Carlos and I just took a quick trip to Hong Kong and we had basically one day to do it ALL! So...Here is a brief run down of what we did. We got there late and walked around the outdoor night market and it was quite busy, even until 11pm.
Then we went to sleep at the YWCA Anne Black Guest House. It was a little hard to sleep that first night because there is so noise all night! There are two groups of people in Hong Kong, one that goes to bed like normal people and get up early and the other (which where we were staying is the greater of the two) stay up really late at night and don't start thier day until about 10am!!
We woke up 'early' and made our way to the temple for the 9 o'clock session. For breakfast we went to the nearby bakery and got yummy things there. Then the temple was wonderful, the spirit was peaceful and we felt relaxed and it was great! We had to wear head phone because our session was in either Chinese or Cantonese, I don't know which.
Then we did a site seeing explosion. We mostly used the MTR system but a few times got a taxi. We went to the 10,000 buddahs and on that mountain we ate a very delicious meal of fried rice with veggies! Then we went on a skyrail up to the big mountain where the Big Buddah was. That was pretty awesome! On our travels we saw a big Chinese graveyard and I loved it! Then we went up the Peak Tram to view the city at night. It was really windy, kinda chilly, and a GREAT few of the lights of Hong Kong. THEN we went on a ferry ride across the bay and that was also GREAT, lights everywhere and some great decorations of Christmas lights! THENNNNN we finally got to the shopping. They have a night market called Temple Street Market and it is a bunch of venders selling a lot of the same stuff but HUGE! It was fun and you can really barter and get good deals!! THEN Carlos' brain shut off and my feet were throbbing and so we decided to go back and go to bed! We got up the next morning and went to the airport. It was a whirlwind trip but great and if you ever get the chance to go, it is worth it!
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One question...
Is that a man-purse that Carlos is wearing in the last picture??
Emily- your posts are just as good as Carlos' posts. His are fact filled... but yours have life. :) It looked like you guys had a ball there!
wow what an amazing adventure! Can't wait to have one of my own someday.
what a great time you guys are having!! Hope you have half as much fun when you visit Costa Rica. But I must say that they don't have octopus balls down here so don't come expecting those!!! LOL
emily, thank you so much for the update! great pictures too! it looks like you guys had a great time there!
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