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Chongqing
Posted July 18, 2007 at 02:04 AM by klong3
In the heart of China, Chongqing has very few people that are not Chinese. And so naturally we drew a bit of attention to ourselves simply by walking down the streets. At one point we stopped and a crowd of people gathered around us. Of course, we had no idea what all the chatter was about. They could have been making fun of us for all we knew. [...]
Cool In Kuala Lumpur
Posted July 18, 2007 at 02:00 AM by ganeshkulkarni
What I noticed first in Kuala Lumpur after touch down at KL Interbational Airport was the massive developments that had been done with respect to infrastructure. I did not get to see much of country-side and the people there. But what I saw in Kuala Lumpur was really breath taking. The scene there could be from any advanced city in Europe or [...]
Christmas Spirit in Hong Kong
Posted July 12, 2007 at 02:50 AM by hkman
Well, it may not be able to offer a white Christmas, but Hong Kong oozes Christmas spirit. The decorations displayed on every square foot of shopping or street area seemed simultaneously foreign and over the top - and uniquely Hong Kong: bold, perhaps even crass, and colorful. An interesting commentary on local [...]
The Peak Tower
Posted July 10, 2007 at 05:06 AM by hkman
The Peak Tower is a multi-story shopping mall at the terminus of the tram station at the top of the Peak. The Tram stops in the basement, and while you can choose to leave the mall at ground level, most tourists tend to proceed up the mall to the top floor where an observation deck provides some breath-taking views of Hong Kong and the [...]
Walking Around Hong Kong
Posted July 10, 2007 at 03:02 AM by hkman
These photos were taken during my wanderings around Hong Kong's Central, Wanchai, and Causeway Bay districts in December 2006. While a bit rainy, the day was amazing. The energy from walking around was palpable, comparable only to Manhattan. What made it even more interesting was the mixture of the culturally unfamiliarity and [...]
