, and they treated our room like a party talking laughing and overall being the rudest people I ever encountered in a hostel.

When we woke up the thee of us headed to the famous Summer Palace. Historically it's almost identical to Versailles, but the facilities themselves are much different. It's this gigantic estate with a lake in the middle of it, and structured very similar to a Buddhist temple. We actually entered from the wrong side, and kind of made our way backwards through a forest to get to the gate. Once in side it was pretty cool, but no where near as elaborate as Versailles. We then rented a boat and took it out on the lake for a while. Overall it was really cool, but very similar to a lot of the different temples we've been to. While in the Summer Palace we were trying to play a local version of hackie-sack. We were obviously terrible, and made fools of ourselves, but it was fun regardless.

When we left the summer palace we tried to go to the Olympic grounds only to find that we weren't allowed within 100 meters of the birds nest or water cube, which was obviously disappointing. So, we took some pictures through a fence and moved on.

In the evening Mike and I went to this Beijing acrobatics show, which was cool, but nothing you haven't seen at halftime of NBA games. It was also kind of dirty. It looked like this may have been a really spectacular show in 1983, but that they have failed to updated and renovate it. After we tried to meet up with Jake, but were very late due to the flag ceremony at Tienanmen Square.

Once we finally met up with him we headed to a section of town called Xidan, which is like the big downtown shopping district. While we were there I bought a China national team Yi Jianlian jersey (which is awesome!), and then we tried to find ourselves dinner. Dinner turned out to be more difficult than we thought because there were so few restaurants in this area (which we all found odd). We eventually decided to go to this hotel and ask someone where to find something to eat. The woman at the desk was obviously appalled at our cloths, and told us to go to the 7th floor of that building. Then the guy next to her tried to show us the hotel restaurant across the hall, but the lady hit him and started to yell something in Chinese to him. We think she was saying we were too dirty to eat at there hotel. As we attempted to go to that 7th floor we realized it was closed, so we hit the streets again. We eventually did find a Beijing style hot pot restaurant. The Beijing style was good. Not as spicy as the Seczuan style, but still had enough flavor.

When we got back to the hostel Mike went to sleep, and Jake and I stayed up talking with two Italian girls (Lucy and Elana). They were harassing us about Pizza, and how Italian Pizza is much better, which is ridiculous because they had never even had Chicago style.

Well, Were off to tour the inside of Tienanmen Square, and other historical sites form the people's revolution today.

The Shaolin Monastery

The night was a bit uncomfortable in ZhenZou because Jake and I were accidentally given a room with only one bed, and by the time we arrived to check in all the rooms with two beds had been taken. Rather than leave and try to find a different hotel we decided not to forgo our deposit, and to bear it out (for 2 nights).

The next day (yesterday) we headed out to the Shaolin Monastery. On the nearly 2 hour bus ride out to the middle of the mountains of the Henan Provence, we met a nice man from Australia, and kind of palled around with him for a while. The bus we got on kind of screwed us, and forced us to purchase tickets to two other temples along the way, and stop in a restaurant for lunch. Overall it wasn't the worst thing, because we really didn't have anything to do yesterday anyway.

Once we arrived at the actual monastery the three of us (Jake, me, and this guy peter from Australia) were in awe. The facilities were spectacular. We first went to a very impressive kung-fu show where we were shown some of the amazing things that these men can do. And after words we toured the sanctuary, a building full of 500 different Buddhas, and this pagoda forest. Sadly my camera ran our of batteries, and I was unable to take pictures after the show. Luckily Peter said he would email me all of his, and I hope he does, because the whole thing was really cool.


The sanctuary was similar to others we have seen before, only cleaner, and grander. It was cool, but the best part was when we wondered away from the rest of the tourists and saw all the living quarters and training facilities of the monks. We even met some people who were training, one was a western guy from Ireland who was talking to us for a bit. Apparently people come form all over the world to train in the ancient art of kung-fu at the Shaolin Monastery.


