Hong Kong 2002, Pt. 6

 April 11, 2002  Posted in Uncategorized

This documents my travels to Hong Kong to visit some good friends overseas. Also travelling from Japan is Maki Takeuchi who decided to take a few days off as well to all gather. It’s been about 4 years since I last visited, and everything is pretty much the same as before, except we’ve all grown older.

Oh yeah of course the most important thing about this trip – my good friend Tom and Jess have named me the godfather of their daughter Megan Lin… plenty of baby pictures in this travelogue, April 2002.

Erica thinks Maki is already drunk
“No I am not drunk!”, Maki proclaims.
“See, I can down this beer in less than thirty seconds… “
“… and still not drunk!” Yeah, we believe you, Maki ;P
Just to show that she is not drunk, Maki (who had just promised her mother that she finally quit smoking) decides to light one up.
Oh sh*& – I should hide the cigarette, so my mother wont see this page…
ten seconds later, Maki forgot that I was taking pictures…
Get that camera away from me!
All done with drinking (at 3am), we decided that we were hungry..
Maki, Erica, Martin, and Joseph
The street that was filled with people just hours ago… empty
Hey Lewis, get down here! We’re waiting for you to go have breakfast!
Okay, okay… Coming down!
The Chinese old lady cleaning up beer bottles in front of her house, at 3:00am

The empty streets of Lan Kwai Fong.
At the restaurant, Maki realized how many drinks she’s had tonight
“And I made a bet with my mom to not smoke a cigarette in a whole year, or else I’d pay her 1000000 yen!”
Joseph is really tired… that’s what happens when you hang out with crazy people, hehe
Waiting for our food
Maki thought I wouldn’t notice her lighting up another cigarette
Trying to conceal the lit cigarette in slow motion…
C’mon – please don’t tell my mother!
Meanwhile, Lewis devised a plot to split the money with the others once we tell Maki’s mom.
Energy almost all depleted, after a night of partying.
Now that the food is on the table, Maki wasn’t hungry anymore…
So I put in a big spoonful of hot chili sauce in her soup.
Maki wasn’t too pleased.
Man, I can’t believe we’re all hanging out after all these years again!
We were going to meet for Dim Sum in Causeway Bay. On the way there we spotted Martin in his yellow 911
Tom studying the menu
Erica and her boyfriend, looking for an apartment to move in together next week!
Maki, all sobered up
The view of Tsim Sha Tsui from the restaurant
 different type of chicken feet…

Roasted pig
a whole plate of duck eggs
Joe still haven’t recovered from all the drinking this past weekend
Central district, Hong Kong
Walking towards the MTR (subway) station
We took a cab to the old Hong Kong Kai Tak Airport site, which is now converted to a Go Kart course for a duel in racing!
The site is also the showroom for Ferrari Hong Kong…
I didn’t dare walk in…
The course. To think that this used to be the airport lobby… strange.
The kart we will be driving around
Dave Coultard’s old ride…
I need Recaro seats like that in my living room!
Waiting for our race briefing…
Race briefing room. Totally concentrated
We had about an hour to kill before the race, so we ventured across to the arcade game center…
We had about an hour to kill before the race, so we ventured across to the arcade game center…
Tom getting a cramp at playing the jockey game… Joe cracking up behind him.
Dance Dance Revolution, one of Tom’s specialty 😉
Unbelievable… these Japanese game developers must have ran out of ideas if they had to resort to a game about Samba dancing…
After the race, we ran to the Chinese department store for some last-minute souvenir shopping, before I fly back to Minneapolis…
(Traditional Chinese Music Intro…)
The last ferry ride this time… beautiful Hong Kong sunset
Joseph, Tom, and Maki