CHINA 2003

I PUT LINKS TO OTHER PAGES FOR PICTURES OF THE GOLDFISH FARMS AND MARKETS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE.
I ALSO PUT TOGETHER A PAGE OF SITES AROUND CHINA WE WENT TO WHICH DO NOT HAVE GOLDFISH IF YOUR INTERESTED

WE STARTED OUR TRIP IN HONG KONG - WE  SAW THE GOLDFISH PAVILLION IN OCEAN PARK, A MARINE PARK WHICH
HAS A VERY NICE PERMENANT DISPLAY FOR ALL TYPES OF GOLDFISH. FROM THERE WE WENT TO A SECTION OF
HONG WHICH  IS LIKE THE "PET DISTRICT" WHERE ALL OF THE FISH MARKETS AND PET STORES ARE LOCATED.
HONG KONG IS VERY UNIQUE IN THAT, ALL OF THE SIMILAR STORES ARE ALL CLUMPED TOGETHER IN A CERTAIN PART
OF THE CITY.  THERE IS AN ANTIQUE DISTRICT, JEWELRY, JADE, PETS AND SO ON.

Ocean Park - Hong Kong
OUR FIRST TASTE OF GOLDFISH IN CHINA!!!



OCEAN PARK IS BASCIALLY A MARINE PARK, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE RIDES AS WELL.  
THEY ALSO HAVE TWO PANDAS ( A GIFT FROM CHINA, WHEN HONG KONG WAS TURNED BACK OVER TO
CHINA FROM THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT IN 1999)  WHICH WAS NEAT TO
SEE AS WE HAD NEVER SEEN LIVE PANDAS BEFORE.  INSIDE THE PARK IS THE GOLDFISH PAVILLION.
PRETTY COOL IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, A HUGE GOLDFISH DISPLAY INSIDE AN AMUSEMENT PARK

TOMMY NEXT TO A HUGE EMBRODERY ON SILK IN TH GOLDFISH PAVILLION




A CLOSE UP OF THE FISH




A LOOK DOWN THE WALL.   EACH TANK HAVE A PICTURE FRAME AROUND THEM.  LIVING WORKS
OF ART.








SOME NICE EGG FISH
TOMMY SAID THAT JACKIE'S FARM HAD DONATED THESE FISH FOR THESE DISPLAYS




VERY NICE BLUE WAKIN





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Goldfish Markets - Hong Kong



THIS IS ONE OF THE SHOPS IN HONG KONG.  LOOK AT THESE ORANDAS.  NOW THATS 28 HONG KONG DOLLARS.
AND RIGHT NOW YOU GET ABOUT 7.2 HONG KONG DOLLARS FOR 1 U.S. DOLLAR.  SO THATS RIGHT,  THESE GUYS WOULD
COST YOU LESS THAN $4.00 U.S. DOLLARS!!!!





SOME STUNING LIONHEADS.   WHEN TOMMY TOLD ME THESE WERE NOTHING COMPARED TO THE LIONHEADS
AT JACKIE'S PLACE , I HAD A HARD TIME BELIEVING IT.   AFTER SEEING THE FISH AT JACKIE'S PLACE
I'M NOW A BELIEVER





YEP, MORE NICE ORANDAS.  AGAIN ABOUT $6.50 U.S. FOR THESE GUYS





LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THIS GUY.





I DON'T THINK YOU COULD GET ANY MORE FISH IN THESE TANKS.





TWO YEARS AGO SHORT TAIL RYUKINS WERE VERY POPULAR.  LAST YEAR IT WASN'T A GOLDFISH,  IT
WAS THE FLOWER HORN CICHLID GOING FOR BIG DOLLARS.  TOMMY TOLD ME THAT A RANCHU WON
THE BEST IN SHOW OVERALL THIS YEAR AT THE LARGEST FISH SHOW IN CHINA.  HE PREDICTED THAT
NEXT YEARS TREND WILL BE RANCHU'S.





SOME MORE GREAT RANCHUS, WITH AN OCCASIONAL RYUKIN THROWN IN.





THESE GUYS WERE  ALL AROUND $30.00 US.  GOOD THING WE COULDN'T TAKE ANY OF THESE HOME OR
I WOULD NEED SEVERAL NEW TANKS.





LOOK AT THESE TELESCOPES - JUST OVER $2.00 US.





MORE NICE RANCHUS.




DISPITE HOW CROWDED THESE TANKS ARE THE FISH ALL LOOK VERY HEALTHY.
THEY HAVE A VERY FAST TURN OVER RATE, AND WE  WERE ALWAYS SEEING THEM DO WATER CHANGES.




TURTLES ARE ALSO VERY POPULAR IN HONG KONG AS WELL


PICTURES OF THE BREEDING SITE

PICTURES OF THE SORTING AND PACKAGING SITE

PICTURES FROM GUILIN

PICTURES OF XIAN

PICTURES OF BEIJING

PICTURES OF SHANGHI