Sorry the blogging stopped. We had a thunderstorm on Lamma Island which knocked out Ann's modem. Then when I got to Seattle, my modem was broken as well. So now for my final posts.

Here's where we left off. Ann usually walks on the island every day. On one of our walks, the pathway went through a grave yard. One grave had notes left on it--probably prayers for intervention. There were also warning signs about digging in the area!





























I saw a different side of Hong Kong this time. One day we went to Playland. Playland is housed in a mall. It's a socks only place--if you aren't wearing a pair, they sell them. The girls had a delirious time. Max really gets into this sort of thing.
















Here is a selection of houses and gardens we saw as we walked around the island. There is a stone archway which leads into Ann & Max's house.

Walking the walk.

You have to walk everywhere on Lamma Island--there are no cars allowed. It takes about 15 minutes to walk to Rita & Sadie's house from the ferry dock. Here are Ann, Rita, & Sadie on the main pathway of Yung Shue Wan village. Turning left, they head into the outlying neighborhoods. Just outside of the village is a beautiful vegetable garden. You can buy directly from the farmers on your way home.



The way we usually walks means taking lots of stairs. Sadie likes to take the stairs herself. No one offers to carry me.

Further adventures

This is a typical neighborhood on Lamma Island. The pathway that the public uses can often be right by people's front doors.









Ann found this child's kitchen in a trashpit on the island. She cleaned it up and put it on the roof of their house where Sadie likes to cook in the morning!





Sadie took to her Mopi with lightning speed. It provides both indoor and outdoor transportation.

Morning walk

Yesterday we took a beautiful walk to a beach. On a hill above the beach was a pagoda. At the end of our walk we came to a fishing village. One house boat had a garden on its deck. Another boat, a Dragon Boat had a small shrine built on it. The weekend before, there had been Dragon Boat races and I guess a shrine can help your boat in a race. The races were in celebration of TinHau the goddess of the sea. (Not sure about the spelling.) After our walk we stopped at a juice bar where Sadie had fresh orange juice and I had pineapple-mango juice. Delicious

Today I am going to Rita's school to help in an art class.

Back from School.

We pick up Rita after school and take the ferry back to Lamma Island. While we were waiting for Rita's bus, some Chinese people from the mainland gathered around Ann and Sadie and took Sadie's picture. Then I took some pictures of them. It's a steep climb back to the house.

Day in the Life of Rita & Sadie

I am on Ann's Mac and I can't figure out how to edit but here's the morning routine, pictured in reverse order. Rita gets up around 5:30 am.  She catches a video while eating her breakfast. She has a great pink and white checked shirt for her school uniform. She and Max leave the house in time to take the Yung Shue Wan ferry to Hong Kong where Rita meets her school bus.

Linda Goes to Hong Kong

I hope to post daily blogs and photos from my April 2009 trip to Hong Kong. Stay tuned.

Zakopane Style

After visiting with the Kureckis in Rzeszow, Robert Kurecki drove us to Zakopane where he had to attend a meeting of his company. We wandered the hills and neighborhoods of this small Polish town for two days. This style emerged at the same time as the Arts & Crafts Movement in America. Some of the houses remind me of Gaudi's work.

I spent a lot of time photographing tombstones in the Zakopane cemetery and trying to get close-ups of some of the house ornamentation.

The town is quite compact but the
residential neighborhoods are
quite extensive. Here we see
an old man setting out on a
morning walk.