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2/4/10 Airplane for the flight from San Francisco to Hong Kong.

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2/5/10 Arrived in Hong Kong on Friday evening. Wandering around Hong Kong in search of dinner and beer with brother Benjy.

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2/5/10 Benjy dragging my suitcase through the streets of Hong Kong.

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2/5/10 Lots of bright lights in the city!

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2/5/10 Of course they have 7-11.

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2/5/10 Advertisement for the Super Bowl.

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2/5/10 Benjy is much happier after a beer or two.

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2/5/10 Ended up at an Australian pub.

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2/5/10 Arrived late Friday evening at the Sawin Flat. Greeted by the Sawin's Terra Cotta Warrior.

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2/6/10 Saturday morning at the Aberdeen Marina Club.

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2/6/10 Hanging out in the kids' play room with Riley while Benjy and Jean work out.

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2/6/10 Lunch at the Aberdeen Marina Club. Grace is having a hamburger.

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2/6/10 Riley enjoying her dessert. Pink is her favorite color!

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2/6/10 Peak Tower on a cloudy Saturday afternoon. Enjoying a 3K walk fundraiser for Haiti for Grace's school.

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2/6/10 Saturday night - looking for Temple Street Market. What would we do without Google Maps?

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2/6/10 Found Temple Street Market. If you can imagine it, you can buy it here.

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2/7/10 Mass at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception.

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2/7/10 Mid Level escalator system.

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2/7/10 Birthday party at Pizza Express for Grace and Riley's friend Hannah.

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2/7/10 Yes, another 7-11.

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2/7/10 The girls making their pizzas.

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2/7/10 Pass the parcel game. It's a British thing.

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2/7/10 Grace wins the big prize.

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2/7/10 The delicious pizzas!

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2/8/10 Very early Monday morning at the Hong Kong Football Club for the Super Bowl Viewing Party complete with breakfast buffet and bloody mary's.

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2/8/10 The Chinese (or Lunar) New Year decorations all over town are spectacular!

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2/8/10 After the viewing party we went to Happy Foot for a foot massage. Incredible!!!

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2/9/10 Tuesday afternoon - hopping on the Star Ferry to go to Kowloon for afternoon tea at The Peninsula.

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2/9/10 Views from the Star Ferry. It's been cloudy this whole time...

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2/9/10 The Peninsula Hotel

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2/9/10 Their fleet of Rolls Royces.

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2/9/10 Jean and I enjoying tea.

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2/9/10 The doorman.

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2/9/10 Back on the Star Ferry.

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2/10/10 Wandering on my own in Hong Kong looking for the train station.

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2/10/10 Successfully got myself on the train out to the Tung Chung station on Lantau Island for my visit to the Big Buddha.

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2/10/10 Subway.

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2/10/10 Outlet mall at the Tung Chung station. It's like being at Potomac Mills.

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2/10/10 Alexander ate here when he visited.

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2/10/10 The cable car to the Big Buddha. I'm very apprehensive at this point.

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2/10/10 Yes, that is the floor of the cable car.

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2/10/10 Great views of the airport from the cable car.

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2/10/10 Into the clouds.

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2/10/10 Finally get off the cable car - the ride was almost 30 minutes - into the village of Ngong Ping.

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2/10/10 First view of the Big Buddha.

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2/10/10 Tea demonstration.

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2/10/10 Back on the cable car. Ended up in one all by myself for the ride back down the mountains.

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2/10/10 Back on Hong Kong Island looking for Man Mo Temple.

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2/10/10 Ladder Street.

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2/10/10 Finally found Man Mo Temple.

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2/10/10 Laughing Buddha in one of the many antique shops on Hollywood Road.

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2/10/10 Tangerine trees. Everyone has these outside of their front entrances in celebration of Chinese New Year.

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2/10/10 Tram to Happy Valley.

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2/10/10 Bank of China Building

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2/10/10 Happy Valley Racetrack for the Wednesday night horse races.

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2/11/10 Walked Grace and Riley to school. Riley at her school's entrance.

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2/11/10 The sun finally came out. View from Grace's bedroom window.

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2/11/10 Peak Tower in the sun.

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2/11/10 Views from the top of Peak Tower.

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2/11/10 Waiting for the Peak Tram to ride down the mountain. It's actually a funicular railway (whatever that means).

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2/11/10 Here comes the Peak Tram!

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2/11/10 The Hong Kong Zoo and Botanical Gardens.

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2/11/10 View of the HSBC Building from the Botanical Gardens.

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2/11/10 Back on the Peak Tram to get back to the top.

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2/11/10 View from Bubba Gump's in Peak Tower.

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2/12/10 Stanley.

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2/12/10 Tin Hau Temple.

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2/12/10 The kitty that keeps following me around.

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2/12/10 Murray House.

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2/12/10 Stanley Market.

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2/12/10 Grace's tennis lesson.

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2/12/10 Dumpling is exhausted.

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2/12/10 Anoja with Grace and Riley.

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2/12/10 View from the dining room window.

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2/12/10 Dinner with the girls.

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2/12/10 View from the HSBC bar.

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2/12/10 Another Friday night looking for food.

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2/13/10 Saturday morning after play time with the girls at the Aberdeen Marina Club. Going to the Jumbo Floating Restaurant for lunch.

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2/13/10 Shuttle boat to the Jumbo Floating Restaurant.

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2/13/10 Got on the wrong shuttle boat after lunch. Enjoyed a cruise around parts of Hong Kong Benjy had never seen before...

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2/14/10 Plane to take me back to Chicago.