And yes, I finally got the Flickr photostream embeds working (it wont work, however, if you are reading this via an RSS reader like Google Reader or Facebook Notes)

What was I doing there? Nothing in particular I guess… I ate alot of food though! (note: I normally don’t take photos of food. Well I do, but I normally don’t take photos of food and put them up on the net. This time someone made a request so I’ll let it slide. You can find the food-only photos here)

This was my second breakfast of the day. Pineapple bun with a huge ass glob of butter.

Some half cooked eggs with soy sauce and some sort of slat mixture? It was actually quite good

It wasn’t all eating…

… I wandered around Orchard Rd, absolutely amazed at how much things had changed.

Apparently you can play air-guitar for money on the streets -_-; (well its better than sitting there and begging I guess?)

At the scene of the crime where an alien was murdered!

.. subway entrance o_o

Concluded the trip by eating a stingray! (it was quite good)

All in all, a short but satisfying trip!

A general overabundance of butterflies along the 50km trail. Side note – I almost swallowed one while running through Stage 7 of the hike.

Oh, did I mention the GIANT SPIDERS?

“No horses allowed” … wait, what?

Beautiful day on Jardine’s Lookout. Must come back to watch the sunset one day

My hike not only took me through forests and over peaks, it also brought me through Tai Tam Reservoir

As I try to finish the trail before sunset on day 2, I find myself taking a break from the peak of the Dragon’s Back. To my right; Big Wave Bay, to my left; the sun setting over the rest of Hong Kong.

Full flickr stream here.

This demonstration, it seems, was kinda of an “anything goes” so there was really no theme or restrictions on what people were there for. That being said, I think 95% of the hate was directed at Donald Tsang.

People everywhere

Even Greenpeace was out to get him (yes it does kinda look like his shirt says “Greenface”)

So we ended up joining the walk up to the Central Government Offices. On the way to the offices we talked to alot of different people about why they were there, and what they were walking for. Maybe it was our Canadianess (it WAS Canada Day), but we walked for democracy and free speech (or so we told ourselves).

But perhaps in the end, perhaps we were just walking to satisfy our curiosity and like this chap here, take some photos.

Photostream from Wednesday here

It started like most other holidays; me waking up a few hours later than I originally planned (to my defense, I was out celebrating Canada’s Day the previous night, but I digress). So originally, Richard and I were to meet up before 8am for the flag raising ceremony in Wan Chai before heading out to a random island for a morning hike. We ended up meeting up for lunch at Central instead.

With a few hours to kill, we headed up to the peak via tram where Richard made a wax hand mold of Spock’s classic Vulcan greeting.

“live long and prosper”

After some wandering and photos, we headed indoors to the plaza to stock up on some liquids before the walk down The Peak.

The appropriately named “Sky Terrace”
unintentionally funny?

On our way down, we passed by The Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens and took a detour inside.

Taking our time to snap a few shots of the caged animals including these interesting photos of two Giant Tortoise having sex. Actually, it more more like rape, as the turtle ontop would give a few thrusts, pause, and then give a few more. During the pauses, the turtle on the bottom would slowly crawl abit before stopping. Then crawling abit more.

Next stop, Hong Kong People Reporter protest/demonstration/march whatever you wanna call it.