When the dog eats the sun...

SOLAR ECLIPSE!! It was so amazing to be in Asia for the longest solar eclipse of our lifetimes...and for probably the most watched eclipse in history. I went with the news crew to a mountain outside of Hong Kong earlyyy this morning to take pictures of over 1000 people who had gathered to observe the eclipse. I expected craziness and costumes...but the telescopes and astronomy were still pretty cool. Here it was only a partial eclipse, so i still got too much sun being outside for that long!

The weekend was good--Friday night I met up with cousins/uncles from Delhi and showed them around a bit. Saturday was another alumni brunch (I'm getting spoiled) Italian this time. Then wandered around the jade and goldfish markets in Mong Kok until it started raining. And it continued raining through the evening, dinner, and the Harry Potter 6 movie so when we got out of the theater it was officially a TYPHOON LEVEL 9! The highest level is 10 so this was pretty bad, they shut down all the public transportation and I almost got blown away trying to hail a cab.

The next day cleared up pretty early and it was nice to have a refreshing breeze for once. I enjoyed a trip to Kowloon Park, especially watching the Philippino domestic workers enjoy their day off with spontaneous Bollywood dance parties. Also went to the huge History of Hong Kong museum which had a great set up and really interesting cultural displays. Concluded the weekend with the twenty minute light-and-music show on the harbor (largest light show in the world) and delicious Indian food in the sketchy brown-town neighborhood. Perfect day :)