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Hong Kong skyline by night as viewed from the "Walk of...
Baked seafood rice dish served inside a coconut with...
My humble $200 HKD (about $25 USD) accommodations in the...
Sign for a bar somewhere in Mid-Levels. Doesn't leave...
View of Hong Kong island and Kowloon (means 9 dragons in...
Looking south from The Peak towards Stanley on the south...
Self-photography from the observation deck on The Peak.
A view from The Peak of the Funicular tramway which...
The funicular pulling into the uphill station.
This is a picture of the Bank of China tower, which...
I had no idea this is what a cocoa plant looked like. ...
Bank of China tower, taken from inside the jungle-like...
Hong Kongers seem to be obsessed with these kitschy...
Bird cages for sale...
Birds in cages in the Hong Kong bird park (watch out for...
Bird seed for sale!
Hmm, seems like a prudent idea.
Birds birds birds...
Parakeets for sale... apparently this city has a big...
Flower market: Lucky bamboo for sale.
Flower market: orchids for sale.
Hong Kong's Times Square with International New Year's...
Universal icon for hawking: person with a wheeled cart...
Fake ipods for sale at the night market in Mong Kok (in Kowloon).
Mantis prawns which were still alive, amidst other...
Mong Kok at nearly midnight Friday night. You could...
Sign me up!
Inside Ned Kelley's Last Stand. According to one of the...
Outside shot of Ned Kelly's.
Tai O: Fishing village on the western shore of the...
Drying fish at Tai O.
Clams getting dried in the sun at Tai O.
Min Li photographing a dried shark and some other large fish.
Min Li looks a bit skeptical about the malt-on-a-stick...
Giant Buddha on Lantau Island.
The giant mountain-top Lantao Buddha.
The Peak at night.
The Peak at night (again).
Dim sum penguins!
Our dim sum feast...
Dim sum bunnies!
Min Li, imitating the animatronic aquatic crabs in a...
The Chi Lun nunnery with apartment buildings in the background.
Chi Lun nunnery with lily ponds and gardens.
Lily ponds in the Chi Lun Nunnery.
Water lily at the Chi Lun Nunnery.
So, apparently Hong Kong does not have the best record...
I'm afraid something many have been lost (or gained) in...
Catfish with sour mango and other vegetables at a...
Sok Kwu Wan on Lamma Island, as viewed from the ferry...
They all look so delicious... how do we choose??
Mantis prawns, waiting to be someone's dinner at a...
The 250 HKD crab we selected from the tank, which fed 4...
Ally, William and Min Li, ready to attack our kill.
View from my hotel window, first morning on the ground....
In case you need some meditative relief in southwestern...
Before I left on my trip, I joked that I expected Hefei...
I wish I could say I had been proved wrong.
The Gentlefolk Hotel looks more like a factory than a hotel.
Hefei apparently has its own type of traffic lights,...
Next to a park on Fanhua Da Lao (Fanhua Road). At night...
Chinese commuter.
Chinese delivery vehicle. Also note the highway spec...
Sunset from the break room at the office.
New apartment buildings going up by the dozen.
Road that connects hotel to work. Taken from a cab on...
On Sunday a lot of people seemed to have the day off...
Chinese window cleaning.
Close up. I'm not even sure I noticed the guy on the...
Hotel 2.0: The Upgrade. The Kolam Gloria Plaza Hotel on...
View from my window the morning of the 24th.
Sun just starts to become visible through the smog. One...
Smog rise...
One more shot.
ANA airplane covered in Pokemon characters.
Smog set from work back in the land of smog and tower cranes.
A bit more dramatic.
On Sunday since we had no power, my manager and coworker...
Another view toward downtown... somewhere in the smog.
View of the apartment complex south of our conference...
View to the south.
Another shot of the stadium up close. I think my CEO...
Catherine, you might be entertained to learn that I woke...
View the next morning of the gantry crane. This was the...
Huge high rise condo complex going up in Western Hefei:...
So last time I was here I really enjoyed running along...
You can see a little bit of the river walk still...
A little Christian church next to the park. With a cell...
View of the park and the exquisite taste of life of...
My poor little park. Not very pleasant anymore. Bummed I...
Elevated train track tower, old man fishing in the muck,...
In case you were tempted, sign says no swimming under...
Post-apocalyptic park. I can only imagine how much more...
Lunch at a local hotpot restaurant on my day off....
Our customer's event/ceremony for the Minister of...
At the office in Hefei: Thunderstorm rolling in around...
I'm always fascinated by fancy food around the world....
Double-wide car carrier. Never seen these in the U.S....
Going to visit the mausoleum of Dr. Sun Yat-sen.
The frontispiece to the mausoleum.
I had been given stern warnings that there would be lots...
Tourists reading some inscriptions on the other side of...
More steps to the Sacrificial Hall.
Somewhere off in the smog are the tall buildings of Nanjing.
Basically explains that Dr. Sun Yat-sen's mausoleum was...
Tourists enjoying the view of smoggy Nanjing.
Looking back down the stairs from the top of the...
Sacrificial Hall. Not clear why it's called that.
Wedding photo shoot.
Turtle guarding the entrance to the Ming Xiaoling...
Sign describing the Stone Elephant Sacred Way, 600 meter...
Carved Lion on the Sacred Way.
Bear-eyed unicorn.
Sign describing the bear-eyed unicorn.
Along the sacred way at the Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum.
My coworkers and our hired guide walk toward some stone...
Stone camel.
Next are a pair of elephants. Our guide is at the left...
Our guide, Yang, and Paul with a pair of stone elephants.
Map of the Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum complex.
The mausoleum grounds were a vast complex of buildings...
Part of the mausoleum grounds were devoted to an exhibit...
The Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum. The front wall is made of...
Calcium dripping out of the walls.
Looking up the wall of the Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum.
Huge scorpion-like bug eating a worm.
Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum.
Looking back down from the top of the Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum.
Behind the mausoleum is a large forest with trails for...
Path along the wall that surrounds the Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum.
Wall surrounding the Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum.
Downtown Nanjing near the old city - we went to see a...
But first we stopped for lunch, and I photographed a...
River boats for rent.
Up close.
River boats and wall with Chinese dragons.
Rickshaw operators ready to give tourists rides.
History of the Confucian Temple in Nanjing.
Statues of various followers of Confucius in the...
A follower of Confucius.
Incense sticks in front of the temple.
Confucius.
Story panels made from carved jade.
Hard to photograph since they were under glass.
Everything is made from carved jade. I was really...
Prayer tree or somesuch behind the temple.
Rickshaw driver.
Standing on top of the old city wall of Nanjing, which...
Life size toy soldier guarding the city.
View of the wall to the east, from the south gate.
Nanjing, old and new.
View to the west from the south gate.
Self-portrait on the top of the south gate of the city...
View of the south gate, looking inward from the...
Looking down a stairway on the inside of the gate.
Outside the wall was a moat or river. The wall is about...
Old buildings inside the city wall, slated for demolition.
Nanjing city wall.
Looking down on the outside of the city wall.
High dynamic range (HDR) shot of condemned neighborhoods...
Smog and the city wall.
Inside the wall, where food and ammunition and other...
Me.
South gate of the Nanjing City Wall.
LED trees spotted on the drive back from Nanjing.