SoHo Hong Kong

Sign in the Middle of SoHo district in Hong Kong

Tim's chosen Lunch Spot, gotta love Italian food!

The Lunch Group minus the celebrity.

Bev likes these plates

Chinese restaurant

Get your lantern and door good luck decorations before Chinese New Year in a couple of weeks!

These are all restaurants down the block that Fat Angelo's was on.

The Cafe De Paris looked very good, we will have to go back.

Tim, Bev and two other couples that are good friends traveled to the SoHo district of Hong Kong to have a great lunch and celebrate Tim's birthday this past Saturday. This is some information about the SoHo district. The restaurant and food choices down the two streets we walked were plentiful and fun. We ate at Fat Anthonys, pretty good Italian food.

This will probably bring back memories for Rob and be mouth watering for Sev. Many great choices to eat and not enough time.

Soho - which stands for "South of Hollywood Road" - is evolving rapidly, even by Hong Kong's standards. The area, perched on a hill above the Central business district, was once home to Hong Kong's traditional artisans, who made and sold everything from ceramic tableware to soy sauce.

It largely remained that way until the construction in 1993 of the world's longest outdoor escalator - which allowed the city's yuppies literally to "escalate" after work to hip bars and eateries set up by savvy entrepreneurs.

Today, Soho is a mixed area, with cheap Chinese street food and French bistros, elderly ladies selling oranges on fruit crates and chic art galleries.

Sihai (say Sue Hi) Park

Click on the title for a google map and another view.

This is a very large statue. I call it the Park Bull

Many people are in the park creating music or singing.

This Man is demonstating a glass cutting tool that he is then selling.

Acupuncture needles are all up and down her arm as she gets a treatment.

Very old bumper cars still provide fun for the kids.

There is a large pond covered in lily pads and there flowers.

On Sunday morning after our typical Honlu western breakfast (well sort of) Bev and I decided to go to the Sihai park and just walk around. The park could be very nice but this time of year it was in need of some sprucing up. We enjoyed seeing the people singing and playing there instruments. We spent about and hour or so in the park. This park is just a few bus stops away from our home.

Stanley Market in Hong Kong

Looking toward the Stanley Promedade

Your name in colorful Chinese characters

Bev enjoys the sun and view

The day after we got back from the States was a Thursday. We realized that we needed additional pages in our passports as they get 4 stamps every time we leave China even to go to Hong Kong. We made an appointment via the internet at the American Consulate in Hong Kong for Friday, as we would be able to go without missing a day of school. Since it only took part of a day we spend the rest of the time going across the island and visiting the Stanley Market which is on the opposite side of Hong Kong island. Very nice and fun day, thanks Bruce for the suggestion. In addition to the market there is a very nice boardwalk and a great Marine Museum. The ride along the winding narrow roads from the second level of the bus was quite an experience that had some folks hurrying to move down to the lower level.

These are the first pics from my new Nikon P5100 camera.

Holiday Vacation Time

Kylee and Braden Christmas 07

We have been away. We visited the states and enjoyed seeing our family and friends. We had too much to do and too many people to see in too short of time. We were able to see all of the grandchilderen and our children. Pictures to follow.

Christmas in Shekou, China

The View today off our deck

The Ship and a blue animated light very tall tree.
Notice the title Starry Christmas

They have started to celebrate Christmas in China. I am told that they did not do this five years ago. I think they are somewhat mixed up on the meaning of Christmas. The two Santas that appear in our little Seaworld area are both drinking beer! The large one on the building is a animation that shows a reindeer with a magic lamp and a genie Santa chugging a large mug of Beer. The plastic one is for tourist to take pictures in front of. It is like getting your picture taken standing in front of any great monument.