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| Flying over the north pole from New York to Hong Kong |
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| Stanford Hillview Hotel - Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon |
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| My hotel window |
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| Islamic mosque on Nathan Road |
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| MTR subway train |
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| MTR subway train |
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| Street in Tsim Sha Tsui section of Kowloon |
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| Night skyline |
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| Night skyline |
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| International Finance Center building |
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| Season's Greetings |
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| We have Mister Softee back home in NYC |
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| Need a ride? |
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| Xmas decorations |
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| World War I & II monument |
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| Tram traveling between Central and Causeway Bay |
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| Traditional Hong Kong style restaurant |
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| The menu |
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| The menu |
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| Traditional HK style restaurant |
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| Our table |
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| Tea |
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| Skyscraper building |
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| Krispy Kreme |
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| SOHO section of Central |
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| Duck hanging in the window |
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| Tsim Sha Tsui MTR station |
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| Inside the Peninsula Hotel |
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| Inside the Peninsula Hotel |
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| Staircase |
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| Fountain outside the hotel |
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| The Peninsula Hotel |
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| Daytime skyline |
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| Daytime skyline |
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| Clock tower |
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| Ferry from Kowloon to Central |
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| Central Pier |
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| Looking back towards Kowloon |
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| My reflection |
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| Piano in the IFC mall |
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| Enchanted Xmas Village |
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| Entrance to the Peak Tram |
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| The tram coming down to pick us up |
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| Madame Tussauds Museum - Hong Kong |
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| Victoria's Peak |
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| Looking down from the Peak |
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| Me at the top |
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| The tram coming up the mountainside |
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| More peak |
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| Gateway to a small lookout point |
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| Looking down from the Peak |
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| Observation deck |
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| Hong Kong - Asia's world city |
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| The peak is over 1190 feet above sea level |
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| Mango dessert with little rice balls |
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| Street market in Mong Kok |
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| Restaurant entertainment |
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| Hanging xmas trees in Times Square mall (Causeway Bay) |
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| Me and Santa |
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| Times Square Mall |
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| Tin Hau MTR subway station |
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| The Sheung Wan train comes in 1 minute |
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| My company |
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| NY clothing store |
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| Crab wrapped in seaweed |
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| Missha store (we have these in NYC) |
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| My favorite - gai daan dzai |
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| KCR East Rail on the way to Lo Wu, the border to China |
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| KCR East Rail |
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| KCR East Rail |
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| My first meal in China |
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| On the train going to Dongguan, China |
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| Still on the train |
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| On the train |
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| On the train |
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| Chinese telephone booth |
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| These boxes have clothing to ship to the USA |
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| To their final destination in Columbus, Ohio |
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| Clothing factory |
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| Chinese bodega (corner store) |
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| My bottle of Sprite soda |
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| Factory premises and worker dormitories |
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| Marina where the company boat is stored |
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| Getting ready for a nice dinner at the end of my 2-week trip |
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