Hong Kong

Hong Kong was our last stop before returning home, we only had two

days to see what we could and it was super rushed. We did have a few frustrating

moments with getting lost, the shopping not being as authentic as we had heard,

and the haggling at the jade market taking way too long. Guess Hong Kong

Disney will have to wait till another time in the future, we put the more

unique sights in priority but we did still think it would be fun to see all the disney

parks in the world, we absolutely loved Tokyo Disney.

Im also pretty bummed that we weren't able to get a blue plate

for our collection, I might be particularly bitter about it since Hong Kong

is a huge contributor to blue and white China being in the world today.

But, we will just have to stop by again in the future.

Here is our room, the view of the harbor and skyline was incredible.

Taken through our window.

Our first morning we had Dim sum for breakfast,

those little ladies with the carts passed by so fast you

had to act fast. I was so happy they had my favorite,

pork filled buns.

took the ferry across the harbor.

rode moving sidewalks through the city.

and finally after some wandering we found the special

temple known for its hundreds of coiled incense donated by

patrons, It was supper hot and very smokey but I still

spent a ton of time photographing inside.

Tested out their subways.

The signs telling people not to eat totally

reminded me of Japan.

We then went to a Zoo/aquarium/amusement park in the mountains.

We loved all the different species of animals we saw in the ueno zoo in

Tokyo and we were excited to see what China had.

The bird houses were amazing.

Red pandas and otters are my absolute favorites.

look at that face?

that park was so big you needed to take a Tram to the other side of the

mountain.

Then we ate at this amazing floating restaurant

Then we made sure we had a good seat for the

evening light show. The skyline would flash their exterior

lights synchronized to music that was played at all the harbor parks.

AMAZING.

Then a fancy (gilded) dessert in our room before bed.

Our second day was venturing to the Jade market and

wandering through all the local food markets. Saw

some pretty interesting stuff.

I love that reece encouraged me to finagle and buy

a vintage rolleiflex camera where all its markings were

in Kanji.

The clouds were amazing over the harbor but we wanted to see the

view from the famous Victoria point where unfortunately the mountain

top was always covered with clouds. Finally late our last night we decided to

chance it. The fog was heavy but was moving swiftly so we could

get good views every once in awhile.

My favorite building on the left, Reece's favorite on the right.

Reece's building was the star of the show during the Symphony

of lights show.