Tokyo Japan - Mastering the metro

Tokyo is an orderly Hong Kong - and so much bigger and expansive.  It always amazes me how big a place it really is.
I have ridden the metro a few times but never made it a project.  This trip we were in Shinjuku and then off to Shibuya then Ginza and back and forth.
Taxis are definitely not the way to go but it takes a bit more thinking than some other train systems to understand and navigate your way.  Mission accomplished this trip - a bit of preplanning the trips and we got where I wanted to go without a hitch.  We also had an "ex-resident" guiding us a bit along the way as well.
Mostly sunny days - something I don't think as normal Tokyo.  So it was great to see the City in the sunlight once again.

Singapore - RAIN

I continue to be amazed at how much water can come out of the sky - and for how long it can come down.  WOW.
It was an amazing rain today - and for hours.  It wasn't violent or windy but just excessive amounts of water for just way too long - I could hardly see the buildings across the street it was that thick.
And when it broke - a new view from the other side of the hotel.

Kuala Lumpur Malaysia - A rainy night out with Mary Cashman

Off to KL and as it happened Mary was in town as well.
Lots of rain, so what else is new over here.  Still cloudy but at least it stopped so we could get off for a walk and a nice Malay dinner.
KL is a very interesting spot.  It is all built in lots of hills and valleys.  You get to a developed area and then when you go out of it to the next developed area you go in to beautiful tropical forest.  It is a great experience to drive to meetings - you see so many different things.
It is always an adventure on the roads - but have always had a lovely experience with the people.

Hong Kong - a new spot of quiet beauty and serenity in the heart of the chaos

I needed a new destination to get out and about on Sunday.  I discovered a nunnery and a park just off one of the metro stops.  So off I went.
Out I come from under the earth and of course walk right in to the middle of a transit hub and another busy and chaotic mall.   I walk outside and of course this is also surrounded by two major roads and two highways that are overhead.  Not exactly the peace and serenity I had anticipated.
I cross the street and that is the entrance to the park - and immediately all is good with the world - calm, peace, beauty.
It was a great spot.  Filled with well trimmed and perfectly place trees, flowers and bushes - and lovely rock formations.
The park also featured many displays on Chinese architecture, rocks and life.
Then I wandered up and over one of the major thoroughfare and I entered the nunnery and the shrines -  the ultimate in calm and serenity.  No pics allowed but a very interesting place and history.