Hong Kong, Winter 2001-2002

by Michael Hecht

8. Historic sites

Fuyuko is shooting a dog, how cruel!

And in front of the holy virgin mary, no less. That reminds me of the dyslexic doG who thought he was God.

The tracks must be so that a car or wagon can drive up the stairs.

Up at the top of our climb.

Looking over the city.

A component of Macau's elaborate self-defense system.

In a place like this, you feel very safe from foreign invaders and pirates.

Why was this particular cannon a target for all the graffiti?

That looks interesting, we're going down there soon to get a closer look. And to look for a place to have lunch.

Here's the closer look I mentioned. The rest of this old church is gone; destroyed in a fire if I recall correctly. Behind this facade we could climb up a set of stairs to reach a scaffolding that went behind the second story windows and look out of them. Now let's find some lunch.

The same facade, food... I mean... viewed from the back. No, the sky didn't really look like this...

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