City Kitties Travels: Hong Kong Cats

I spent most of the last two weeks in Hong Kong and got to see lots of adorable city kitties there.  Here are a few of the more random ones.

This cat I saw on a market street in Central:

The following two cats are pet store residents in Mong Kok.  The pet stores don't like you taking pictures, so I had to be sneaky about these ones.  That also explains why the second picture is kind of crappy.

I'm actually not sure where I was when I saw this cat.  I was riding through Hong Kong island (I think) on the tram when I spotted this kitty sign.  I thought it was so cute, so I took a picture, then Jimmy noticed the cat in the window!

This cat I spotted on Cheung Chau island:

Random Mong Kok store cat:

Another random Mong Kok store cat.  This one was very wary of us.

And, for good measure, here is Ocean Park's most photogenic panda:

City Kitties Travels: Sung Mo

Jimmy and I had a layover in Beijing a couple of days ago and decided to see a little bit of the city.  I got really lucky because in the few hours I was there I saw Sung Mo in a park we walked through.  We named her that because it roughly translates to "fluffy hair."

Cuddlebugs

My parents' cats Missy and Diego (a.k.a., Diggy; a.k.a., Robocat) are suuuuper cuddly and cuddled me the whole time I was at their house for the holiday this week.  I decided to put them together, and this is what happened.  And they were still cuddling a few hours later.

Balthus Cat

Jimmy and I were at the Met today and decided to check out the Balthus Cats and Girls exhibit.  I was pretty excited about the exhibit until I walked in--it became immediately apparent that Balthus was a pedophile.  (I cropped out the girl's crotch in this picture.)  I normally would have thoroughly enjoyed an exhibit revolving around a cat theme, but this was just a tad too disturbing.

Another Morningside Kitty

Jimmy and I went up to Columbia last night to see the pretty trees on campus.  On our walk from the train, we passed by Morningside Park, which is home to lots of kitty cats.  This one posed for a really long time so we could get its picture; I think he wondered what the heck we were doing.  I also saw two or three other cats run by in the distance, but they were too far away and it was too dark outside to get their pictures.

Amadeus and Friend

The pet store across from Jimmy's house reopened recently; it's now all fancy and expensive... but the nice thing is they've got three resident cats.  Here are two of them, Amadeus, the black one, and Amadeus' friend whose name escapes Jimmy.  It makes me wonder what happened to Puffy and Puffy's child, though :-C

Shy Cat

I saw this adorable cat on a neighbor's stoop yesterday, but by the time I got my phone out to take its picture it had run away from me down the alley.