The stairs leading up to the largest self standing Buddha statue in the world.
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Here is the 15 second explanation of Macau:
Macau lies about 40 miles away from Hong Kong and was a former colony of Portugal. It was handed back to China in 1999 and has a status similar to Hong Kong as a Special Administrative Region. It has its own currency as well as its own [...]

A canopy of street signs
Here are various observations on Hong Kong that are probably too short to justify their own posts:

Street signage in Hong Kong for stores are unlike anything I’ve ever seen. They not only extend into the road, but often will cross the meridian and overlap signs from the other side of the [...]

The Chungking was built in the 1960s and is home to over 4,000 people

Hong Kong is very densely populated. I knew that before I came here and I knew that my selection of affordable lodging wouldn’t be first class. I have no problem with that, and for the first several days I was in Hong [...]

The first thing you must know is that I’m writing this in short sleeves….with a window open.
The next thing you must know is that Hong Kong is really an amazing place. It is an assault on the senses. The only place I’ve been which is comparable to this is Manhattan. Tokyo, Seoul, Taipei are [...]

Taipei 101 from the street
I’ve had this sitting in an unfinished draft on my computer for several weeks now. I figure I should get it up and out before I get any farther in Asia. I don’t want to get more than one country behind or I start to forget to much.
As I noted [...]