Think Hong Kong is all skyscrapers and crowded streets? On the southwestern coast of Lantau, one of Hong Kong's outlying islands, is a fishing village called Tai O. It's one of the last remaining fishing villages with stilt houses built hundreds of years ago.

We take a boat ride around these houses built on water, get lost on the "boardwalk", and eat spicy prawns with an off-color Chinese name.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, a Lion Dance troupe makes the rounds in Boston's Chinatown, hitting every dim sum restaurant. Boston's Chinatown is smaller than New York's or San Francisco's, but never fails to deliver this yearly tradition.

This short video was shot at Hei La Moon at 88 Beach Street in Boston.

On a 19 degree F day, we trek over to the west side of Manhattan and play with ice on the banks of the Hudson River.

The "Las Vegas of Asia"? That's not the Macau we found. Before casino developers raze the entire peninsula, we wander the back roads in search of authentic Macanese street food.

When the sun sets on Washington DC, a good cure for monument-and-museum overdose is to head northwest. The neighborhoods of Adams Morgan and the new U District, are overflowing with restaurants and a vibrant music scene.

Bonus: Outtakes