After that we went to the pagoda forest. these stone pagodas were created as memorials to fallen monks. A thousand years ago when China was being invaded the Emperor would call upon the Shaolin Monks to defend the nation. We were told that up until the gun was invented on Shaolin Monk was equal to 20 other solders, and often a group of a few hundred Shaolin Monks would defeat whole armies. These pagodas were memorials to those warrior who died in battle, and amazingly there were only a few hundred of them to represent a thousand years of battles and wars, which is impressive. The other cool thing about this pagoda forest was that the monastery was invaded several times by different intruders trying to defeat China. Many of those invasions and the battles that ensued were located right in this forest, so they would fight in this incredible graveyard of stone pagodas. I don't have pictures now, and hopefully will get some soon but in the mean time find pictures of this on the Internet and imagine a battle of kung-fu warriors taking place there, it's really awesome.


Lastly we went to the hall of 500 Buddhas. This was pretty cool, but nothing out of the ordinary. It was exactly as it sounds a building with 500 different life size statues of different Buddhas symbolizing different things. It was cool, but nothing to to write home about, and certainly not nearly as cool as the Pagoda Forest.

On the bus ride home we met a group of Israelis who were traveling after their army service. I think I surprised them when I listened to their conversation an then answered one of them in Hebrew when they asked another what time it was. They were nice, but fell asleep soon after the bus left, so I wasn't really able to chat with them too much.

After we arrived back in ZhenZou The three of us had dinner and went our separate ways. Hopefully Pete will shoot me those pictures, and if he does I'll try to post them.

I'm currently in the ZhenZou airport waiting to get my flight to Beijing where we will meet up with Mike (my brother), and continue our tour of the country.

ZenZhou

Yesterday we just strolled around the city. The city is kind of a dump. We found a big park in the center, but the whole thing was dilapidated and very dirty. There was this part of the park that was exactly like Venus beach. It had weight lifting machines, and was open to the public to work out. The only thing was it was all rusted out and looked like tetanus waiting to happen. The rest of the park centered around this like that was one of the dirtiest bodies of water I've ever seen. The whole thing looked kind of disgusting. However, the coolest part of this park was a section that old ladies come to practice Tie-Chi. IT was really cool to see a bunch of them in unison doing these hand and body movements.

While around we went to go pick up our airline tickets to Beijing, and there was an issue. They had written Jake's name wrong, and needed to make him a new one, and for whatever reason they insisted he switched to a different flight. The moral of the story was no one should book flight tickets through a Chinese based website 3 months in advance and expect for it to go off with out a hitch. Everything is going to work out, and we'll get there, but it was frustrating.

We also stumbled upon a Chinese bakery, and naturally I wanted to go in and try something. Well, I tried what looked like and was explained to me as Chinese cheesecake, only this was really not cheesecake, and was actually quite bad. It tasted like a sponge with a little hint of milk.

Of course what day wouldn't be complete without small children following us around and giggling at the silly looking white people while saying simple English phrases like "nice to meet you" and "how are you".

After a day of getting to know the poor streets of ZenZhou we went to a message parlor. First we were given an ancient Chinese foot message using traditional techniques, and after they did the rest of our bodies in more of a western style. The whole experience was very cool, and a lot of fun. I'm hoping that before I leave I can get another foot message.

Terra-Cotta Warriors and Xi'an's good by

Yesterday Jake and I went to see the famous Terra-Cotta Warriors. Which are located out in the middle of nowhere in the Shaan-Xi provance about an hour outside of Xi'an. It was pretty cool, but not as impressive as people said it would be. Apparently it took an army of 750,00 crafts men 40 years to assemble the mass armies of clay statues. While the scale is really cool, and it's interesting to see all of the different solders and all of the different positions they hold. I kept thinking that such a project is easy when you have an army the size of Milwaukee working 24 hours a day to create this spectacle. However the attention to detail was really cool. They did make every one totally unique, and they even bothered to put the life lines in the solders hands to represent them individually. All in all worth seeing, but not the big deal people make it out to be.

After the warriors we went to the Giant Goose Pagoda with this girl from Montreal and this guy from Lancing Michigan who have each been traveling for two years by themselves. The four of us walked around for a while, then walked home.

Due to the disgusting conditions of our hostel in Xi'an, and our enthusiasm to head on out to Zhengzhou, the capitol of the Henan province (not to be confused with the Hunan Province which is more famous and much more south), and the closest major city to the Shaolin Monastery (the birth place of Kung Fu) we decided to take the 12:26 train out of town.

We arrived in Zhenzhou this mourning around and have been relaxing since.

