Atlantic City, NJ

Believe it or not, Jeff had never been to Atlantic City, NJ. After spending 2 days there, he had no desire to go back ever again.

More HK Pics

We had some cloudy weather and didn't get a great skyline shot of HK. Here is the postcard (evening) version and something fairly similar to our hotel view in the mid-levels area. The views are pretty great all around.



















Good shot of JSP in the market (but too easy to be a Where is Jin Sun? candidate).












Bamboo scaffolding still seems to be the norm here. These guys build it and tear it down by hand!
















Even our friend (and proud American) Jimmy C. would be comfortable in westerner-friendly HK!



















The infamous Chungking Mansion. Known as a place to get "anything" or disappear into a new identity. Good article on Chungking Mansion here.
http://www.worldhum.com/dispatches/item/hope_and_squalor_at_chungking_mansion_20070813/

Wyoming: A Beautiful Place to Drive Through

With our focus on SD, we zipped through central and eastern Wyoming- with a brief stop at the Motel 6 in Casper. I would not recommend it. Jeff conversed with a random drifter and we saw plastic gallon jugs of generic tequila being consumed outside in the bed of a flatbed truck.

Hotel Arizona

Where we decided to stay in Tucson based on the name.

This is probably NOT the same hotel from the Wilco song. Certainly not a Chelsea or "riot house" hotel feel with the Jehovah's Witness conference going on at the hotel/conference center this weekend.

Good location, but not a thumbs up (smelly a/c, tired, etc).

Had a great time at the Frog and the Firkin just off of campus near U of A. Unfortunately, we didn't catch a glimpse of Lute Olson (a "handsome older gentleman" we're told).

Tucson somehow has a population of 600-700k. Driving around it feels more like 100k (very spread out, but still not sure where everyone is living).

Seems like a ridiculously fun place to go to college.