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Hong Kong, April 2006

Spent a week visiting Cheryl and Terry and had fun despite a rotten cold accompanied by cough. Didn't take a lot of pix, but here's what I did snap. I think I enjoyed the monkeys most of all! Who would have thought that there were wild monkeys in Hong Kong? I wanted to take one of the little guys home with me.
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This Guan Yin temple used to be in a wooded, hilly area in Stanley
This Guan Yin temple used to be in a wooded, hilly area in Stanley		 but now the woods are gone and public housing is all around
but now the woods are gone and public housing is all around		 but the temple still remains, up on the hill
but the temple still remains, up on the hill		 just not as quiet as it used to be
just not as quiet as it used to be
and there are no more cats around
and there are no more cats around		 g4/11/305611/3/59365438.DSC00821.jpg g4/11/305611/3/59365439.DSC00822.jpg g4/11/305611/3/59365440.DSC00823.jpg
g4/11/305611/3/59365441.DSC00824.jpg g4/11/305611/3/59365442.DSC00825.jpg These tile paintings flank the large statue
These tile paintings flank the large statue		 Serene, with a Mona Lisa smile, Guan Yin watches over her hillside
Serene, with a Mona Lisa smile, Guan Yin watches over her hillside
Roof of Guan Yin Temple, Stanley
Roof of Guan Yin Temple, Stanley		 Fountain flanking the statue
Fountain flanking the statue		 This was just too priceless, a little store in Shek O
This was just too priceless, a little store in Shek O		 Amazingly bright colors
Amazingly bright colors
And they don't always go together
And they don't always go together		 Cheryl just happened to be eating M & Ms - and they were the same color as the houses
Cheryl just happened to be eating M & Ms - and they were the same color as the houses		 Nice match!
Nice match!		 The last M & M in the bag
The last M & M in the bag
Artwork on the Tian Hou temple in Shek O
Artwork on the Tian Hou temple in Shek O		 g4/11/305611/3/59365453.DSC00836.jpg g4/11/305611/3/59365454.DSC00837.jpg g4/11/305611/3/59365455.DSC00838.jpg
Shek O coastline
Shek O coastline		 A PARAglider, way up high
A PARAglider, way up high		 Shek O coastline
Shek O coastline		 Shek O
Shek O
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Guest 01-Jun-2006 15:01
That's a paraglider. Hang glider looks like a kite.
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