Stanley Market store fronts along the water.
To get there, we had to navigate the bus system. Hong Kong is full of double-decker buses thanks to their British heritage. We found the right bus and Danny just dumped change in until the bus driver told us to stop. Then we got quite a tour of Hong Kong as we were jostled about in the upper deck of the bus.
A picture from the bus ... you can see the tall high-rise apartment building built on the hills. In the foreground is the big horse race track.
Finally, we made it to Stanley Market. Danny didn't realize it would be more "shopping" than "seaside village". But he amused us as we made our way through all the stalls, looking, bargaining and buying. We had a great lunch at a spot along the water.
Our friends
Then we took a cab back to our part of town (downtown) and did some more shopping, hit a Starbuck's, then walked over to ride the Peak Tram up the mountain. The Peak has the best view of Hong Kong's cityscape. The tram that gets you to the peak is a funicular train and it just goes straight up and straight down (without turning around) on a very steep incline. It was pretty wild. Hong Kong is very mountainous, so when we got to the viewing platform, we were way above than the skyscrapers. It was a beautiful view!
A Hong Kong street at night.
By the time we got home it was 9ish, which was great b/c it meant we are adjusting to Hong Kong time. We came home, Skyped with Britton as he woke up for the day and then fell fast asleep. It was a very fun, full day!
On the agenda this morning will be the awesome breakfast at our hotel (I'll have to write about that), and then some more sightseeing...
3 comments:
Looks like a great day - I love the picture of you two.
Miss you, Mom
Looks like you guys are really getting to take in a lot of your girl's area -- that's WONDERFUL!! Glad y'all are adjusting to the time difference. I agree with your mom, great pic of the 2 of you. (I think I have the sweater your wearing..and is that your Sam's jacket -- so cute!!)
Love reading more about your journey!
Quite a view from the Peak! Everything there seems pretty! And glad to know they have a Starbucks there. :) Hoping they have ones in Kunming and Guangzhou too. :)
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