Kowloon Park and museums

Here are some of the senior missionaries; Normans, Stevens, and Carol in a nice area near our apartment.

Here's the same area near our apartment which is a nice walk to the Hong Kong Heritage Museum in Kowloon Park.

These are Lego models of famous Hong Kong buildings.

Here's the Lego version of the famous Kowloon clock tower.

Lego version of the famous old Western Market building.

Rather handsome fellow--not sure if he is friend or foe though.

This creature is about 5-6 feet long.  It is sort of a mosaic with every little piece made from different colors of glass.  All the pieces are glued onto the body of the animal.  It must have taken hundreds of hours of work.

He looks a little more friendly than the guy above.

Old Chinese coins

There was a fun exhibit of old toys that were made in Hong Kong that we were able to see, too. You might enjoy reminiscing as you scroll through these photos.

There were over 2,000 toys designed by U.S. and European companies but manufactured in Hong Kong in the 1950's and 1960's including every toy you can think of from Barbie dolls, G I Joes to games.  At that time Hong Kong was the biggest manufacturer of toys in the world.  Even today, Hong Kong companies manufacture 60 to 70 percent of all toys in the world at plants in mainland China.

Slinky

Jenga

Care Bears- can you name them all?

Raggedy Ann

Cabbage Patch Kids

Baby Alive

Strawberry Shortcake

Mr. Potato head

Smurfs

Everyone loves Star Wars toys

These guys weren't quite life-size but they were pretty tall.

All the people liked this as you will hear them in the background: Click here: Big "Mouse-trap" type ball machine

This isn't a real boat but it's where the harbor used to be until they reclaimed more land for construction.  It is actually a large underground store called Aeon.

To end our post today, we'd like to introduce you to Kenny who is one of the students that we have been teaching in our English class.  We have been helping return missionaries and others to prepare to pass the English part of the entrance exam to be able to go to BYU schools in Utah, Idaho, and Hawaii .  Kenny served a mission in England and he's really smart.  The IELTS test is soon and he should pass easily.     Good luck in all that you-all do this week, too!