Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Hong Kong

The double-decker bus ride to this beautiful bay in Stanley was better than a roller coaster!
We have a couple new stars on the Hong Kong Walk of Fame. Steve and Terry have taken over.

Ready to give our presentations. Glad that is over. The church buildings in Hong Kong are fabulous.
Oh yummy....Western food. Let's see how much we can eat.......

The spectacular Hong Kong Temple. What a wonderful sight.

We had a BYU teacher's conference in Hong Kong. We were anxious to see Hong Kong, but nervous to give our speeches. The city was amazing. There was too much to see and do in four days, but we tried. We watched the laser light show on the waterfront the first night. The second day we went to the Hong Kong Temple. It was quite a humbling experience. We had meetings there with the temple president. We took a ferry and a double-decker bus to Stanley which was a quaint little town on the beach. Picturesque! Lunch on the waterfront and shopping at the street markets was fabulous. We went to the night market and wandered the "walk of fame" along the pier. We rode the world's longest escalators, visited parks and ate lots of good food. We gave our presentations at the conference and had a dinner at Dan Ryan's that was delicious. On Sunday we had a district conference. The church owns some beautiful properties in Hong Kong. There is a gorgeous painting of Jesus and Chinese children in the administration building. The last afternoon we had a relaxing picnic in the park with our pals and departed for our tour of Southwest China. What a whirlwind stop! (Hong Kong photos)

7 comments:

melissa said...

How fun, I would love to go to the temple there. You have done more in two months than most do in a lifetime. How cool is that...love the pictures, you two look great!
We miss you.

lori said...

Oh, Lucy is jealous of the longest escalator!

We've been loving, loving these updates! But we're curious if you ever SLEPT. =)

Glad you got the family video! Wish we could all be there in person to see you!

LOVE YOU!

DeAnna Packer said...

I can hardly wait to see the blogs these days.....

So many interesting, historical, cultural,fasinating things to see. Thanks for letting us enjoy them through you!!!! Love you Two

Simply Stephanie said...

Wow Julie, how fun to see what you guys are up to. You have quite a life to tell all your future generations about eh? I hope someday to visit the Orient, and at least I get a chance to via the blog for now. Hope all is well...You two look great!

DeAnna Packer said...

OK....Now, we are excited about new changes..... BUT, mearly changing your background doesn't constitute NEW material coming out of China. (Although I will give our returning teacher a little slack. And yes, Green is for St. Patrick's Day!) :) Love you

DeAnna Packer said...

Hey.... just had a run through of your Hong Kong Pictures. Way Cool!
I particularly loved the one with you and Terry nose to nose and laughing on the temple grounds I believe.

Adam and Dantzelle said...

JULIE and TERRY! Adam and I are coming back next fall! I think that you guys should stay for just one more semester!!! Wouldn't that be such a blast!!! We love and miss you guys! Adam and Dantz