I am in China now where the Internet is restricted. Blogger.com is blocked so it has been difficult to update the blog. This post is about my time in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong is expensive, the streets are very busy with lots of people, there are shops everywhere, there are even more shop signs and at night everything is lit up in Neon.
Busy streets in Hong Kong
Hong Kong by Night
Photo time in Hong Kong
Goose Intestine
Fish Skin
Pigs Neck/Throat
Hong Kong is expensive, the streets are very busy with lots of people, there are shops everywhere, there are even more shop signs and at night everything is lit up in Neon.
Busy streets in Hong Kong
Hong Kong by Night
I took a ferry around Hong Kong island and Kowloon, the harbor is one of the most photographed harbors in the world. After about 5 minutes I got bored taking photographs but everyone else was taking as many pictures as possible.
Photo time in Hong Kong
Finally here are some photos of a hot pot that we had for dinner one night in Hong Kong. A hot pot consists of a simmering pot of stock at the center of the table. In this case we had two types of stock, one spicy and one not so spicy. The pot is kept simmering throughout the meal and the ingredients are placed in the pot and cooked at the table.
Hong Kong Hot Pot
In this particular restaurant we could order an unlimited amount of ingredients but if we did not eat them then we would have to pay for whatever we did not eat. I've included photos below of some of the more unusual ingredients.
Hong Kong Hot Pot
Goose Intestine
Fish Skin
Pigs Neck/Throat
not quite the same as a chinese takeout back home :)
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ReplyDeleteDear Mr. David Lowry,
ReplyDeleteThe Census and Statistics Department (C&SD) of Hong Kong is organising the World Statistics Congress (WSC), which is a great event of the international statistical community, to be held in Hong Kong in August 2013. We are now compiling some publications to introduce the event to the target participants. Moreover, a website (http://www.isi2013.hk/en/index.php) is also maintained to announce the latest information of the event.
It has came to our notice that your website has a photos of Hong Kong which are very suitable for inclusion in the publications and website introducing the WSC:
Hong Kong Busy Street
http://www.theinternetisclosedforwinter.com/2010/03/neon-lights-goose-intestine-and.html
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tb118Ea7mT4/S6ziYu3S8UI/AAAAAAAAH9s/xxnJqeXP-CA/s1600/IMG_3220.JPG
I should therefore be grateful if you would let us know the proper procedures to apply for re-using the above listed photos in C&SD materials, and provide us with a medium resolution version of the photos after we having gone through the application process.
Thanks for your kind attention.
With regards,
Raymond TSE
for Commissioner for Census and Statistics
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
the food sure is different, don't know if i'd be adventurous enough for the pigs throat thought!
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