I have been away from the blog for a long time, mainly due to travel. Lots of travel; much of it quick trips within the US seeing family. Still, getting ready for a trip, being on the trip, recovering from the trip and then regrouping and planning for the next one is very consuming! It is for me, anyway.
...but hey, I'm back and have a recent trip to share!
Due to recent Major Drama at my husband's company here in Mongolia, he was in real need of a vacation. Mongolia has a week-long summer festival (we checked this off our life list long ago ;), so we took advantage of the extra days off and decided on another
trip to Hong Kong as it's a mere 4-hour direct flight AND it's in the same time zone!
Hong Kong was hot and steamy and we left to return to UB with Typhoon Rammasun hammering southern China and the Philippines and causing crazy winds and rain in Hong Kong. Still, we had a great time.
Warning: this is a picture-heavy blog! I'm anxious to get on to some sewing posts :D
We took a day trip on a Chinese junk to Stanley Beach. So fun!
The urban parks! All over. Gorgeous. Huge. Quiet. Clean.
Every day on our way to and from sightseeing, we walked through a gorgeous park next to our hotel and fell in love with the flamingos! SO FUNNY! They're very social--and noisy! and active--pics just don't do them justice. Bath day was a real hoot.
Then there were a bunch of turtles that captured Randy's heart ;) He took this pic of one "frolicking". He talked of making a vedeo. Enough said.
The shopping! The city is dominated by consumerism. Shopping tourism (primarily Chinese mainlanders) is huge--cruise ships pull up to the malls. No lie.
Forget Prada and Louis Vitton. We tracked down printer cartridges (unavailable in UB, grr) at this 3-story electronics place in Mon Kok. Score. The place went on forever.
Then, there was my fabric shopping. That little linen thing. Stay tuned.
The streets! Noisy. Chaotic. Crowded. At times lovely
Talk about high density living!
The trees. Growing out of walls
The boats!
...but hey, I'm back and have a recent trip to share!
Due to recent Major Drama at my husband's company here in Mongolia, he was in real need of a vacation. Mongolia has a week-long summer festival (we checked this off our life list long ago ;), so we took advantage of the extra days off and decided on another
Hong Kong was hot and steamy and we left to return to UB with Typhoon Rammasun hammering southern China and the Philippines and causing crazy winds and rain in Hong Kong. Still, we had a great time.
Warning: this is a picture-heavy blog! I'm anxious to get on to some sewing posts :D
We took a day trip on a Chinese junk to Stanley Beach. So fun!
The urban parks! All over. Gorgeous. Huge. Quiet. Clean.
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| 3 large pools in this public pool complex! |
Every day on our way to and from sightseeing, we walked through a gorgeous park next to our hotel and fell in love with the flamingos! SO FUNNY! They're very social--and noisy! and active--pics just don't do them justice. Bath day was a real hoot.
The shopping! The city is dominated by consumerism. Shopping tourism (primarily Chinese mainlanders) is huge--cruise ships pull up to the malls. No lie.
The streets! Noisy. Chaotic. Crowded. At times lovely
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| A stylish hard hat! |
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| Really? Bleck |
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| Check out the little china dishes :) |
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| Old & new |
The boats!
A great vacation
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