Day 2: Hong Kong
Awake early & keen to get into the day. First stop was
breakfast in the hotel. Very classy. Next was a stroll down to Kowloon Hotel
for the pickup for our HK Island tour. The tour included:-
·
Aberdeen, with a sampan ride. Contrast between
rich and poor is as big here as anywhere I’ve any seen anywhere.
·
Stanley with its famous markets
·
A jewelry factory – have to keep the relations
in business
·
Victoria Peak, with fantastic views over Hong
Kong and Kowloon. From there we took the peak cable tram down. Rather than
getting the bus back to the hotel we jumped off in Hong Kong and get ‘home’ on
the old tram ($HK7 or about AU$0.90 for the 4 of us for a half hour trip) and
the Star Ferry.
While Carol and the kids had a quick break at the hotel, I
went off camera equipment shopping. It turned out that one of the recommended
shops was right beside the hotel.
We had happy hour at the hotel bar (with a $400 bill) then
walked uptown to the temple street night markets. We all got some ‘bargains’.
Exhausted, we returned to the hotel and dined in-house at a German restaurant
using the freebie vouchers we had been given at check-in.
1 comment:
How did you possibly walk anyhere after a $400 happy hour. Would think you'd b=need an ambulance and a quick procedure in E.D! Photo is beautiful.
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