Hot Dog!

I am posting this ahead of time because tomorrow night I am camping with the boys!  I took most of this pictures at the Big Buddha where there's a bunch of dogs running around (or lying around rather).  Danielle just LOVED all the dogs in Hong Kong!  My friend from Korea also mentioned it was nice to see big dogs- since there's only small dogs in Korea.

My favorite dog in Hong Kong is Rosie, the boys' dog.  She's super cute and gentle and terrified of thunder- she comes to the classroom and paces and whimpers during thunder storms. 

A day on Lantau Island

Dragon Boating work-shop area

Taking down the stage from outdoor Chinese Opera in Tai O

delicious vegetarian food from the Buddhist Temple

view from cable car

These pictures are from a day Danielle and I spent on Lantau Island- we went to Tai O, the cute little fishing village with the dolphins (which we didn't end up seeing) and the Big Buddha.

Man Mo Temple

I just can't get enough of these spiral intense!  I took this photos at the Man Mo Temple near my house.  This temple is a pretty major tourist spot- but I hadn't been there since I first moved here, but Danielle and I went last weekend.  It's apparently one (if not the) oldest temples in Hong Kong.

Cheung Chau Bun Festival

The biggest incense I've ever seen!

I've been hearing and reading about the bun festival on Cheung Chau Island since I got here and finally got to see part of the festivities!  We missed the part where people race to the top of the bun tower (it was at midnight Saturday night) so we got to see the aftermath of that today.  Today was basically the last day of the festival so we got to see the "Ceremony to send the deities on Cheung Chau back to their temples" which was really cool.  We followed the parade through the town and then had an delicious seafood lunch!  We even had some buns (filled with lotus paste- not my favorite).
Heather really couldn't have picked a better weekend to come to Hong Kong with all the events this weekend.  We also just got home from seeing the light show on the skyline- my fifth time going to that.  Tomorrow Heather is going to meet me in Stanley after work so she can do some shopping at the market and we can get some dinner there.  It's been hot here- a little too hot... and it's only getting started!