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Hong Kong, China, and Taiwan Vacation Photos 2024-01-21T23:38:20-05:00 Photos from my 2023 vacation in Hong Kong, China, and Taiwan post
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I went on vacation to Hong Kong, mainland China, and Taiwan from August 8, 2023 to August 29, 2023, and to put it simply, it was awesome.

我2023年八月八日到八月二十九日去了香港、中国大陆和台湾旅游感觉非常好玩。

Some guy wiping the front windows of an airplane

Did you know the front windows of airplanes can open so a person can stick their body out and clean the windows? And did you know airplanes have windshield wipers?

飞机前面的窗户竟然还可以打开,这样工人就可以把他的身体伸出去清洁窗户。飞机也有雨刷!

Anthony Wong plaque

Apparently there's a Hong Kong actor named Anthony Wong with a very similar name as me. His surname is 黄, not 王 like me though. Maybe I need to check out his movies.

有一个香港演员叫Anthony Wong跟我的英语名字很像。不过他姓黄我姓王。也许我应该去看看他的电影。

Bruce Lee statue

My 9-year-old cousin from mainland China didn't know who Bruce Lee was!

我的九岁的表妹竟然不知道李小龙是谁!

A crusty Hong Kong high-rise

Hong Kong is so beautiful.

香港可真漂亮。

A soda machine on roof

A soda machine on the roof, because why not.

屋顶上还有可乐。

The store E. TEA

A tea shop with both a nice English name and a nice Chinese name. Their fruit smoothies have cheese in them.

一家茶饮店,英语和中文名字都起得很好。他们的水果冰沙里面放了奶酪。

A weird tree

A weird tree.

一颗奇怪的树。

The Hong Kong skyline at night

Lights, lights, lights.

全都是灯。

Rabbit-shaped pastries

Eating rabbits.

吃兔子。

The view from Victoria Peak

The view from the top of Hong Kong's Victoria Peak. Did not expect so many trees.

香港太平山山顶的风景。没想到会有这么多树!

The view on the other side

The view on the other side.

另外一边的风景。

A small brown and black insect

An insect I spotted on Victoria Peak.

在太平山上看到的一只虫子。

Another view from Victoria Peak

The view from yet another side.

又是另外一边的风景。

A large pink flowering plant

A nice pink plant in the Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens.

香港动植物公园里的棵漂亮的粉红色植物。

Anime girl soy sauce

Anime girl soy sauce.

珠江桥牌厨娘。

A Lego building

I wonder how much that costs.

我想知道这值多少钱。

Shattered porcelain

Shattered Ming dynasty porcelain in a museum.

博物馆里面的破碎的明朝瓷器。

Weak room

WEAK ROOM! Spotted in Ningbo.

WEAK ROOM在宁波看到的。

Power room and weak room

There's a "Power Room" too.

也有一个“Power Room”。

A car with its rearview mirror torn off

We got in a car accident in Ningbo. Fortunately, no one was injured and there wasn't too much damage.

在宁波出了车祸。幸好没有人受伤,也没有太大的破坏。

Crazy calligraphy

Kids these days have quite... interesting calligraphy.

现在的小孩的书法很有趣。

A no fireworks sign in the bathroom

NO FIREWORKS in the bathroom!

厕所里面禁止fireworks

The outside of Xiongan railway station

The largest empty railway station in the world!

世界最大的完全空的火车站!

The inside of Xiongan railway station

It's empty, I swear!

我很确定里面是空的!

A bowl of biangbiang noodles

A bowl of biangbiang noodles, which have the best name ever.

一碗𰻞𰻞biángbiáng面。

The sign for a biangbiang noodles restaurant

𰻞!

𰻞!

Lots of faux-ancient buildings in Xi'an

Xi'an: former ancient capital of China, current kitsch capital of China.

西安很适合用这个英语词kitsch来形容但我不知道中文怎么翻译。

A stone lion dragon thingy

The thing of my nightmares.

我晚上恶梦里面的东西。

A Pizza Hut with Genshin Impact decorations

Pizza Hut + Genshin Impact.

必胜客+原神。

Colorful statues of the main characters from Journey to the West

I hope you like Journey to the West.

这是我恶梦里面的西游记。

The Terracotta Army

It's crazily crowded, 10/10 would not recommend.

人山人海10/10强烈推荐不要去。

Weird English at a supermarket

In China, English is just a decoration. Like seriously, this is under some bananas at a Xi'an supermarket. It's completely bananas.

在中国,英语就是装饰。真的,这是在超市里的香蕉地下。

A box showing the 10 oddities of Shaanxi

A box at a store with an illustration of the 10 oddities of Shaanxi.

陕西十大怪!

Slip carefully

SLIP CAREFULLY!

SLIP CAREFULLY

Another bowl of biangbiang noodles

Another bowl of biangbiang noodles!

在来一碗𰻞𰻞面吧!

A poem for biang

A poem for biang.

𰻞之诗。

A car with StellaLou rabbit stickers

A tiny car plastered with rabbit stickers. My sister told me this is her new dream car.

一辆贴着兔子贴纸的小绿车。我妹告诉了我这是她的新梦想车。

Another car with StellaLou stickers, but backwards

uoFillets? Oh, it's just backwards. I wonder if it's intentional.

这辆车上贴了“uoFillets”。哦应该是“StellaLou”但贴反了。这是故意的吗

A black cat under a car

A cat!

一只猫!

A shirt with lots of English typos

I wouldn't want to be caught wearing this shirt!

我肯定不想被别人看到穿这种体恤衫!

Another cat

Another cat!

另一只猫!

A glass window at a hotel

A weird hotel room with a giant glass window between the bathroom and the beds in Taipei.

在台北的一个奇怪的旅馆房间,洗手间和床之间有一大片玻璃。

A chubby pig

A chubby pig at the Ningxia Night Market in Taipei.

台北宁夏夜市里的一只肥猪。

The ceiling of the CKS Memorial Hall

The ceiling of the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall.

中正纪念堂的天花板。

Taipei 101's tuned mass damper

Taipei 101's tuned mass damper.

台北101的调谐质块阻尼器。

Taipei 101 staircase

The view from the staircase at the top of Taipei 101.

台北101的楼梯最上面往下看。

Anime girl dried pork paper

Anime girl dried pork paper, whatever that is.

芝麻杏仁香脆肉纸,不知道好吃不好吃。

Nagoya

Nagoya, Japan, seen from an airplane. I also found it on Google Earth.

在飞机上看到的日本的名古屋市。我后来在Google Earth上也找到了。