I started this morning with an 8-mile jog along the promenade. I ended up meeting a guy on the run from San Diego and we ran for about 50 minutes together. He has been coming to China for 15 years and it was interesting to get his viewpoint on everything from the earthquake to the Olympics to doing business in China.
After the run, I took the subway (called MTR) to church in Kowloon Tong. It was a great service and it is an amazing experience to worship with them. One point of interest is that "amma's" (you have to read yesterday's blog to understand this) get Sunday's off and there were seven of them sitting directly in front of me at church. It's powerful to see different classes of people and many different nationalities all worshiping the same Living God.
After church, I headed over to Olympian City Mall...which, ironically, is about the only place close to our hotel where you can find Beijing Olympic stuff. The t-shirts are sold out all over the city, but I got a few things for Luke and Hope and the nieces and nephews.
At noon, I hooked up with Tim and Mike for a long afternoon of sight seeing and shopping. We started out at the Ladies Market, which is a street lined with booths selling everything from clothing to purses to watches to luggage. From there we walked 
through the Mong Kok district, which I have been told is the most densely populated district in Hong Kong with tons of high-rise apartments. As I have already notes, everywhere you go in Hong Kong there are people, but in Mong Kok it is truly beyond comprehension...in every direction the streets are packed shoulder to shoulder with people and this was just an ordinary Sunday in May...no special event! From there we walked to the Bird Market and the Flower Market, which are kind of self explanatory...store after store selling flowers/birds.
From there, we headed to Causway Bay to see the World's only curved escalator. Not sure why it's cureved but it was kind of interesting to see. While there we ran into a pop singing group, probably similarly Hong Kong's version of Hannah Montana...groupies were everywhere. After the curved escalator, we headed to the So Ho district which is home to the world's longest escalator! It is not one long escaltory but a bunch of escalators that string together for about a mile...it's outside and goes up the hill from the business district towards the peak. From there, we met a supplier at an Indian restaurant called Tan Dore's. The food was very good...the lamb was the best! After that it was back to the hotel...my day began at 5:30am with a run and ended about 10:45 after dinner.
Tomorrow (Monday) we have a working day in our Hong Kong Buying Office before heading back to China in the evening.
A few more pictures...Ladies Market...Mong Kok...Flower Market...Bird Market...Long Escalatory.
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