14 January 2009, today we start the beginning of two weeks outside Jinan. Our fist destination will be Hong Kong and there after what we call the Southwest tour. We flew into Shenzhen, a small town of 12 million people. It is in mainland China just over the border from Hong Kong. While there we visited a theme park call "China Folk Culture Villages". It's modeled after the Polynesia center in Hawaii. Pictures of Ella-Rene riding a Mongolia horse, which was part of the show. Later we saw an extravaganza type show at the phoenix plaza.

15 January 2009, the bus ride took us threw two borders and into Hong Kong. Our accommodations were a beautiful view at the YMCA hotel. Just across the street were the Victoria Harbor and that night we watched the harbor light show. 16 January 2009, today was temple day. After a fun subway ride we arrived in an area still full of large buildings. Suddenly, Moroni poked his head into our view and there was the temple a block or so away. We were greeted at a public garden at the building entrance which is one of the requirements of the city. The temple though small is magnificent. The church does everything first rate. Spent the evening at the harbor shopping mall and had dinner in the area with all the teachers involved in the David M. Kennedy program throughout China. 17 January 2009 spent most of the day at the LDS area offices, which are on the other side of the harbor. We spent most of the morning presenting things we had learned as teachers in China. That evening we found Koloa Park, which is in the middle of Hong Kong. That evening we rode the ferry to the other side and went to Victoria peak by tram. The view was fantastic. Instead of riding the tram back, we walked down the mountain in the dark. 18 February 2009, today we went to one of the chapels in Hong Kong where we held a district conference. One of the persons we met was President Toronto, who mentioned Cliff Edmunds who is now in Beijing and working at the embassy there. Later that evening we boarded a bus and went back to Shenzhen, caught the plane to Gulin which is a city in history which is part of our next descriptive adventure.