Oddities about China

Over the course of the past few days I have noticed a few things about China that are in no way similar to life in the States.

• Babies don't wear pants. Well...they do, but all babies were crotchless pants. and I saw a mother instruct her child to pee in a garbage can.
• Babies also have a silly haircuts. They actually do shave their entire head except the front and then put that in a bow. It looks ridiculous.
• People sleep anywhere. These are not homeless people, but everyday working people. They will just lay down on the sidewalk and take naps whenever and wherever they please. It's really ridiculous.
• There is a cat in every restaurant. This one I'm actually thankful for, just because the cats keep mice out.
• Thee are no traffic signals, or at least very few. Whenever you cross a street you kind of just go, and you hope the cars stop. This also applies for intersections between cars going in opposite directions sometimes.
• The right of way in traffic is decided by who has a bigger vehicle. Seriously, this is how it's decided. Trucks can do anything they want, and small cars or bikes will always yield in any circumstance including going the wrong way on the road to the bigger vehicle. This is no joke, and is actually how it works. It's both crazy and scary.
• People create makeshift taxis by attaching a wood box with wheals to their moped. They charge less than regular taxis, but seem to be very dangerous. For the record I've ridden in several of these, and find them to be really fun.
• The homeless are persistent. IN the States if I say no to a beggar they give up, or pursue a little more, but don't fight too hard. Here they see a white person, assume I have money, and follow me for blocks grabbing my arm and pointing towards their mouth. I have literally had to run away from them while they chase me on several occasions, but thankfully I have yet to have to give them anything.
• Similar to the States I see a ton of NBA jerseys. Mostly either McGrady or Yao, but I see a lot more. I think it's really funny how they are all such fans, and love to see them sporting AI or Kobe jerseys.
• There is more pollution here than imaginable. Everywhere, even western "undeveloped" cities have this thick haze around the city. It's really awful.
• This society only accepts cash. It's frustrating and annoying, but they only accept cash, no credit cards.
• People, not just children, pee everywhere. They treat the whole country like a toilet, and it's gross.
• Everything even restaurants are dirty. The only clean looking places I've seen are Western hotels meant to cater to foreign businessmen.
• Everything is food. Dogs, cats, rats, bus, monkeys, placentas from birth, everything is fair game to eat. I was even told, but do not believe, that in some regions you can pay a lot of money and eat aborted fetuses. I can't believe that, but was told it was true.
• Wild animals roam the streets. Dogs, cats, Oxen, goats, chickens, roosters almost anything imaginable just walk around and no one bats an eye.
• Coffee is rare and expensive.
• Water is always served very hot unless bought at a supermarket. No one likes cold water, and restaurants will always just serve you hot water.
• All models in advertisements are white people. Apparently they don't find Oriental people as attractive as Caucasian.
• There is a huge number of disabled people. I was told this was for a many reasons combined. 1) The drinking water isn't good, and causes birth defects 2) People smoke around pregnant people 3) The actual birthing process is of poor quality and many mistakes are made 4) The mass pollution 5) Inbreeding is not as uncommon as it is in Western society 6) Girls give birth at an earlier age, sometimes unhealthily early.
• This is only different from The States, because I think many countries around the world are very similar, and I think that even in some regions of the US this may be the case, but everyone is always smoking. On trans, buses, even the air plains people don't put the cigarettes down. It's really a shame, but I guess it's good for American tobacco farmers.
• In a restaurant they don't serve the food all at once, instead they serve it when each thing is ready.
• They often will make you pay in advanced in restaurants.
• People don't trip their finger nails.
• Everything is negotiable!
• Staring at people different from you is not rude.
• You are instructed to throw away toilet paper in a bin next to the toilet as opposed to flushing it.
• People don't cut their fingernails, and that includes the men. I've seen some nails longer than an inch.
• They love KFC an unhealthy amount.
• There are spontaneous line daces in the streets
• They sell live animals at the markets to eat (most look very sick).
• Outdoor markets sell food, and it's all spoiled and gross.

That's about all I can think of at the moment, but there are so many more I just need to take the time to think of and write down at a latter time. I'm going to just edit this posting so check this periodically as the list will update as I think of more odd things.

