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Joe Papp diary, Hong Kong, December 23-January 6, 2006

Okonomiyaki flavor!
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(Click for larger image) Okonomiyaki flavor!
Why not get your hair
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(Click for larger image) Why not get your hair cut on the moon?
Coke anyone?
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(Click for larger image) Coke anyone?
It's bling, really.
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(Click for larger image) It's bling, really.
Street stall dinner
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(Click for larger image) Street stall dinner
You're not going
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(Click for larger image) You're not going to eat that?!
Yes I am!
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(Click for larger image) Yes I am!
Sunrise over
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(Click for larger image) Sunrise over the Hong Kong Sports Institute
Team lunch
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(Click for larger image) Team lunch before the start of the tour.
Champion System (USA), L-R:
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(Click for larger image) Champion System (USA), L-R: Derek Wong, Daniel See, Simon Chau, David Sommerville, Joe Papp, Jared Bunde
The author Joe Papp
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(Click for larger image) The author Joe Papp returning from a tune-up ride with his teammates.
Transfer
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(Click for larger image) Transfer to the Metropole Hotel before the start of the Tour.
Christmas Eve dinner
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(Click for larger image) Christmas Eve dinner in the Metropole (R-L: Joe Papp, Derek Wong, girlfriend Colleen)
Daniel Lee
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(Click for larger image) Daniel Lee studies his English slang while Derek Wong looks on.
Check out that Shorty!
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(Click for larger image) Check out that Shorty!
Slang card
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(Click for larger image) Slang card
Slang card
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(Click for larger image) Slang card
Christmas Day
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(Click for larger image) Christmas Day and a phone call home to Yuliet before the day's training.
Joe Papp
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(Click for larger image) Joe Papp is all smiles as he and Derek Wong cruise back into Kowloon.
Champion System
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(Click for larger image) Champion System pedals through the streets of Kowloon on Christmas Day.
Just in case
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(Click for larger image) Just in case you weren't sure what to do.
Joe Papp
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(Click for larger image) Joe Papp with the island of Hong Kong in the background before the start of stage 1 of the Tour of the South China Sea
David Sommerville (right)
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(Click for larger image) David Sommerville (right) poses with Champion System massage therapist Helena.
David Sommerville
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(Click for larger image) David Sommerville attends to the press before the start of stage 1.
Daniel Lee and girlfriend
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(Click for larger image) Daniel Lee and girlfriend after having crossed into the PRC.
Are you ready
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(Click for larger image) Are you ready to Throw Down?!
They may own much
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(Click for larger image) They may own much of the United States' foreign debt, but the Chinese have not yet mastered our language.
Colleen and Jared
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(Click for larger image) Colleen and Jared in a supermarket in Shenzhen.
This is the kind
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(Click for larger image) This is the kind of massage you receive when the Boss doesn't treat. Joe Papp's legs not pictured.
Transfer buses:
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(Click for larger image) Transfer buses: Team Champion System would spend much time in these.
Not the beer,
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(Click for larger image) Not the beer, but the water!
You want coffee?
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(Click for larger image) You want coffee? We got coffee.
Jade boat.
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(Click for larger image) Jade boat.
Ummm.
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(Click for larger image) Ummm. Couldn't figure out this one.
Joe Papp
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(Click for larger image) Joe Papp catches up on sleep en route to the start of a stage.
Take care.
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(Click for larger image) Take care.
Special Champion System
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(Click for larger image) Special Champion System water bottle insulator. See www.champ-sys.com to order.
The author is almost
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(Click for larger image) The author is almost down for the count after a hard fall in stage 3.
These signs are too much.
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(Click for larger image) These signs are too much. I'm even laughing as I type up these quotes.
Joe Papp and friend.
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(Click for larger image) Joe Papp and friend.
Another great use
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(Click for larger image) Another great use of the English language.
Dorms at Guangzhou
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(Click for larger image) Dorms at Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center.
Simon Chau
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(Click for larger image) Simon Chau gets ready to descend from seven stories up.
Joe Papp
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(Click for larger image) Joe Papp struts into the Yucca Hotel, eager to enjoy 5-star luxury after a night in the dorms.
Women need not apply.
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(Click for larger image) Women need not apply.
Parade in Zhongshan
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(Click for larger image) Parade in Zhongshan before the Zhongshan Nantou TCL Air Conditioning Cup.
Parade in Zhongshan
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(Click for larger image) Parade in Zhongshan before the Zhongshan Nantou TCL Air Conditioning Cup.
Parade in Zhongshan
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(Click for larger image) Parade in Zhongshan before the Zhongshan Nantou TCL Air Conditioning Cup.
Podium from
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(Click for larger image) Podium from the Zhongshan Nantou TCL Air Conditioning Cup.
Derek (left)
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(Click for larger image) Derek (left) and Daniel (right) with the stolen balloon.
This was delicious
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(Click for larger image) This was delicious water.
Joe Papp and Daniel Lee
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(Click for larger image) Joe Papp and Daniel Lee enjoy a joke during lunch in Macau.
David Sommerville
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(Click for larger image) David Sommerville looking the worse for wear but still smiling in Macau.
Joe Papp so eager
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(Click for larger image) Joe Papp so eager to eat Portuguese food that he's running for it.
What can you say?
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(Click for larger image) What can you say? It's a good way to be.
PRC soldiers?
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(Click for larger image) PRC soldiers?
Alan Ho, David Sommerville
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(Click for larger image) Alan Ho, David Sommerville and Jared Bunde before the start of stage 2.
Racing action from stage 2.
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(Click for larger image) Racing action from stage 2. Joe Papp is center, with Wong Kam Po on his wheel.
Joe Papp gasps for air
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(Click for larger image) Joe Papp gasps for air after finishing second to Wong Kam Po in stage 2.
Riders wait for the podium
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(Click for larger image) Riders wait for the podium ceremony after stage 2. Joe Papp and Derek Wong are seated to the right.
Champagne fight
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(Click for larger image) Champagne fight on the podium after stage 2: Joe Papp (left) and Derek Wong (right) of Champion System ganged up on stage winner Wong Kam Po.
The ideal seatmate
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(Click for larger image) The ideal seatmate on a transoceanic flight: Nok Soubannarath.
Another view
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(Click for larger image) Another view of the ideal seatmate on a transoceanic flight: Nok Soubannarath.


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