Me and Andrew in front of the Temple.
Then we rode the Star Ferry across the harbour (I have to write 'harbour' instead of 'harbor' cuz Hong Kong is a former British colony). This is a view of the city from the ferry.
Me on the Star Ferry. yay!
The tallest building in Hong Kong. Also in The Dark Knight.
Awesome. That is all there is to say.
Heidi and Julie on the tram up to Victoria Peak. It was really steep, and I tried to take a picture to show how steep it was, but I always felt like I straightened the camera to the ground instead of holding it level. I'm not a great photographer, so you get what you get. It was steep.
Andrew took us to the place where they dedicated Hong Kong and China for the Gospel the second time. They carved the date into the rock: 7/14/49, or July 14, 1949. This site was lost for a while, and then a few years ago the Church leaders found it. It is in a beautiful spot near Victoria Peak.Andrew actually has some unique family history connected to Hong Kong. In 1852-1853, Brigham Young sent three missionaries (Hosea Stout, James Lewis, and Chapman Duncan) to serve in China. Chapman Duncan is one of Andrew's ancestors. They stayed in Hong Kong and struggled a lot with the language. They couldn't sustain themselves and the English-speakers were unfriendly. Discouraged, they left after two months. I don't blame them! (see "Country Information: China," LDS Church News, 28 January 2010).
I think it is cool that Andrew got to serve in Hong Kong where Chapman Duncan also tried to serve. Maybe Andrew's efforts brought Chapman Duncan some eternal satisfaction to see his descendent successful in Hong Kong.
The view from the top!
Andrew, me, Heidi, and Julie on Victoria's Peak.
Elder Jolley was so excited to get the package of goodies from his mommy!
The Wan Chai Chapel. It has like 4 chapels and the Asia Area Presidency offices there.
Andrew and his friend Calvin. Calvin took us to some beautiful gardens at a nunnery near Diamond Hill.
The gardens.
The monastery.
Calvin was going to be a Buddhist monk before he joined the Church. He wanted us to try these gooey cakes that were made specially for Buddha's birthday, which was the next day.
Happy birthday Buddha. Your cakes are gross.
2 comments:
That cake does look gross. The gardens look amazing. Basically, jealous of your wold traveling adventures!
ya, that cake looks totally nasty. But happy birthday to Buddha! Such a fun trip you had, I'm totally jealous. And those gardens were beautiful! Indeed. Yes.
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