Even though the park is supposed to be a good place to watch wildlife, the birds are all too far away to see well because of the huge crowds. Thus, telescopes were set up for anyone to use. However, it seemed like only children could use them. I waited in line for several minutes only to get pushed aside by an 8 year old. Children are given a lot of freedom to do whatever they want in Hong Kong.

A few more photos at the Hong Kong Wetland Park.

Zoom in on this photo of slimy mud to see the mudskippers.

Crabs living in the wetland area.

Hong Kong Wetland Park

Hong Kong Wetland Park. The park was bordered by 40 story apartment buildings.

Lan Kwai Fong is the area to hang out on Saturday nights in Hong Kong. It was packed with people, both expats and locals.

Hong Kong's tallest building is Two International Finance Center, but a taller building will surpass it soon. It's currently the 6th tallest in the world.


This photo was taken from Victoria Peak.

Photos of the real Palomar Observatory taken in September, 2004. It is located in the mountains near San Diego, California.

Near the Space Museum, there is th HK Cultural and Arts Center.

A view across the Hong Kong harbor from Kowloon. It was always very smoggy in HK.

Dim sum in Hong Kong.

The Hong Kong Museum of Space was a big disappointment with almost nothing to see, except models that could have been made for a junior high school science fair, like the model of the telescope on Mt. Palomar. Photos of the actual observatory are above.

Atop the seven story pagoda in the Chinese Garden.

There were no elevators to the top.

Chinese Garden, Singapore.