As soon as I checked in to the hotel in Hong Kong, I inquired about getting a new visa. I was stunned to learn that there was no way for me to get a visa until Tuesday – 5 nights from now! “Why?”, I asked. “Oh, because the offices are closed for Easter.” Easter? Since when is China a Christian country? There wasn’t much for me to do but to put myself up for five days in Hong Kong at this nice hotel. Oh well; things could be worse.

There were many tributes to Easter. They all looked something like this: