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Fanfei outside the Tangla Hotel
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view along Fuxing Road
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Capital Museum
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meats in the supermarket beside Tangla
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hot pot for dinner near Tangla
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had breakfast here on the right
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dumpling lunch with Fanfei's grandma
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Nanluoguxiang
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Houhai
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inside National Centre for the Performing Arts
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we opted not to stay for the Chinese opera
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Fanfei's Dad drove us northwest of the city to this old military transport area
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Fanfei with donkey footprints in the background
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"Glass Plank Road on Shizi Mountain"
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a museum was inside this plane
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monastery
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hot pot on the way back to Beijing from our hike
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Uyghur dinner with amazing yogourt
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Cathay Dragon to Hong Kong
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our cab from airport to Marco Polo Hotel
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Fanfei outside the Ramen place (45 minute wait)
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but very good! we got extra pork and half boiled egg
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the view from Kowloon to Hong Kong Island
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durian for sale in upscale supermarket at Harbour City
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breakfast on day 2 at Macau restaurant
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the daytime view to Hong Kong Island
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Aberdeen Road on Hong Kong Island Central district
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waiting in line for lunch #1
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lunch #1 - beef noodle soup
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lunch #2 - instant noodles with BBQ pork
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restaurant for lunch #2
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using my Octopus card
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waiting in 90 minute line for Peak Tram
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tram arriving at the lower station
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just missed daylight view because of long line
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the western view from the peak
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Victoria Harbour with Kowloon Bay in the background
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tram coming up the hill in the bottom right of this photo
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very late dinner after another one hour wait to come down from the peak; the preserved egg and ginger were great!
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mango dessert
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our hotel - they gave us a Smartphone to use as a wifi hotspot, which was great for waiting in line at Peak Tram
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Michelin star dim sum restaurant building
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the evidence
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the best BBQ pork bun ever
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you can scope out maids for hire
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subway (MTR) map
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at Big Buddha on Lantau Island; cable car was closed so we took the bus up
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walking up the steps to Tian Tan Buddha
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completed in 1993
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Po Lin Monastery
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then took the bus to Tai O fishing village, still on Lantau Island
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this guy was BBQ'ing different parts of fish; it was pretty popular
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Fanfei with some typical village houses
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a tofu dessert
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another dessert
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back in Kowloon for hot pot dinner - huge shrimps here
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the seafood selection
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beef ball filled with cheese
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at night market getting carrying ring for the back of smartphone
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ginger milk dessert
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Airport Express train
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goes along the water; the port is very busy
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back in Beijing, with free upgrade at JW Marriott Hotel
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a walk-in closet!
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our hotel
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had breakfast here - the steam outside makes for a nice atmosphere
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some of our breakfast
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view of Forbidden City from Marriott swimming pool on 19th floor
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west view from the gym
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Fanfei at MLB store (it was almost all Yankees stuff!)
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dinner at Bin's
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Fanfei, with her Dad, Mom, and aunt
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noodle dance at hot pot restaurant we went to with Maggie and Jin
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KFC breakfast - congee, egg tarts, fried dough, spring rolls, soy milk
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dumpling lunch at Bin's on the day we left
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