worldtrip

I haven’t written for awhile – the computer access has been kind of limited, so I’ll summarize a bit.  My last night In Beijing I went tothe Chinese acrobat show.  Thew pictures don’t really do it justice, but it was pretty impressive – seven girls rising one bicycle!  I then  spent a couple of days in Hong Kong.  It was pretty wild – I stayed in a room that was just a little bigger than my bed, and went into the city from my hostel in Kowloon, both nights.  There is a place there called Lan Kwan Fong that was really happening – lit up like day all night.  Kowloon was a lot like Times square and getting out of the subway late at night was one of the more confusing things I’ve done lately.  In the day  walked around the city and visited an island called Lantau.  Lantau is a beautiful place – you take the ferry to get there, and it’s main attraction is a giant bronze Buddah, 300 feet tall.  I visited it on Buddah’s birthday so the crowds were pretty huge.   I took an aerial tram back to the subway station – it was quite spectacular!

I then flew to Bangkok, and then down to South Thailand, and over to an island called Ko Pha-gna.  I arrived much later than I anticipated, so I spent the night in a hotel by the ferry. In the morning I treated myself to a Thai massage and haircut (approx $7 – well worth it!).  Then a ride to the other side of the island.  The hotel here is pretty sweet – I’ve included a few pictures.  Went for a snorkel right below my room about an hour ago, and it was really nice.  The water is a little murky because there is a small stream flowing onto the beach, but the fish and coral were beautiful.  Will definitely spend a few days here before going to the next island, probably Ko Tao.  Loading the pix on the computer here is a little difficult, but I’m getting better – every computer I use seems a little different.  Sometimes the Facebook works a lot better.  Better send this now before I press the wrong button and screw something up.

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