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.
