Monday, July 27, 2009

Panorama Pictures in Hong Kong

The two pictures below are panoramic shots of Stanley and Kowloon - taken from different points. Sadly the Kowloon shot did not turn out the way I would have liked, but you get the idea of the skyline.

 

 
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Hong Kong's Tallest Building - FOR NOW!

The IFC (International Financial Centre) building in Hong Kong is the largest building today in Hong Kong. They are building a NEW building on the Kowloon side of Hong Kong, it is almost complete - and will be taller.

Check out the family standing in front of the building.

 

 
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Hong Kong - World Record Poster

This poster is entirely made from Stamps! You can see the Guiness Book of Records certificate displayed next to the poster, which shows how big the poster is. It is pretty impressive.

It is located in the main Hong Kong Post Office in Central.

 

 
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Sunday, July 26, 2009

Hong Kong - Stanley

After we arranged our Visa process we were free for a few days before our Passports were returned to us.

We did some tourist activities - including heading to Stanley Market, and below are some pictures of the Stanley area.

 

 

 

 
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Saturday, July 25, 2009

Stuck in Japan overnight...

On our trip to Hong Kong in order to renew our Visa's, we were unfortunately "stuck" in Japan overnight due to our connecting flight being cancelled. We stayed overnight in a nice hotel close to the Narita airport in Japan - about 1-2 hours drive from Tokyo. We did not go very far, actually pretty much stayed in the Hotel, here are some pictures of the garden area of the hotel, Cynfor and Jessie taking a look around.



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Thursday, July 23, 2009

Cynfor's BIG Match

Cynfor was lucky enough to be able to play at 1/2 time of the Timbers game. The Timbers are the local Soccer team for Portland, who are headnig for a position in the national league in the USA. It is becoming a big following in Portland, and the crowd that night was very big - around 10,000 or more people.

Cynfor and his team THUSC Iron - were very happy being able to play on the field in front of such a large crowd. Here are some pictures from that evening.




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