Pictures From Around My Village

I promised earlier I'd post some pictures of my village, so here they are! Enjoy!

The space between some buildings is very narrow.

I'm assuming that is the year the building was constructed.

Dragon fruit tree in someones yard.

This is some old house near the center part of the village.

This is the local restaurant. I won't eat here, it looks disgusting. Notice how the roof is build around the tree.

This is an interesting old, very small house.

Looking inside the local Temple. I can see the temple from my place, but it seems like it is only open on some days.

View of the lake with other village houses on the other side.

Victoria Peak

A few weekends ago I made the long trip down to Central, and then up to Victoria Peak. I believe this is one of the highest places in all of Hong Kong and offered some fantastic views.

To travel up the Peak I took the Peak Tram. This was a cable car than ran on the steepest set of rails I had ever seen. As we traveled up the track, the buildings outside seemed to be leaning. At the steepest part of the track, it is a 27 degree incline. The trip was about 7 minutes to climb 1,365 meters, which is about .84 miles.

Once I got to the top there was a large shopping area with a viewing center, and then many outdoor paths that wrapped around the peak. Here are some pictures I took that overlook the Central part of Hong Kong.

There are many, many buildings down in Central.

The bullet tipped building is the tallest building in Hong Kong.

Me in front of a waterfall.

More and more buildings.

The Connections You Make Can Take You To The Happiest Place On Earth

While in Hong Kong, I have had the opportunity to meet many different people in various types of work, or from many different parts of the world. A while ago I met a woman at one of my training seminars who worked at The Happiest Place On Earth: Disneyland!

Even though I'm 23, I like Disney. I've always liked Disney. In fact, after seeing the technology used with horticulture while I visited Epcot in Orlando, it made me even more interested in majoring in horticulture. I've read many books about the company and find the entire idea of Disney and all that goes with it to just be amazing. To me, one of my dream jobs would be to work at Disney.

The woman I met, it turns out, was the landscape manager for the hotels at Disneyland HK. I told her about how I always wanted to work there and we talked about what it was like to work there. It sounded like she had a great job. Before she left, she gave me her card and told me to call whenever I wanted to visit and she could get me tickets. I was very excited to have gotten this opportunity, just by meeting new people and building a network.

My friend who works at Disneyland and me in front of the entrance

Eventually, I got around to making the time to go down and invited a co-worker along as well. It was his first time at any Disneyland, and this was the third Disneyland that I had been to.

Our trip down was pretty quick lasting only about 45 minutes and it only took 2 buses. The entrance was very nice and inviting. Like all Disneylands, the place was perfectly manicured. It was already decorated for Halloween, which was about 6 weeks after the time we visited.

My co-worker and I at Disneyland

Disneyland HK was much smaller than the other two I had been at in the US, but it was still very nice to visit. I found it interesting that there was still a Mainstreet USA here. There was also Adventureland, Fantasyland, and Tomorrowland.

It was a great day to visit, and I was glad we went on a weekday as the crowds were very small. We didn't have to wait in line for anything. For lunch we enjoyed traditional Chinese food which was really nice as well.

Overall, it was a fantastic time, and it made me realize that you are never too old to have fun, and I don't think you are ever too old to visit Disneyland.