Wednesday, August 31, 2016

Tuesday, August 30, 2016

August 30, 2016 at 09:22AM



Nothing like walking around the neighborhood and finding random dragon boats floating around. #chinaculture #dragonboat

Saturday, August 27, 2016

August 27, 2016 at 11:31PM



Yes! My boys are finally getting into cool Legos! #toysforengineers

August 27, 2016 at 06:29AM



"Go-people", or pedestrian, walkways found throughout Hong Kong. No more mad dashes across crazy streets!#pedestrianbridge #greencity

Friday, August 26, 2016

August 26, 2016 at 11:07PM



Found an awesome water park! Total for family was under $8! #pirateship #waterpark

Tuesday, August 23, 2016

August 23, 2016 at 09:14AM



Checking out the view out toward the China Sea. #pirates hid out in those islands long ago. #victoriapeak

Sunday, August 21, 2016

August 21, 2016 at 06:03AM



Radar from the electric storm. We are where the big red streak is. #electricstorm

Saturday, August 20, 2016

August 21, 2016 at 01:27AM



Delicious ham bread, peanut butter bread, and red bean paste bread for all of us to fill up on for $5! #localfood

Friday, August 19, 2016

August 20, 2016 at 01:17AM



Visited the Chinese National Heritage Museum which has a cool Bruce Lee exhibit #heavenlyglory

August 19, 2016 at 06:37PM



Exploring the street market in Kowloon district. #chinesestreets

Thursday, August 18, 2016

August 18, 2016 at 07:38AM



Even the ladders are made of bamboo! #renewableresource #cheapladders #bambooconstruction

Wednesday, August 17, 2016

August 17, 2016 at 10:11AM



China has these awesome Banyan trees that send their roots down from the limbs. Great for parks. #naturelover

Tuesday, August 16, 2016

August 16, 2016 at 10:16AM



We watched this gai daan tsai (egg waffle) -with chocolate inside- being made before our eyes. A Hong Kong specialty. #eggwaffles #nomnom

Monday, August 15, 2016

August 15, 2016 at 10:35AM



A boy in Hong Kong, Loving a place once was bad, Now a garden park. #haiku #kowloonwalledcitypark

Sunday, August 14, 2016

August 14, 2016 at 08:11AM



The Walled City of Hong Kong used to belong to gangs, then demolished, now a nice city park! #urbanrenewal

August 14, 2016 at 03:19AM



Beautiful mountains and water at Ma On Shan, a 10 minute train ride from us. #naturelover

Friday, August 12, 2016

August 13, 2016 at 01:08AM



All over China the scaffolding is made of bamboo. Would you climb around the top of that? #crazyjobs

August 12, 2016 at 09:13AM



B eating local bakery pnut butter bread, watching the MTR train go under on the way to get our permanent Hong Kong IDs. #chillin

Thursday, August 11, 2016

August 11, 2016 at 10:22AM



Hong Kong is about 60 km wide with 7.3 million people, about from Holland State Park to Rockford in Michigan. #urbanlife

Wednesday, August 10, 2016

August 10, 2016 at 10:49AM



So far teaching in HK: I wear khaki pants = school canceled; I wear black pants = school in session. Hmmm, what to wear tomorrow? #correlationvscausation

Tuesday, August 9, 2016

August 09, 2016 at 11:58PM



Good thing about living where you work -> eat lunch with family and see them off to school :-)

August 09, 2016 at 06:08AM



Lots of thunder on the first day of school! Hawkeyes, enjoy another month of summer! #thunderstorm #htownstrong

Sunday, August 7, 2016

August 07, 2016 at 07:35AM



Leisurely Sunday afternoon ride on the Hong Kong Central Metro. #claustrophobia

Saturday, August 6, 2016

August 06, 2016 at 07:22AM



Yes! Finally, a local dumpling noodle place! Like 24 dumplings for under $10 USD :-) #nomnom #realchinesefood

Friday, August 5, 2016

August 05, 2016 at 10:34AM



Most areas of China we have visited did not use queuing or lines. Thankfully, Hong Kong apparently does. #nomasschaos

Thursday, August 4, 2016

August 04, 2016 at 03:05AM



Two full days of all staff orientation, praising and praying together, wrestling with grading practices, and sharing life together. #icswarriors

Tuesday, August 2, 2016

August 02, 2016 at 07:56AM



Kowloon district of Hong Kong has these large tunnel walkways under the city that make it easy to traverse! #kowloon #cityunderground

Monday, August 1, 2016

August 01, 2016 at 06:46PM



Bright afternoon, windy at night, typhoon in the morning. #typhoonnida #6andalliswell

August 01, 2016 at 08:44AM



Boys enjoyed watching the skyscraper being built outside our flat. They are oblivious that a typhoon lands tonight! #calmbeforethestorm