After a quick glass at this wonderful rooftop vista, we hit the hay and anticipated our first day of exploration in the bustling city.
We started our day with a quick stroll through Victoria Park which is just beside our hotel and acts as the starting point of the weekly protests. The park was filled with people practicing various forms of Tai Chi: some with a pole, some with fans and others with swords...amazing. Off to the overland trams and off to Hong Kong Central.
Indian Rubber Trees in Victoria Park
Heading into Central Hong Kong Island on the Tram (Tram must be 100 yrs. old)
We are now in the Central Wai Chai area of Hong Kong Island at the "Wet Markets" where the locals buy their fresh food everyday. The fish, meat and vegetables are brought in fresh several times a day and you can see them killing live fish, scaling them and readying them for sale right in front of you.
Everyone has their own specialty shop along the streets if Hong Kong. Not exactly neat and organized looking though!
Buddhist Temple in the middle of Wai Chai.
Guess who?
Huge smoking incense coils in the temple
Graffiti from Protesters
A few pics of the city on the way up in an elevator
Street lanterns near our lunch stop
Striking a pose.
Junk in the harbour on our ferry ride across to Kowloon
Hong Kong Convention Center seen from Kowloon
A little afternoon Tea at the famous Peninsula Hotel in Kowloon
Taking our taxi ride through SoHo at rush hour . . . Such Fun!!
The very minimalist look of James Suckling's Wine Bar in the heart of SoHo, our first stop before dinner. Had a few great glasses of wine before dinner (they have over 500 wines that you can order by the glass!), then down the street for a great Moroccan dinner and off to bed to sleep off a little jet lag.
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