Year of the Goat

Happy New Year- Sawat Di Pi Mai

Year of the Goat

Over the past week has been a celebration of the new Chinese New Year- The Year of the Goat.  At school we had a school wide assembly with traditional Thai and Chinese dancing/music performed by the kids.  

All dressed up for the New Year

Traditional Fan Dance by some of my former students

Red envelope that symbolizes good luck and is supposed to ward off evil spirits.

My fortune for the year`

On Thursday the 19th it was New Years Day, so we got the day off of work.  Ryan and I headed down to Bangkok's China Town.  It was the 2nd biggest Chinese New Years Celebration coming behind( of course) China itself.  Dim Sum, Xiao Long Bao ( pork buns) and Dumplings were some food we enjoyed and it was fantastic!  After 4 hours it as getting more and more hot and more and more people.  

Hong Kong

Colby had an opportunity to sign up for a Professional Development conference in Hong Kong, so we decided to make a long weekend out of it and explore one of the densest populated, and 3rd most expensive cities in the world. It was quite a trip! Food was good, streets were clean, and every square inch of space was put to use.

Szechuan Chicken

Street in the neighborhood we stayed in

More street pics from a walk I took while Colby was in her conference

All the scaffolding in the city was made of bamboo. You would see piles of sticks piled in front of a construction side,  and they would put it together with simple rope knots. 

Looking out at the bay

Hong Kong "Times Square"

Light Show of Hong Kong Island 

Most of the tall buildings are light up with enormous signs, and they do a light show every night. 

We took a hike and these are some pictures of the view Victoria Peak down into Victoria Harbor. 

Not a lot of extra space down there!

A nice mosaic at the bird market

Part of the densest neighborhood in the world. We had to go.