Kenting Night Market - "The Shops"

The night markets in Kenting had a wide variety of street vendors... everything from kids toys, to cheesy tourist crap, to high end leather belts, to flips flops. The Taiwanese Cowboy shown in the first picture had some pretty awesome belts (featuring Italian leather & genuine US leather). He was also quite the salesman... he put on a good show and spoke several languages for all the tourists coming by.

The "Mean" Streets of HK Island

Yes, there are lots of stairs and levels in Hong Kong (probably one of the reasons why there not many overweight people there). Here you see an outdoor market on one of the many hills.

I've decided to dedicate the weekend to posting images I took while visiting Hong Kong earlier this month. The first four images here represent some of the typical street scenes you see while walking around the city during the daytime.

Looking down.

One of the many winding roads making its way down the mountainside. 

Yes, there is lots of amazing shopping in Hong Kong. Here we are looking at 3 awesome shops (none of which I can afford to actually buy anything on the inside)

Assembled in NYC... a New Balance Story

I was in NYC for one day and had the opportunity to check out the New Balance Experience Store next to the Flat Iron Building. It was a cool little shop. NB actually transported part of their Maine factory all the way to New York (machinery and people). The woman showing us around had worked at the Skowhegan Factory in Maine and was brought down specifically to build shoes in the store. If you want, you can ask for her to assemble shoes right in front of you... doesn't get much more fresh than that!