Comments on: The building with the hole http://www.sjeds.com/blog/china/archives/55 Blog your Way to China Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:04:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: stolisano http://www.sjeds.com/blog/china/archives/55#comment-101 Tue, 05 Dec 2006 00:09:01 +0000 http://www.sjeds.com/blog/china/archives/55#comment-101 <strong>Mr. Foster,</strong> Most of the buses are double deckers, so they are about double the size (height) than ours. We rode on the top (of course) when we went to Victoria Peak. <a rel="nofollow" title="Photo Sharing" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sjeds/311819687/" rel="nofollow"><img width="100" height="75" alt="hong_kong 057" src="http://static.flickr.com/100/311819687_d253d76552_t.jpg" /></a> There are not really that many personal cars on the street, since most people take the public transportation to go from one place to another. The cars that you do see here are similar to ours, except that there are very few SUVs. Communication is very hard if no one speaks English. The waters around Hong Kong seem to be very clean. We will post soon about our trip to a fishing village. <strong>Mrs. Freyer,</strong> We have not figured out why the number 8 is in the phone numbers. In Hong Kong they use 220 Volts. We need to make sure that our electronic devices are able to handle this much before we plug them in with an adapter. In the US we only use 110. Mr. Foster,
Most of the buses are double deckers, so they are about double the size (height) than ours. We rode on the top (of course) when we went to Victoria Peak.
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There are not really that many personal cars on the street, since most people take the public transportation to go from one place to another. The cars that you do see here are similar to ours, except that there are very few SUVs.
Communication is very hard if no one speaks English. The waters around Hong Kong seem to be very clean. We will post soon about our trip to a fishing village.

Mrs. Freyer,
We have not figured out why the number 8 is in the phone numbers. In Hong Kong they use 220 Volts. We need to make sure that our electronic devices are able to handle this much before we plug them in with an adapter. In the US we only use 110.

]]> by: mrs.freyer http://www.sjeds.com/blog/china/archives/55#comment-81 Mon, 04 Dec 2006 15:53:52 +0000 http://www.sjeds.com/blog/china/archives/55#comment-81 Mrs. Pickering's class thinks this building is funny looking. Like a square donut. We noticed that there are 8 numbers in the phone numbers in Hong Kong. Why is that? What voltage is the electricity in Hong Kong? Mrs. Pickering’s class thinks this building is funny looking. Like a square donut. We noticed that there are 8 numbers in the phone numbers in Hong Kong. Why is that? What voltage is the electricity in Hong Kong?

]]> by: mr.foster http://www.sjeds.com/blog/china/archives/55#comment-73 Mon, 04 Dec 2006 14:11:23 +0000 http://www.sjeds.com/blog/china/archives/55#comment-73 Greetings from the United States! It looks like you are having a great time and are getting to see some amazing things! We really enjoyed being able to see the writing on the billboards, and hear the conversation in the taxi. We do have quite a few questions to ask: How big are the buses? Are the cars and buses a lot different than they are here? What part of the bus did you ride on? Did you like your food in the restaurant? Have you found the communication barrier to be a big problem, or have you been able to manage due to others speaking a little English? What is the water like? Did you see any Chinese Junks? Greetings from the United States! It looks like you are having a great time and are getting to see some amazing things! We really enjoyed being able to see the writing on the billboards, and hear the conversation in the taxi. We do have quite a few questions to ask: How big are the buses? Are the cars and buses a lot different than they are here? What part of the bus did you ride on? Did you like your food in the restaurant? Have you found the communication barrier to be a big problem, or have you been able to manage due to others speaking a little English? What is the water like? Did you see any Chinese Junks?

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