Saturday, January 16, 2010

Hong Kong Here We Come!

11:05 PM Beijing:

Ni Hao!  Leah and I take off for Hong Kong in less than 6 hours! Ah!  We have a ton of packing, cleaning, and follow-up to do before we leave but I just thought I would post some pictures from our trip today.  


Brief synopsis of our trip:
Got up early, missed our bus. Hopped in a random person's car that took us to our bus. Wound up at a Wax museum of the Ming Dynasty. Then they took us shopping. Went to go see "a monster". Touched his ears (yes!), hands, then rear end (just like everyone else). Then they took us shopping (jade this time). Went to the GREAT WALL! Had only two hours :-/ . Then they took us shopping (food! - I dropped some yuan at this one). Went to one of the Ming tombs. Then they took us to the Bird's Nest. :-)

All the while we had a tour guide that spoke ZERO English save occasionally repeating "Thank You" in somewhat of a mocking tone. We did however meet two guys: Cris and Raymond that were our unofficial translators for the trip. Thanks guys!

Catch you all next in some sunnier weather!

2 comments:

Sarah said...

dude. those pictures are incredible. TC, Stevo. TC.

Betsy said...

those pictures are awesome! very jealous. hope you're having fun!!!