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Gosh, isn’t that nice to say: G | returned. The trip was fantastic and he’s catnapping to solve the jetlag beside me here. The next few posts will be dedicated to his trip and some of the places he visited including:

• Hong Kong;
• Dongguan;
• Suzhou;
• Shanghai; and,
• Hangzhou.

We’ll start in …

H O N G  K O N G

G arrived in Hong Kong and did two stints there in between a trip to China. He was in Hong Kong for both Christmas and New Year’s and mixed lots of sightseeing, food, and shopping.

New Year’s Eve in Hong Kong


4) The Peninsula Hotel; 5) folks have afternoon tea in the lobby of The Peninsula

G visited Hong Kong Disneyland the day he arrived and spent a couple nights at the Disney Hollywood Hotel. He thought it was excellent, which surprised me as I’d heard less than happy reviews about this verison of the themepark.

6) Hong Kong Disneyland where they; 7) send fireworks off each night that you can watch from your room

After returning from China, G powerlunched at Pierre (now under the very capable hands of French chef, Pierre Gagnaire) at the Mandarin Oriental.

8) appetizers; 9) English powerlunchers; 10) the main (which was salmon and fabulous!)

11) Hong Kong streets; 12) the bird cage at the ‘it’ nightclub Dragon-I; 13) G brought 2007 in real style with this bottle!

14) inside ‘it’ club, Dragon-I; 15) a visit to the Tian Tan Buddha on Lantou Island; 16) one of the uber developments on ‘The Peak” (sigh)

17) the Tian Tan Buddha up close

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