It was kind of amazing. After being up over 24 hours we went to bed around midnight and woke up at 7am. We were on schedule even though our internal clocks were all screwed up. The day was clear, no rain. We are mesmerized by the view from our hotel room. A friend of Bea’s had suggested we stay at The Intercontinental because of its location directly on the water. Boy was he right. We could literally stay in bed all day watching the activity on the water. The bed is raised so that lying on it you look out and down and see Victoria Harbor. Fantastic!
We met Courtney and Scott and took the Star Ferry across Victoria Harbor to gmHong Kong Island. We are talking about 5 to 10 minute ride. We then took a bus that left us off to take the funicular up to the top of Victoria Peak. The cars are kind of like the San Francisco Cable Cars. The route however is much steeper.
As it goes to the top of Victoria Peak, you pass through bamboo forests and lots of tropical plants. At the top you are overlooking all of Victoria Harbor. It is an amazing sight. Hong Kong is definitely one of the most scenic cities we have ever been in. It makes stops at various levels and people get on and off.
The weather was very hot and humid. Bangkok hot! We constantly were drinking lots of water. When we returned from the peak, we went to a very cool store named: GOD. It sells al kinds of clever and fun household items. Among other things I couldn’t resist was a roll up computer keyboard. It is totally flexible and light. Considering what I have spent to fix my keyboard after spilling coffee on it, I believe it will be cost effective purchase.
From there we went to a fabulous Dim Sum restaurant. I am determined to eat my way through Hong Kong Dim Sum restaurants. This one was delicious. Good first choice. On the way back to catch the Star Ferry to Kowloon we passed a couple on a motorcycle. They were cradling a dog in their arms. We noticed the dog was wearing goggles. Where you would buy dog goggles, and how you keep them on the dog were beyond us, but they sure were cute to look at. We then walked to the Peninsula Hotel. It is an old, very posh hotel. We then took a bus tour of Kowloon. We scouted out the jade market and some other places we will return to. Back to out hotel and some rest and to prepare for dinner.
After some champagne at the hotel we went to a restaurant named Hutong. This is a Chinese restaurant (naturally) on the Kowloon side, near our hotel, with a view of the Harbor. Every night there is a sound / light show of the buildings on each side of the bay it lasts for about 15 minutes. The restaurant has prime viewing. This was one spicy restaurant! Our final dish, crispy soft shell crab was served in a very large red basket that must have contained 500 cooked different types of red peppers of all kinds. It was hard to capture the size of this dish, Courtney volunteered her glasses and hand to give perspective. I can’t imagine the number of peppers this restaurant must go through. It was a spectacular dish.
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