Xi'an

Well,

I arrived in Xi'an in the mourning of the 26th, and it was gorgeous right from the get go. Xi'an is the ancient capitol of China, and a very old city. Think Jerusalem, but the Chinese version, and of equal historical significance. The whole city is surrounded by this monstrous wall, and there are many ancient buildings all over the place. To the right is the ancient bell tower. Around the year 500 this building was used to wake the people in the morning, and used to alert people in case of an intruder. Jake and I saw a traditional music show inside, which was really cool. It's funny, because it I were to jokingly imagine what traditional Chinese music sounds like, I would be spot on.

There is also a giant Muslim market in Xi'an, which again reminds me of Jerusalem. Its really cool, they sell everything there from skinned dogs to Chinese spices, and even paintings or other crafts. While there I bought some dried Kiwis, which were delicious. I was also stopped again by some girls to have their picture taken with a white person, which is always fun. Many parts were very crowded, but the crowds made me feel uncomfortable to take my camera out, so the picture to the left was a brief moment of space between me and the next closest person.

After the Muslim quarter Jake and I went to have dinner in a traditional Xi'an restaurant. What they eat is this bread, which the waitress makes you tear up into little pieces, and then they pour this broth over it with some cut up lamb. It was actually pretty good (at least edible compared to Chengdu). My only complaint was I spent a lot of time tearing this bread, and then it turned out to be way too much food for me to eat. Overall it was a unique thing I would recommend doing if in Xi'an.

Jake and I then went to climb the city wall and tour the quarters of the ancient guards. It was really beautiful. Its hard to tell form the picture, but it goes on for miles, and is about 15 meters wide. They have the whole thing lit up at night, and make it look even more impressive than it already is. Its difficult to make out in from these pictures taken in the night, but it is a very impressive structure.

After that Jake and I stumbled upon a Chinese party. It was really cool. There were a bunch of young people all line dancing to this Chinese pop music. That was cool, but what was really awesome was that the line dances were spontaneous. At the beginning of each song two or three of them (a different group for each song, it was just whoever took the initiative) would make up a new dance, and then once they decided on one the rest would join in. It was so cool how everyone would struggle at first, and learn this new dance just moments ago created. I would say on average ten seconds in a group of 30 or more people would be doing this dance perfectly. Then when the song ended a new group of people would make up a dance, and everyone would join in. We watched for a while, and were fascinated by everything. The dances ranged from very simple to extremely complex. Some involving two groups of people moving in opposite directions; those looked the coolest.

I'm a celebrity

Its very odd, because normally I am not in any way a famous person, but in China I'm a noticeable man who everyone wants to talk to. I have been approached by several children who come up to me and just say hello, then they run away giggling. Then I have also been approached by several girls, who obviously have never seen white people, and want to take their picture with me. The whole experience has been really funny, and cool. I'm not sure if I should feel like a freak or a celebrity. I've chosen to feel like a celebrity. Below is me with two of these girls who wanted to have there picture taken with me. I thought it was funny to have their picture taken with me as well.

Chengdu

Well, I finally arrived in Chengdu at around 11:00 Saturday night after a grueling 10 hour delay in the Hong Kong Airport.

As for Chengdu I really like it. Its totally different in almost every way from he states, and Europe, but it's interesting. There are all sorts of animals roaming the streets, and the people are really crazy. Men sit in restaurants without shirts on, and everyone is always smoking. The streets are also very odd. There are tons of bikes and vespas all over the place, and they ride on both the streets and sidewalks, which is very uncomfortable for pedestrians (at least for me it is). The coolest thing may be the giant statue of Chairman Mao in the middle of town. Its just really interesting to see how this society still idolizes him, and he is still revered as a great man to the local.

Despite all of these things I am enjoying myself. I saw a Sezchan opera last night (which was awesome). The opera was different from traditional European ones in that the acts were all completely different from one another. One act was with regular actors, and then the next was a man doing hand shadows. There was even an entire act with puppets. The coolest was this scene with the actors changing their masks instantly. They would wave their hand over their faces, and suddenly their faces would change color. It was really spectacular. I think my favorite was the shadow puppets. While it seems kind of dumb, I will assure you it was entertaining, and impressive. The man made a perfect dog, then a perfect rabbit, and then made the dog eat the rabbit

Today I went to see a Panda Bear research center. I(t was really cool, and informative. The Pandas were very cool, and very docile. There were a ton of them just playing and eating, it was pretty cool. I would recommend it to people, and that comes from a guy who doesn't frequent the zoo too often.

