Clear Water Bay Kite Flying Park
Girls learn it from their moms
Ships going up the ChiShui river, along the route of the Long March
A winery under construction on the Chi Shui river
This cow will have a baby in late May.
At ten minutes to three, the 1904 clock tower in Tsim Sha Tsui is the last remain a beautiful colonial seaside railway station. When the Kowloon-Canton railway station was replaced by the windowless public arts center, there was a public outcry, and the remaining clock was the resulting compromise.
Brian, Ah Cai and I were curious about what it would be like on the top of Fei Ngo Shan mountain in a Typhoon ( typhoon Doksuri ).
From where I lost my car keys at 47°30'20.63"N, 11°37'9.06"E; looking across at Blick v. Mondscheinspitze
Prakas Dhaubhadel, proprietor of the Hotel Heritage, was kind to invite us to his house on Taumadhi Square to watch the Chariot of Bhairab being pulled during the first day of Bisket Jatra at Bhaktapur heralding the start of the Nepali New Year. Bhairav, the other god on the Chariot is the fierce manifestation of Shiva associated with annihilation: a well respected rude god.
The tug of war teams for the chariot carrying two gods from the temple in the square consists of the upper side of the town v.s. the lower side of the town ( population 80,000 ). The result is always the demise of the chariot followed by a brick fight between the two teams to settle the winner. The teams join each other from time to time to attack the police, who are abundant and armed, and whenever the police retreat, the brick fight between upper and lower sides resumes.
It is an exciting injurious celebration and teams of red cross doctors arrive early.
Pokhara - views of Annapurna from the old Fishtail Hotel
KIds playing in front of half dome at sunset.
Brian and ZhuangZhuang - are great brothers
The day Katharine learned to ride a bike
A Yao lady wearing traditional cloths
