Hong Kong pics

This from the sampan tour ride in Hong Kong. The woman who pilots told us she had been doing this since she was 4. she is now 56. she was so proud that she learned this skill from her mom. she was very friendly and full of smiles. all of the lanterns and decorations are for good luck.
this is a view of a houseboat. there is a group of people cultural and ethnic I think. the familes spend their whole lives on the water, working and raising their familes. it is a preference from whatr my guide was saying. it is a shrinking, but still interestingly significant number of people who live this way of lifethe man is carving 'chops' it is basically a stamp with chinese charaters of someone's name. they can be used as a seal or signature. we got one for Lian, Xin Bi. Did I ever mention Lian is her surname. It is representative of the city and orphanage where she is from. Xin means heart and Bi is emerald. All of the babies from her orphanage have the Lian surname. Also all of the girls with an age range have the name xin and then each has the other unique name, Bi, Le, Qin etc...we chose to change her name completely, but she will always be able to know that Lian Xin Bi was the name given to her at the orphanage

yah love the matching outfits, hee we didn't even think of that. it may not show up but my shirt is actuallybrownand Lee's is black so there. this is on victoria peak very hazy \