After I came back from the Pandas, I went to the WenShu Monastery. It was so cool. everything was golden, and everything was so colorful and just done really well. I can't really describe it too well, but every thing in the entire monastery was as ornate and elaborate as possible. They went out of their to impress their Buddha, and while I'm not sure what his take is I can say I was impressed.

Later tonight I saw the ZaoJue Temple, which was kind of dilapidated, and not that cool. It was going for the same effect as the WenShu Monastery, but really just couldn't pull it off.

As for the food in Chengdu (or really the Sezchan Provence) it is too spicy. The common food in China is not General Tzao's Chicken. It is this "Hot Pot", which is kind of like a fond due, only with all sorts of crazy things (brains, intestines, feet etc.). The idea is to dip all of the food in this boiling oil, and then eat it. Well Jake and I decided to go with the vegetables and some simple beef instead of the usual brains. Second of all we stressed we didn't want it to be too spicy, as Jake was told Chengdu is infamous for being the spiciest food in all of China. Well, it was the spiciest thing I ever put in my mouth. I spent the entire time crying and sweating. It was unbearable. It was so bad that tonight while we were having dinner we just had to stop and leave before we were full or out of food. We were just not enjoying how spicy it was. The really funny thing about how spicy the food is, is that it is so spicy the locals have to add this spice that numbs the mouth in order to eat the food themselves. So, while your eating your mouth is drugged to go numb so that you can stand the food.

Anyway, I'm off to Xi'an tomorrow, and look forward to what else will come my way.

I'm in the Hong Kong Airport on a delay

Ok,

So I just got off of a horrific 14 hour flight that was preceded by an equally terrible 5 hour flight. The one form Chicago to Vancouver was of course delayed, and then the one from Vancouver to Hong Kong was delayed as well. Both had screaming babies on them, and both were very unforgettable. Currently I am in the Hong Kong airport on a 2hour layover which has turned into an 11 hour stay due to some delays. While the airport is nice I'm driving myself crazy while waiting for my flight which keeps getting delayed in hour and a half increments.

The only positives I have to report are my meals. I ordered the Kosher meals and they were spectacular. I had corn beef on rye, and brisket. I also had breakfast while in the Hong Kong airport on a delay for my flight to Chengdu, and it was spectacular. If the food keeps up this way I'm going to love it here.

I just hope I can start to do things not on a delay soon.

I Head Out Tonight

My flight to Chengdu leaves in about 12 hours and I thought I would go ahead and continue the tradition I started last summer(SethsEuroTrip.blogspot.com), and blog about my travels. Currently the plan is to fly into Chengdu China, meet up with my friend Jake (the man I traveled primarily with last summer), who has been living in Kunming for the past year, and travel north east for a week. We plan to arrive in Beijing a week from Saturday (Aug 30th) to meet up with my brother Mike. From there the three of us will take the next two weeks and travel southward down the east coast of China hitting most the major metropolitan areas along the way.

I hope to be able to update this every few days, but obviously am not sure when I will be able to so bear with me.

Below is a rough outline of what I have assumed I will do on the trip. Obviously this itinerary will most likely change over the next three weeks, but I don't think I'll deviate too much seeing as I had to submit my itinerary and hostel reservations to the Chinese government. I apologize for the odd format, but I just copy and pasted the spreadsheet I had been working with, and this is the format that Blogspot defaulted to.


Saturday, August 23, 2008
Day 1
Arrive in Chengdu (1:30pm)


Sunday, August 24, 2008
Day 2
Chengdu 成都
Panda Research Base
Tian Fu Square
Sichuan Opera **A must see!!! We will go to a show!!!

