I went on vacation to Hong Kong, mainland China, and Taiwan from August 8, 2023 to August 29, 2023, and to put it simply, it was awesome.
我2023年八月八日到八月二十九日去了香港、中国大陆和台湾旅游，感觉非常好玩。
Did you know the front windows of airplanes can open so a person can stick their body out and clean the windows? And did you know airplanes have windshield wipers?
飞机前面的窗户竟然还可以打开，这样工人就可以把他的身体伸出去清洁窗户。飞机也有雨刷！
Apparently there’s a Hong Kong actor named Anthony Wong with a very similar name as me. His surname is 黄, not 王 like me though. Maybe I need to check out his movies.
有一个香港演员叫Anthony Wong，跟我的英语名字很像。不过，他姓黄，我姓王。也许我应该去看看他的电影。
My 9-year-old cousin from mainland China didn’t know who Bruce Lee was!
我的九岁的表妹竟然不知道李小龙是谁！
Hong Kong is so beautiful.
香港可真漂亮。
A soda machine on the roof, because why not.
屋顶上还有可乐。
A tea shop with both a nice English name and a nice Chinese name. Their fruit smoothies have cheese in them.
一家茶饮店，英语和中文名字都起得很好。他们的水果冰沙里面放了奶酪。
A weird tree.
一颗奇怪的树。
Lights, lights, lights.
全都是灯。
Eating rabbits.
吃兔子。
The view from the top of Hong Kong’s Victoria Peak. Did not expect so many trees.
香港太平山山顶的风景。没想到会有这么多树！
The view on the other side.
另外一边的风景。
An insect I spotted on Victoria Peak.
在太平山上看到的一只虫子。
The view from yet another side.
又是另外一边的风景。
A nice pink plant in the Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens.
香港动植物公园里的棵漂亮的粉红色植物。
Anime girl soy sauce.
I wonder how much that costs.
我想知道这值多少钱。
Shattered Ming dynasty porcelain in a museum.
博物馆里面的破碎的明朝瓷器。
WEAK ROOM! Spotted in Ningbo.
WEAK ROOM！在宁波看到的。
There’s a “Power Room” too.
也有一个“Power Room”。
We got in a car accident in Ningbo. Fortunately, no one was injured and there wasn’t too much damage.
在宁波出了车祸。幸好没有人受伤，也没有太大的破坏。
Kids these days have quite… interesting calligraphy.
现在的小孩的书法很有趣。
NO FIREWORKS in the bathroom!
厕所里面禁止fireworks！
The largest empty railway station in the world!
世界最大的完全空的火车站！
It’s empty, I swear!
我很确定里面是空的！
A bowl of biangbiang noodles, which have the best name ever.
一碗𰻞𰻞（biángbiáng）面。
𰻞!
𰻞！
Xi’an: former ancient capital of China, current kitsch capital of China.
西安很适合用这个英语词kitsch来形容，但我不知道中文怎么翻译。
The thing of my nightmares.
我晚上恶梦里面的东西。
Pizza Hut + Genshin Impact.
必胜客+原神。
I hope you like Journey to the West.
这是我恶梦里面的西游记。
It’s crazily crowded, 10/10 would not recommend.
人山人海，10/10强烈推荐不要去。
In China, English is just a decoration. Like seriously, this is under some bananas at a Xi’an supermarket. It’s completely bananas.
在中国，英语就是装饰。真的，这是在超市里的香蕉地下。
A box at a store with an illustration of the 10 oddities of Shaanxi.
陕西十大怪！
SLIP CAREFULLY!
SLIP CAREFULLY！
Another bowl of biangbiang noodles!
在来一碗𰻞𰻞面吧！
A poem for biang.
𰻞之诗。
A tiny car plastered with rabbit stickers. My sister told me this is her new dream car.
一辆贴着兔子贴纸的小绿车。我妹告诉了我这是她的新梦想车。
uoFillets? Oh, it’s just backwards. I wonder if it’s intentional.
这辆车上贴了“uoFillets”。哦，应该是“StellaLou”，但贴反了。这是故意的吗？
A cat!
一只猫！
I wouldn’t want to be caught wearing this shirt!
我肯定不想被别人看到穿这种体恤衫！
Another cat!
另一只猫！
A weird hotel room with a giant glass window between the bathroom and the beds in Taipei.
在台北的一个奇怪的旅馆房间，洗手间和床之间有一大片玻璃。
A chubby pig at the Ningxia Night Market in Taipei.
台北宁夏夜市里的一只肥猪。
The ceiling of the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall.
中正纪念堂的天花板。
Taipei 101’s tuned mass damper.
台北101的调谐质块阻尼器。
The view from the staircase at the top of Taipei 101.
台北101的楼梯最上面往下看。
Anime girl dried pork paper, whatever that is.
芝麻杏仁香脆肉纸，不知道好吃不好吃。
Nagoya, Japan, seen from an airplane. I also found it on Google Earth.
在飞机上看到的日本的名古屋市。我后来在Google Earth上也找到了。