Tourist HK

We spent Saturday checking out some of the more touristy aspects of Hong Kong. First we took the ferry from Kowloon over to the central station and headed over to the midlevel escalators. HK is very hilly so they have built this fantastic length of outdoor escalators that takes you up the side of the island, allowing you to stop and get off at every road to take advantage of the shops and wonderful restaurants. They call is SOHO. Once we went all the way up to the top (takes about 25 minutes) we headed back down a couple of streets to go for lunch. From there we headed back up to the top and through the Botanical park (which also included a fabulous free zoo).

We walked through the zoo to head over to the peak tram which takes you to the highest peak in HK. It is a wonderful trolley car that basically takes you straight up to the top of HK island. Jeremy and Kristi opted to go to the 360 lookout once we got to the top and I basically stayed plastered to the back of the lower building staying as far away from the glass as possible. (and I might have done some shopping too:)

We headed back down in search of a "chocolate lounge" that Jeremy had read about on a website. It ended up being in the most bizarre location down by the harbour but was well worth searching it out.

From there we caught a cab back to the train station and headed back up to Mong Kok to take a second swing through the markets. It was even busier than the night before if you can imagine.

Exhausted and starving we headed back to Ashley street for dinner and then collapsed into bed.

Today Kristi and I left Jeremy at the hotel to do some work and headed out to a couple of the local shops to take one last look. We hopped on a flight to Viet Nam at 4:30pm and were graciously greeted by Kevin and his driver to take us to their house.

Kevin and Lori are most gracious hosts and a wealth of travel information.

Tomorrow is a designated mani/pedi day so we will keep you posted.

Love M