Wide and Narrow Alleys

There is an area of the city we live in that has recently been "redone" to look like traditional architecture. The Enlglish translation is "Wide and Narrow Alleys" and we went yesterday with some local friends. It was really pretty and interesting. I took several pictures with my phone because we forgot our camera and I was impressed with the quality!

A couple preparing to take wedding photos (here they take them together before the wedding, rather than the day of)

I think this was a building built by Europeans sometime in the past that was restored, but not for sure...


It's everywhere!


So pretty!

This is on the "narrow" alley (there are two, one is wide, one is narrow)

This was a restaurant, but to me it looks like an old church! And I think it's interesting that a red cross is incorporated into the restaurant's sign (on the triangular shaped glass piece right above the umbrella)

If you ever come to visit, we'd love to take you for a stroll. Unfortunately we didn't know how cool it was while Sean was here, but we took him to another area similar to this.

A Home Cooked Meal

While Sean was visiting us (July 10 - August 5) we were invited to a friend's home to eat a home cooked meal. It was delicious - and I thought it was also very nice looking!

Hong Kong Views

Here are a bunch of pictures from Hong Kong. It truly is an intriguing city. If you ever have the opportunity to visit, I highly recommend you go. It's a maze of skyscrapers, but yet it's clean and surrounded by lush green mountains and the ocean/harbor. These are kind of random but I wanted to share. I think you can click on any of the pictures and it will open up for you to see a larger version.


This was a shot from the MTR (subway that sometimes goes outside as well) Just trying to capture the hugeness of the apartment buildings. Almost everyone lives in high rise apartment buildings in Hong Kong (much like China)


A historic looking Catholic church we saw while we were walking down from the top of the mid-levels area of town to the botanical gardens.


Sean took this picture of the traffic roundabout also during that walk


This picture was after we went to Disneyland at an MTR stop - I wish we could have gotten outside to get a better view of the beautiful mountains and sky. (We don't see such a beautiful contrast between the blue sky and white clouds in our city)


I think when this building was started it was supposed to be the tallest in the world (it's still not finished) but now we heard there is one in the middle east that will be taller.


This is on Hong Kong Island (there are two main parts of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island and Kowloon - which is still part of the mainland penisula) I think it's so crazy how many tall skinny (and considerably old) high rises there are - just like the blueish one on the left between two shorter white buildings)


We ate here for lunch after Mason's eye doctor appointment. It was really good Mexican food! But it's really small and they didn't even have filtered water to drink - a mineral water cost more than a coke - so I got a coke!


This is my favorite picture - unfortunately I wasn't even there for the taking of this one. Micah and Sean took a hike on the island one morning and got to see some awesome views. There are lots of trails (some cemented) to hike around the mountains surrounding Hong Kong.


Also a view on their hike - that's a golf course


The famous nighttime view of the harbor - this is from the Kowloon side looking at the skyline of the island.

I'm still hoping to post more pictures and report on Mason's doctor visit! Stay tuned!