Along the trails in Hong Kong February 21, 2016

All the things I want to do next time – I wonder when that will be – my son and family have relocated to London.

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In my last post I wrote about the hikers and the trails in the hills of Hong Kong.  I didn’t actually follow any of these steep looking steps myself but maybe next time I visit I’ll try a bit of non-urban walking.  A few pictures from Wikipedia are intriguing:    This red-necked keelback is a character I would prefer not to meet in the forest.

  a fort near Tai Tam   (from WWII?)                                                                         

Hong Kong Camellia

Tai Tam Reservoir

Instead of hiking through the forests, I followed the urban option – coffee at Starbucks and Pacific Coffee; shopping at H&M, M&S, and Zara; browsing in Shanghai Tang, Lane & Crawford; lured inevitably into Dymocks and Kelly & Walsh Book Stores; eyeing the art galleries; riding the double decker tram; craning my neck in awe at the skyscrapers; getting lost in the vast shopping malls.  I never made it to the Sun Yat-sen Museum…

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Information about my ancestors – my 8th great grandfather and great grandmother were married in Westminster Abbey.  This wedding took place in 1659 on the 4th of July.  They came to America the next year.  He was the Lt. Governor of the Colony of Connecticut.  William Jones, 1624-1706.  His wife, my 8th great grandmother, Hannah Eaton 1633-1707. They are buried in Grove Cemetery, New Haven Connecticut.