Paul

The neon lights started to flicker on as the sun dipped below the horizon

Patience is everything! Late afternoon sun hit Kowloon while Hong Kong slipped into the shadows of Victoria Peak.

This is the best view I could find of Hong Kong, from the top of Victoria Peak. Hong Kong Island is in the foreground, Kowloon across the bay.The temperature was 15 degrees cooler up here with a nice breeze. I decided to sit awhile.

Having trekked through the rice paddies and floated the Li and Yulong Rivers, eaten some odd stuff and been in contact with a billion strangers, when I felt a bit ill I freaked out and thought maybe I had gotten Dengue Fever or Avian Flu or some exotic death sentence. I emailed my doc at…

Pick out the ugly one!

The designs in Hong Kong dollars are artistic and intelligent. Some of them look far to pretty to spend! The Chinese Yuan has some nice artwork too. I especially like the 20 Yuan note with the Cormorant fisherman in Yangshou on the back. American money by contrast is some of the ugliest in the world.…

I've never seen more neon than in Hong Kong. Even Las Vegas has nothing on this place in terms of that colorful electric glow. It's tough to truly appreciate it as you get pushed by the crowd as soon as you step onto the sidewalk. Rolex has some of the bigger signs on Nathan Road,…

How nice for one of these cool junks to zip by as I'm admiring the lights over Victoria Harbor! This is from the Kowloon side, facing Hong Kong. The view goes on for miles, but there is only so much you can capture in a single frame. It's all breathtaking and busy. I haven't found…

I arrived in Hong Kong in the late afternoon. It is a huge, bustling metropolis not unlike New York. Lots of signs in English. Reverting back to Chinese ownership hasn't changed it much I guess. All of the amenities of an American city are here, including 110 power! My hotel has 50 wireless options, but…

Crossing from China to Hong Kong, (which is part of China), requires three checkpoints in which you unload all of your luggage, wait in line, fill out a form to leave or enter, xray your stuff, clear your passport and visa and reload your luggage. You do this three times in five miles! It seems…