Hong Kong had a snowflake theme for New Year’s 2010-2011
Roasted Chestnuts were among the many street snacks I had in Hong Kong, along with Fish Balls, Cart Noodles, Wonton Noodles, and Put Chai Ko.
Most interesting street snack tried in HK: deep fried pig intestine, skewered on a stick
I did NOT attempt to have stinky tofu again (fermented tofu are cut, skewered on a stick, and then deep fried. It’s revolting!). That remains a black eye from my Taiwan night market experience. My nostrils are still recovering.
HK has a great subway system – easy to understand, quick to get nearly anywhere, and inexpensive. New York has a long way to go to catch up.Please tell me that’s not what it looks like…Snowflakes everywhere…Apparently that’s who you hire when you need security for a huge event like NYE
My southeast Asia solo trip begins! I just left the frozen tundra of NYC, which just had 20″ of snow (6th largest snow storm in NYC history), to go mostly warm countries near the equator. So stoked!
My trip is free on air miles, so I needed to go through Vancouver and Beijing to use them. Here’s the Air Canada plane that’s transporting me, and the view from the air in Vancouver:
Traveling over Vancouver on my flight to Hong Kong
View of the mountains on my flight over Vancouver, enroute to Hong Kong
Then I arrived at the airport in China! I’ll be in Hong Kong in a few short hours, ready to start my trip. I’m so excited!
View of Beijing from the plane as we approach the airport.