Feb
07
2011

Hong Kong – Day 3

Well after a long and blissful sleep we both felt a great deal better. I think we went to bed at about 8,30pm last night – after I had pretty much fallen asleep in my dinner!

We decided today to go on a Big Bus Tour. I love this sort of thing as you get commentary, but also a good idea of the geography of the city. It was also pretty good for us today as I had a really sore back.

So, first of all we did a tour of Kowloon. It’s such an interesting place and travelling on an open top bus it is possible to see lots of things, and especially the brightly lit signs which line the streets. We then crossed the sea on the Star Ferry and did a tour of Hong Kong Island. We were going to go up on the Funicular Railway to The Peak but it was at least an hours queue. So, we will go back tomorrow.

After that we had to go back to the hotel room so The Mister could have an afternoon nap and then we were out again to do the Night bus tour and see the light show. Hong Kong is so spectacular it night. It is all hustle and bustle and there are flashing neon signs everywhere. It’s fabulous!

Oh, one of my favourite things today though was totally unexpected. We were walking back to the hotel when we could hear a brass band somewhere so we followed the noise. In a square there was a marching band practising their routine, and they were playing Colonel Bogey. They were fab but it was so unexpected it really made me smile!

If you want to see more pictures then click on one of the ones above and go and see the rest on Flickr!

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8 Comments »

  • guitartim

    In all my trips to/though HK I never made it up the peak – either it was in thick cloud, or there was an enormous queue… good luck!

    Comment | February 7, 2011
  • Sigrun

    You fell asleep IN your dinner? Nice one 😛 😉

    Comment | February 7, 2011
  • Cal

    So glad you’re enjoying HK. You can always take a bus up to the Peak and then get the tram down. (Or indeed hike up – there’s a nice route from Pokfulam country park) Or a taxi. Have you discovered yet how dirt cheap HK taxis are? Bliss.

    Did they tell you on your tour that the building in your second photo is the Lippo Centre, which was built by the Australian tycoon Alan Bond and the theory goes looks like that to represent koalas climbing a tree.

    Comment | February 7, 2011
  • Cal

    Oooh, and you have to go to the bar at the top of the Peninsula hotel. Designed by Philip Stark (unless they’ve redesigned it in recent years) and a) v cool but b) the toilets, particularly the men’s, are fantastic.

    Comment | February 7, 2011
  • How do you know what the mens toilets look like Cal? T

    hey did indeed tell us that that was what that building was meant to look like. I love it – one of my favourite buildings that we saw yesterday!

    Comment | February 7, 2011
  • Cal

    I’ve been in them of course! Purely to admire the view…..

    Comment | February 8, 2011
  • Of course. I wouldn’t expect anything less Cal!

    Comment | February 8, 2011
  • Pants

    Ooooo! We have a photo like that of the tall shiney towers!

    Comment | February 9, 2011

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