From Licia. Okay, you see the children are floating, and you must be like, “aaah, I’m sure they’re using some tricks, or at least this picture is photoshopped!”.. But let me tell you this is real and they *are* floating in the air without many supporting poles whatsoever!! At least Licia told me this and if you find out later you have been deceived, you can blame her :P Still, this picture gets my attention because of its bright colored costume, which is nothing strange in any Chinese festivals.. and this picture was particularly taken in a parade of the Hong Kong 1st Anniversary of the handover to China on 1st July 2007. This floating children show is related with Cheung Chau Bun festival, a local festival that takes place on the eighth day of the Fourth Moon, in the Chinese calendar.

From Ameko. Sometimes I can mistake the Dragon Dance with the Lion Dance. In Chinese New Year here they perform Lion Dance on the street, but I don’t know why we (or maybe only me) call it Naga (Malay for Dragon) haha as the one in Lion Dance looks like a dragon anyway. These kinds of dance usually comes with very loud music which along with the dragon itself, used to scare me off when I was little :P

Front view 1. Showing the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre at night with colorful fireworks.

Front view 2, only a bit closer up. This are is called North Wanchai, and the convention centre was opened in 1997 to host the main ceremony of sovereignty handing over to China. The architecture resemble a seabird opening its wings.

Right view 1, or the Causeway Bay. From this angle you can see a mountain at the back.. which is interesting, with all the packed skycrappers are which actually not too far away.

Right view 2. Same view, only the color tone is different :)