Flying to China - protocl's mini blog. UPDATED w/pictures! 8/30

Taking a month off to vacation in China and Hong Kong.
I'll post pictures of some great LFS's there. I remember there is a street nothing but LFS on each side!!!

I'm not leaving til august 17th.

who's going to take care of your fish???
while your gone

sidekicking wrote:who's going to take care of your fish???
while your gone

GF.
Hope she will do a decent job.

Bah...7 more days.
Kinda don't want to go.

Sould be fun, have a safe trip.. take lots of pics of those asian aro's we can't have..

Thank you.

Do you have family there or anything? I say you ship some asian aro's home while you're there Just kidding I wouldn't take a risk like that lol. Are you going to be updating your blog while you're there or do we have to wait until you get home ? Have a good trip!

Ashley wrote:Do you have family there or anything? I say you ship some asian aro's home while you're there Just kidding I wouldn't take a risk like that lol. Are you going to be updating your blog while you're there or do we have to wait until you get home ? Have a good trip!

I'll be updating any chance i have.
My father lives in Hong kong, besides him; my family lives in L.A
Asian aros? I wish.

Bah.
My flight to Vancouver was rescheduled, thus my flight frm Vancouver to hong kong is also.
Few more hours....bah.

Wow.
Vancouver inter. Airport as a huge 8' 12' 3' tank!!!!
I think it's full of cichilds and a few salmon.

Post pictures when I get to HK.

Whoa cichlids and salmon umm weird
maybe its something else....so hurry up and get to HK so you can post some pics lol

Ok. Here in Hk. Sitting in a bus....and kinda lost. Lol
oh well. I'll post pictures when I can.

first time having internet while in HK. the wifi card is not working as it should, so pictures are going to be delayed.

havent visited any LFS, yet...waiting when i relocate hotels.

very cool you can check in with us as you go...

- sorry, crappy iphone camera -

after arriving; took a city bus towards the place i will be staying til i relocate to downtown HK.
never knew about cable cars around the airport.


one of my favourite van's. a toyota - 3.0 turbo!


im thinking, a prison.


some high class fish tank!!!! JK.
these fishes are on the menu.


a HUGE!, fish tank in vancouver airport.

maaan, i could of drove you to canada lol save you a plane ticket.

Jtang wrote:maaan, i could of drove you to canada lol save you a plane ticket.

My connection flight was from Vancouver.
No choice. I'll PM you the next time I need a ride. Lol

Awesome pictures! keep updateing!

some of you may know, that Hong Kong is not a friendly place to take pictures, especially when it involves their business...so, some of the shots may look like i quickly, ninja styled, spyishly had to snap shot really fast.
i didnt want to get caught and be told to leave from a....LFS.
the area is TUNG CHOI - better known as: gold fish street in prince edwards.

see that arowana in that plastic bag?



my new prefilter!



stainless steel 15" tweezers for only 55 HKD! - $7








68 hkd=$8.94. 48hkd=$6.31








OMFG - one shop had nothing but aggressive turtles! saw a alligator snapping turtle for about $30!!!





cichilds!

awesome pics, they got lots of variety there.. its too bad their all in their own baggies, but whatever.

Wanna pick me up one of those tweezers?

Jtang wrote:awesome pics, they got lots of variety there.. its too bad their all in their own baggies, but whatever.

Wanna pick me up one of those tweezers?

sure...how do i give it to ya when im back in seattle?

protocl wrote:
sure...how do i give it to ya when im back in seattle?

I don't know, I'm in skagit, but I'm sure we could figure it out, maybe if you could ship it???

cool koi pond at a japanese restaurant at hung hom station.
approx. 20' long, 6' wide and 6" deep.

one of the cleanest GTR's ive seen, yet!


pictures from a very well known, historical restaurant, ever so successful.....PIZZA HUT!

WOW! it would be so much easier to keep them in a tank... instead the owner probably has to dump them out every couple days, and rebag them with fresh water.... I love it!! no need to wait to have them bag your fish when its already there on the wall! lol...... just an amazing selection too! very very very cool pictures, thanks so much for uploading!

sorry guys, but its really hard to shoot pictures when its busy and especially harder when its not. this shot is about 2 turtles, having a leaf like head shape, looking way cool!


the baddest HONDA ever built....meet the successor of the CRX...the CRZ.

