Christmas and New Years

Here are some photos that I took with my cool new camera over Christmas and new years. For Christmas I flew to Hong Kong for a few days and hung out with my family. It was nice to see everyone and more importantly get some home cooked meals. On the last day we went to the horse races, a popular thing to do in Hong Kong. I won the equivalent of $15 on my first bet picking a long shot to place but then I lost $20 on my second round of betting picking more long shots. For New Years I went with some friends down to Taipei 101 where they shoot off the fireworks and took some pictures that make it appear that the building was exploding. Overall new years in Taiwan is pretty fun if you like ridiculous crowds, blaring Taiwanese pop music and alcohol.