here's the view out the window of my uber-luxury hotel

You can see the harbor a little better here...

Imagine being butt-to-butt with 20,000 chinese people buying rooster tripe.

giantic display at the flower market new years eve

the long view. Funniest part:
The building in the distance, past the 20k chinese...says "New York Life". That's good humor.

The streets in the market districts go for miles without running out of signage.

more of the same.

Palm Trees, Birds, Skyscrapers, they have it all

These are all from the new years' parade and festival. I omitted a LOT of pics to show these 12 only.

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Asian band covering AC/DC, this is good stuff

inky, blinky, stinky and me

Here's the park I started sobering up in around 6am. Pretty, huh?

Wish I remembered it. Thank god for cameras!

The famous Temple Street Market. Jewelry, shirts, silks, watches, shirts, knick knacks, dildos, they've got it all. Bring the kids!

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