HONG KONG

We’re sorry we haven’t been able to update our blog this past week. There was an earth quake in Taiwan just after Christmas that has really messed up the internet connection all over Asia. It is still not great but it is slowly getting better!

To bring you all up to speed, we had a wonderful time in Hong Kong! We stayed with Cecilia (Travis’ coworker), her husband and their incredible 8 year old daughter Chloe. Some of our most memorable moments were spent around the dinner table. Yum! Our first night in HK was spent enjoying Hot Pot at the home of Cecilia’s friends Grace and Mr. Yuen. Hot Pot is very similar to the fondue restaurants many of us are familiar with where meats and vegetables are boiled in a seasoned broth. While Hot Pot is very similar to fondue, our choices of vegetables and meats were very different…sheep uterus anyone? While some selections were a bit exotic for our American taste buds, it was still delicious and Grace and her husband were wonderful to have us all over along with Jonathan (coworker) and Fanny. We laughed all night and it was such a wonderful experience! This was just the first of many more wonderful times spent around the dinner table! Our third night was spent with the same group but this time we decided to go out to eat. We drove 40 minutes outside the city to a seafood market where we could select the seafood of our choice (see above photos). From the market, we drove to dinner where our personally selected seafood was waiting for us and deliciously prepared! It was another wonderful Hong Kong experience! Hope that you enjoy Hong Kong along with us! We’ve tried to include as many pictures as possible to give you a good feel of our time in this amazing city. Be sure to click on the pictures to see the collage closer.