UCLA

Graduate Student

Department of Computer Science, UCLA

Joseph D. Kulisics

Kulišić Кулишић

Hong Kong 2006

I spent the first day checking into Wang Fat Hostel and washing away the travel grime. After checking into the hostel I decided to take a little unguided tour of the hostel's neighborhood, Wan Chai.

• The view west down Hennesey Road near the Causeway MTR station
• The view east down Hennesey Road near the Causeway MTR station
• Shoppers on Hennesey Road
• A silhouette of the hills that form the southern edge of Wan Chai and Central Hong Kong on Hong Kong Island
• Another view east down Hennesey Road
• Kittens asleep in a pet store window
• The start of a market on Wan Chai Road
• How about some live shrimp?
• Live crabs?
• All kinds of roasted meat?
• A goat's head?
• Live poultry?
• A view down a small street in the market
• The market's abrupt end before the hills
• A soccer game on a concrete field in a Wan Chai playground

I spent the morning of the second day wandering around Sheung Wan on the west end of Hong Kong Island.

• Typical bamboo scaffolding on a building
• A view down Ladder Road
• Patrons eat lunch at the food court in the Sheung Wan Market

• A view of the I. M. Pei designed Bank of China Tower
• A Roman Catholic cathedral
• The Hong Kong Government House

• A ring-tailed lemur
• A porcupine
• An enormous, male orangutan
• The main fountains
• A statue of King George VI
• A parrot trying to get out of his cage

• Central as seen on the walk up to the Peak, Shan Teng
• Joseph on the Peak
• Central from the Peak
• Wan Chai and North Point from the Peak
• Inside Peak Tower
• Victoria Gardens
• Inside the funicular going down the hill
• A girl on the funicular
• The view up the funicular tracks

• The Christmas tree in Statue Square
• West Connaught Road near Exchange Square
• West Connaught Road near Exchange Square, again
• The bull statue in Exchange Square

• Hanging coils of incense and an urn
• A boy approaches an altar

• Paterson Road in front of Wang Fat Hostel
• Paterson Road in front of Wang Fat Hostel, again
• Shopping on Paterson Road
• Near the Causeway MTR stop
• Hennesey Road near the Causeway MTR stop
• Lockhart Road near the Causeway MTR stop

• The skyline around Victoria Park
• More of the skyline around Victoria Park
• A statue of Queen Victoria

• A large urn and incense
• Incense burning on an altar in the shrine
• A large pagoda
• A large statue of the Buddha
• The pagoda at the highest level in the complex
• A pagoda in front of apartments in the New Territories

• The skyline of Hong Kong Island during A Symphony of Lights
• The skyline of Hong Kong Island during A Symphony of Lights, again
• The skyline of Hong Kong Island during A Symphony of Lights, again
• The skyline and the Star Ferry
• The skyline seen from the Star Ferry

• The view from Macau Tower
• Looking through the tower floor
• Joseph in Macau Tower
• Joseph in Macau Tower, again
• Macau Tower
• Interior of an old Portugese Church
• A typical Macau street
• A typical Macau street, again
• Another Church
• Joseph in the main square
• Cannon in a Portugese fortress
• The Ruins of St. Paul as seen from the fortress
• View from the Ruins of St. Paul
• Joseph in front of the Ruins of St. Paul
• An old street
• The old lighthouse
• The old lighthouse, again
• The harbor as seen from the lighthouse

• The main altar and worshippers
• Gate and main building
• An urn
• Apartments around the temple entrance
• The Garden of the Nine Dragons

• A northern entrance
• Joseph in the park
• Some of the park's landscaping
• Some more of the park's landscaping
• Remnants of the original walls
• The Zodiac Garden
• Walking from the park to Mong Kok

• Inside the park
• A wedding party
• Inside the walk-through aviary
• Inside the walk-through aviary
• Birds drinking in the aviary

• The cable cars to Ngong Ping village
• The cable cars to Ngong Ping village
• On the cable cars
• Ascending the mountains
• Chek Lap Kok Airport
• Ngong Ping village
• The Buddha statue on the hill
• Climbing the steps to the Buddha statue
• Climbing the steps to the Buddha statue, again
• The Po Lin Monastery as seen from the Buddha statue
• The Buddha statue
• A building of the monastery
• Joseph at the entrance to the monastery

• A shop near temple street
• Stalls on temple street
• More stalls on temple street
• Temple street wares
• Nathan Road in the Mong Kok section of Kowloon
• Nathan Road in the Mong Kok section of Kowloon, again

• Scrolls
• A tiger on a scroll
• Carvings
• Cups
• A dish
• The museum entrance

• The harbor at Stanley
• A boat on the harbor
• Entering the market
• In the market