Living it Up in Hong Kong
We received our confirmation call at 7am telling us to be at our friends Hong Kong hotel lobby by 9am. We had a huge international buffet breakfast and then caught the MTR train to the Hong Kong hotel. Whilst waiting, we looked at the genuine named brand shops, like Chanel and Gucci. This hotel was spectacular, we thought after seeing our friends hotel, that we should book a room here too. The staff made us feel like royalty, just like all the other guests arriving in their Bentley’s and Rolls Royce’s.
Our friend met us and we went across to Hong Kong Central and caught the cable car to Victoria’s Peak, which has a spectacular view of the entire city and the harbour. We took the bus back down through a winding, hilly road to Stanley Market and we spent about an hour there. We had a good time checking out all the great sales. After that, we then went to the Aberdeen fishing village and took a ride on this very small Junk that had this very large boat driver. He sat in the same position the whole time. He took us around fishing boat villages, which were permanent homes for the fishermen, but the best part was watching them fish. The fishing homes seemed unsafe and a possible fire hazard, but they all seemed quiet content with their surroundings.
We went past the largest floating Chinese restaurant that seats 1500 people! We didn’t have reservations, so we couldn’t board the restaurant. It’s moored in the harbour, so you have to be transported to and from. It looks really great on the outside, Hong Kong was it’s backdrop and all kinds of fishing boats were moored alongside. After our harbour tour, we went to a jewellery factory and found some pretty good deals and some really amazing pieces of jewelry.
We came back to Kowloon through 2 tunnels, one was through a hill and the other was through the harbour. We actually ate at a McDonalds, and then went walking up Nathan Road. We saw so many sights, smells and sounds that we were almost overwhelmed. We had to bid our friend farewell, and head back to our hotel and take a power nap. Hong Kong is a city that never sleeps, so we wanted to get plenty of rest to later we can head out on the city and start to live it up.
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