Koi Pond - Tin Shui Wai N.T, Hong Kong

lol, testing out the camera, cause we got splashing water and flowers here too... lol... looks cool though. cut was expecting more chinese fish shops!

sandnuka wrote:lol, testing out the camera, cause we got splashing water and flowers here too... lol... looks cool though. cut was expecting more chinese fish shops!

of course i would want to take high res. shots on the LFS's setups, but no can do. unless i want to get kicked out, ahaha.
ill try again later to take more iphone shots.

i visited again, just yesterday to other shops that was closed on the initial visit...man, very impressive display tanks and stock! hella cheap also!

a turtle had a leaf like head and looked bad ass! kinda like the mega turtle who fought godzilla.
sorry for the low level pictures.


not sure why these discus cost also $2000. the shop owner was a well known champion breeder though.

The turtle with a leaf like head is called a Mata Mata Turtle they are awesome but endangered. There are many captive breeders though.

Bassman42 wrote:The turtle with a leaf like head is called a Mata Mata Turtle they are awesome but endangered. There are many captive breeders though.

endangered?
Oh well, guess I ain't gonna bring it back to Seattle.

I love the pics of the GTR and CRZ, man I miss being over there and see and the sweet cars.. I wish I could have brought my Skyline back.. . What kind if camera are you using, those are some killer pond shots..

I just googled and wikipedia-ed Mata Mata's. Their not even on any endangered list, nor are they even listed for vulnerability or concern of being endangered. I say find out if they are and get one!

hbluehunter wrote:I love the pics of the GTR and CRZ, man I miss being over there and see and the sweet cars.. I wish I could have brought my Skyline back.. . What kind if camera are you using, those are some killer pond shots..

I'm using a nikon d5000, nikor 70-300 lens with a tiffen polarizer that day.
Yeah, HK is one of the cities that has endless sweet rides. I've been seeing lots of different GTR's, all different custom styles.

I hope I can bring back something live. Man, ive been eyeing that alligator snapping turtle!!

Oh, I was told they were when I wanted to buy. This store in Evertt "Seattle Reptiles" had one for like $800 when I asked why thats what they said. Good to know that they aren't but still to pricey for me.

2 sponge filters, 1 telescopic glass cleaner with sponge and a razor.
all under $10!

those same sponge filters are $1 dollar free shipping on ebay. dont know about the glass cleaner.

I own a classic '88 crx and had high hopes to see a new 2010 si.. but they only made this low power (122hp) car and incorporated the engine in so many components that a motor swap it not realistic. That one looks pretty cool with the body kit though.

sandnuka wrote:those same sponge filters are $1 dollar free shipping on ebay. dont know about the glass cleaner.

hmm...I saw one for bidding but another is currently going for $9.50

oh wait.
I did see one going for $1, but shipping is already $1.79.

Miss my fishes.
Can't wait to go home, feed and conduct a WC for them.

Since I've been staying in hong kong; my GF has been taking care of them. Very unfortunate that I lost 1 guppy, 1 Cory cat, 3 lobsters, 2 pearl scale angels, part of my glass lid cracked.
I really hope she is doing her utmost best care, because she believes a betta can dwell in a bowl without filtration and a heater throughout it's life. Haha.

I guess, no vacation next year?

Today is my flight back to the evergreen state!!
Trade Hong Kong's humidity for seattle's weather!!

Thank you for viewing this thread, sorry for the low quality pictures and it being not many photos; just hard to take pictures when there's a big sign saying: NO PHOTOS!!!

Thanks for all the photos prot. You gave us a peek at a culture many of us will probably never have the chance to enjoy.

I really enjoyed the pics. Still amazed at the Pizza Hut pics!

alexmuw wrote:Thanks for all the photos prot. You gave us a peek at a culture many of us will probably never have the chance to enjoy.

I really enjoyed the pics. Still amazed at the Pizza Hut pics!

thank you!

As I was checking on my flight on the flight information board, a group of photographers and 2 camera men, plus 2 female interviewers ran up to a young female. May be she is famous; I don't know for sure.
I got a video of it all, post later.

Sounds like a cool trip protocl. Turns out I'm going to be heading over for a bit at the end of this month; 2 days in Singapore, 6 in Tokyo, and 4 in Hong Kong. You've got to give me the low-down on what to see!

Wow!!, Tokyo!!
Man, Lucky you!!!

Yea, ok... I'll PM you to help with your stay in HK smooth.
Not sure about Singapore and japan, never visited.

Glad you got back ok... looked like a great trip! glad you enjoyed..... i was plannin on going back home to kuwait for a few months... they have a pretty sweet aquarium.... and I never seen there fish stores, but I heard cool things... met someone on frontosa.com that lived in kuwait and said they have AWESOME fish store close... so should be interesting... I will keep you guys updated on my own thread when I plan a trip.

Anyway, welcome back to the good ol' PNW

Thanks for showing the pics of China, There kind of cool.

ok, so remember my post about a lady of fame while i was in HKIA?
here is the video - Do not dare press me!