Lunar New Year Lantern Display

Lunar New Year Lantern Carnivals at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre Piazza in Tsim Sha Tsui. The thematic lantern display, entitled “Glittering Peacocks in Full Bloom” to celebrate the Lantern Festival, features colorful lanterns modeled after peacocks that are considered a symbol of good fortune in Chinese culture.

Victoria Peak

 Victoria Peak is a hill on the western half of Hong Kong Island, known  locally as The Peak. With an elevation of 552 m, it is the highest hill on Hong Kong island.  The

Lest you forget you are in an Asian City

Walking along side streets the the Chinese culture is very evident.

Birthday cake delivered to my room

I treated myself to a seafood buffet at the hotel.  Lobster, shrimp, clams and sashimi.  Of course along with western food- a cheeses, bread,  and olives.  All enjoyed with a Portuguese wine.  The maitre d  and the chef could not have been nicer! 

Birthday cake presented to me in the restaurant

View from my room in Macau

I could get use to this!

The Ruins of St Paul's

The Ruins of St. Paul's (also known as Sam Ba Sing Tzik) only have the front façade and the grand stone stairs remaining.  But people flock to it. Completed in 1637, the church became the biggest Catholic Church in East Asia at that time. Unfortunately, a violent typhoon hit Macau in 1835 and the church caught fire for the third time .

Wandering the side streets of Macau