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My students and I volunteered for a Hong Kong Flag Day.

Saturday is Flag Day in Hong Kong

MaryLou Driedger - marylou [4,443]

The city of Hong Kong has devised a sensible way to collect money for charity.

Destinations: Tuen Mun | Tsuen Wan | Hong Kong | Victoria | Kowloon | Sheung Shui | Lantau Island
Topics: Travel | 20th Century History | Traditions | Culture | Economy | People | Religion | War & Conflict | For Kids
Street cleaners in Hong Kong have unique headgear.

Hong Kong's Street Sweepers

MaryLou Driedger - marylou [4,443]

The city of Hong Kong employs nearly 4000 street sweepers a day. They are a unique part of the Hong Kong landscape.

Destinations: Tuen Mun | Tsuen Wan | Hong Kong | Victoria | China | Kowloon | Sheung Shui | Lantau Island
Topics: Travel | 20th Century History | Traditions | Ecotourism | Culture | Economy | People | For Kids
A visitor to the Bird Garden in Hong Kong

Hong Kong's Bird Garden

MaryLou Driedger - marylou [4,443]

They have live grasshoppers for sale! Where could you go in Hong Kong if you wanted to buy a bag full of juicy, green grasshoppers? Why the Bird Garden in Mong Kok of course!

Destinations: Tuen Mun | Tsuen Wan | Hong Kong | Victoria | Kowloon | Sheung Shui | Lantau Island
Topics: Travel | Adventure | Animals | 20th Century History | Traditions | Economy | Culture | People | Agriculture | Shopping | Nature | For Kids
A ship comes into the Hong Kong container port

A Story About the Hong Kong Container Port

MaryLou Driedger - marylou [4,443]

6 million containers move in and out of the Hong Kong port each year.

Destinations: Victoria | Kowloon | Sheung Shui | Tuen Mun | Tsuen Wan | Hong Kong | Lantau Island
Topics: Economy | People | 20th Century History | For Kids
Lovely women in traditional costume served our Loy Krathong dinner.

Loy Krathong

MaryLou Driedger - marylou [4,443]

Loy Krathong is a special festival celebration in Thailand in November. Float your sorrows away and release your hopes and dreams into the heavens.

Destinations: Pathum Thani province | Nonthaburi province | Mae Hong Son | Buriram province | Ko Tao | Sukhothai | Ko Phi Phi | Uttaradit province | Khao Yai National Park | Nakorn Chaisri | Phimai | Ko Phangan | Chonburi province | Lopburi | Ranong | Satun province | Nakhon Ratchasima | Lampang | Ko Sichang | Narathiwat Province | Hua Hin | Mae Sot | Khon Kaen province | Phetchaburi | Yasothon province | Surat Thani | Golden Triangle | Hat Yai | Songkhla province | Tak province | Thailand | Phang Nga province | Kanchanaburi province | Samut Songkhram province | Krabi | Nakhon Phanom | Thungyai-Huai Kha Khaeng | Chachoengsao province | Ko Chang | Khon Kaen | Chumphon | Ko Samui | Surin province | Chiang Mai | Nakhon Pathom province | Loei province | Nong Khai province | Phuket | Udon Thani | Ayutthaya | Kampaengphet | Ubon Ratchathani | Bangkok | Phitsanulok | Lancang-Mekong River | Nakhon Si Thammarat province | Chiangrai province | Ko Samet | Umphang | Rayong | River Kwai | Mae Sai | Ban Chiang | Savannakhet | Pattaya
Topics: Travel | Art | Ancient History | Festivals | Adventure | 20th Century History | Religion | Traditions | Ecotourism | Culture | Nature | For Kids
Hong Kong's Star Ferry

An Octopus Around Your Neck

MaryLou Driedger - marylou [4,443]

How would you like to go to school with an octopus around your neck? Most kids in Hong Kong do!

Destinations: Tuen Mun | Tsuen Wan | Hong Kong | Kowloon | Sheung Shui | Lantau Island
Topics: Travel | Adventure | 20th Century History | Culture | Economy | People | Working Abroad | For Kids | Shopping
Fish sellers in a Hong Kong wet market

Wet Market Art

MaryLou Driedger - marylou [4,443]

Visiting a Hong Kong wet market is almost like visiting an art gallery.

Destinations: Tuen Mun | Tsuen Wan | Hong Kong | Victoria | Kowloon | Sheung Shui | Lantau Island
Topics: Animals | 20th Century History | Traditions | Art | Economy | Culture | Food | Photography | People | Agriculture | Shopping | For Kids
Hong Kong isn't all skyscrapers and high rise office buildings.

Hong Kong - A City of Contrasts

MaryLou Driedger - marylou [4,443]

I thought Hong Kong was just skyscrapers, office towers and high-rise apartment buildings. To my surprise it is also a city of mountains, forests, small fishing villages, lovely beaches and hundreds of islands.

Destinations: Hong Kong | China
Topics: Travel | Adventure | National Parks | Animals | Ecotourism | Food | Working Abroad | Religion | Beaches & Resorts | Nature | For Kids
Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens since my Childhood

victor wong - mucuna [3,265]

Somethings never change. Whenever I go to Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens, I always enjoy my walk there. It is such a peaceful place to be in the heart of a crazy, busy city.

Destinations: Hong Kong
Topics: Travel | Animals | For Kids | Nature | Ecotourism
Hong Kong cemeteries have high rise apartments for the dead.

High Rise Apartments for the Dead

MaryLou Driedger - marylou [4,443]

Not only the living but also the dead are housed in high rise apartment buildings in Hong Kong. With space at a premium it has become necessary to find innovative ways to respectfully bury one's ancestors.

Destinations: Tuen Mun | Tsuen Wan | Hong Kong | Victoria | China | Kowloon | Sheung Shui | Lantau Island
Topics: Festivals | 20th Century History | Traditions | Art | Culture | People | Religion | For Kids | Ancient History | Architecture
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