ShenZhen & Hong Kong

Recall from my last post that I've been traveling for a couple of weeks now. A few Polaris people flew into Taiwan. After our business was completed in Taiwan we boarded the plane for ShenZhen (shen-jen), China via Hong Kong. While in ShenZhen we had one open afternoon and we took advantage of a visit to a place called "Splendid China - Folk & Culture Village". This was a treat indeed as it was dedicated to showing China in all its splendure. The Village is dedicated to recreating "everything China". They have a minature Great Wall, Terra Cotta Warriors, and various areas dedicated to the various regions of China. It felt like I was in a Chinese Epcot Center at Disney World.

The following example is a picture of a re-creation of the Terra Cotta Warriors at Xi'an.

This picture is of a re-creation of a folk dance. Arun, one of the visitors from Polaris, was grabbed out of the audience and dressed up in the natural garb. He was then given some roses and had to "propose" to one of the dancers. Note to file - don't sit in the front row - BY YOURSELF looking lonely. That is Arun with the dark hair & striped shirt sitting to the bottom left.
After our business was finished in ShenZhen we boarded a high speed ferry that took us across the bay to Hong Kong. We spent this past Friday night in Hong Kong.

I had to take the pictures of my hotel room view in Hong Kong. 20th floor, corner room with a 270 degree view into Victoria Harbor and across from Kowloon to Hong Kong Island. The building you see towering among the others in the city is the #2 International Finance Tower. It is the 6th tallest building in the world.

Here is a little known fact: China has 5 out of the 10 tallest buildings in the World. If you consider Taiwan as part of China then they have the tallest and 6 in the top 10 as the Taipei 101 is the world's tallest. And the World Financial Center is now being completed in Shanghai which will be the world's tallest.

Until next time....