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Love flying Cathay for the Hong Kong triad movies
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My plane was delayed ~40 minutes so I went plane shopping. LAN Chile brings back memories of my 2003 Sth America trip. They fly some sexy 787s!
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Met mum & dad in Hong Kong, and their old school mates. Meal #1 of 3 in the space of 2 hours, at Mak's Noodles.
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Dad, mum, Aunty Sally and Uncle Lim in Causeway Bay
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Buying bao for breakfast
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Lining up at Wing Kee Noodle for meal #2
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Wing Kee menu - traditionally food cart food. Build your own super tasty bowl of soup with your choice of ingredients.
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Us blocking the busiest walkway in Causeway Bay :)
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Ye olde Drug Manor
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Our final stop for the night
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Congee, red bean, soy milk and a sweet & savoury fried bread. So good.
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Deep fried fish skins. Seriously good stuff. Can't believe I've never had these before on my many trips to Hong Kong!
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Brunch before our bus ride to Meizhou - beef brisket noodles with a side of deep fried fish skins
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Woke up to this view on our first morning in the village :D
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Mum's first visit to Lantai
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Multi-tasking!
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It's fascinating to see people still living inside Tong Yi Da Fu Di which was the residence of Qing dynasty ministers
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Mum & dad at Tong Yi Da Fu Di
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Dad, mum, and my cousin uncle (dad's cousin)
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Inside Tong Yi Da Fu Di some displays have been added to make it museum like. But locals still live there too!
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Loved watching this guy move the rice plants around to space them out evenly
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Climbing beans :)
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What is this? Looks like a root vegetable (taro?) that's been cut for replanting
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Sweet potato leaves - our young friend is totally helping her great grandma!
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I also helped, and saved this tiny snail!
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Sweet potato
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Rubble... better plant some corn
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Here for my revolutionary education!
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Dad playing surveyor
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It's weird but cool that as you walk around town there are random plots that haven't been developed so stuff is planted