Monday, August 25, 2008
Day 3
Chengdu 成都
Jin Li
Massage / Foot Washing
Wenshu Temple, (文殊院)


Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Day 4
Xi'an 西安
City Wall of Xi'an
**16 hour train ride to Xi'an from Chengdu, we may need to look into a flight or something.
Forest of Steles
Wolong Temple

Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Day 5
Xi'an 西安
Army of Terracotta Warriors and Horses (兵马俑 Bīng mă yŏng)
Big (Wild) Goose Pagoda (大雁塔 Dà Yàntǎ)
Drum Tower （鼓楼 Gǔlóu）
Grand Mosque (清真寺 Qīngzhēnsì)


Thursday, August 28, 2008
Day 6
Shaolin temple
Shaolin Temple (少林寺 Shàolínsì), also known as Shaolin Monastery
**must arrive via Zhengzhou

Friday, August 29, 2008
Day 7
Shaolin temple
Songyue Pagoda
Gaocheng Guanxing Tai
Zhongyue Miao


Saturday, August 30, 2008
Day 8
Get to Beijing (hopefully in the morning)
Check in to Hostel and just walk around a little in Beijing
**11 hour train ride to Beijing from Zhengzhou, we may need to look into a flight or something. Flight = $121 from Zengzhou, so this seems to be our best option
Meet up with Mike (2:30 flight arrives, so maybe a 5pm meeting time/place)

Sunday, August 31, 2008
Day 9
Beijing 北京
Tiananmen Square (天安门广场 Tiānānmén Guǎngchǎng)
Pan Jia Yuan (潘家园), also called the "dirt market" or the "weekend market,"
Forbidden City (故宫 Gù Gōng) (also known as the Palace Museum)
Chairman Mao Mausoleum


Monday, September 01, 2008
Day 10
Beijing 北京
Day trip to Badaling (Great Wall) 1 1/2 hr Bus
Summer Palace (颐和园 Yíhé yuán)


Tuesday, September 02, 2008
Day 11
Beijing 北京
Prince Gong's Mansion (恭王府 Gōngwáng Fǔ)
***Leave around 8ishpm and head to Jinan
Drum Tower
Temple of Heaven (天坛 Tiāntán),
Beijing opera at the Laoshe Tea House (老舍茶馆 Lǎoshě Cháguǎn) ---- In the morning, about 40 minutes, and is free

Wednesday, September 03, 2008
Day 12
Jinan 济南
Baotu Springs
*** 4 hour train from Beijing
Lingyan Temple
***Arive Late on the 2nd?
Thousand-Buddha Mountain(Qianfoshan)
***Leave around 8ishpm and head to Nanjing


Thursday, September 04, 2008
Day 13
Nanjing 南京
Gulou Square
*** 5 hour train from Jinan
Confucius Temple
***Arrive Late on the 3rd
Zhonghua Gate
***Stay 2 nights Leaving early on the 5th
Presidential Palace
Monument to the 1937 Nanjing Massacre
One of the bridges over the Yangtze has sculptures that are a classic of socialist art

Friday, September 05, 2008
Day 14
Suzhou 苏州
Gardens, any and all. They are supposed to me magnificent
*** 1 1/2 hours from Nanjing
The Garden of the Master of the Nets (Wang Shi Yuan 网师园)
*** in by 12pm out by 9pm -- simmilar to Venice '07
The Humble Administrator's Garden (Zhuo Zheng Yuan 拙政园)
The Lingering Garden (Liu Yuan 留园)
Soochow (Suzhou) University's Main/Original Campus
Ping Jiang Road
Dong Zhong Shi ">Baita Road (Bai2 Ta3 Lu4) --> Dong Zhong Shi


Saturday, September 06, 2008
Day 15
Shanghai 上海
*** 40 minutes from Suzhou
***Arive Late on the 5th
Nanjing Dong Lu (南京东路)

Sunday, September 07, 2008
Day 16
Shanghai 上海
Ohel Moishe Synagogue
Jade Buddha Temple
The Bund
Fuxing Rd (复兴路)
Oriental Pearl TV Tower


Monday, September 08, 2008
Day 17
Fly to Macau

Tuesday, September 09, 2008
Day 18
Macau 澳門
Leal Senado Square
Casinos
**Probably fly to Hong Kong in the evning seeing as we have already spent a night in Macau


Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Day 19
Macau 澳門


Thursday, September 11, 2008
Day 20
Hong Kong 香港
Nathan Road
Outdoor markets
Water Front

Friday, September 12, 2008
Day 21
Hong Kong 香港
Avenue of Stars
Chatham Road South
Wong Tai Sin Temple Complex


Saturday, September 13, 2008
Day 22
Fly from Hong Kong back Home
11:45 am flight home. United 0856 out of HKG
12:pm who knows what Jake Does, but he'll be alone in Hong Kong