We were touring with 2 Autralian ladies (sisters in laws) and an Australian couple.
We first went to the “The Peak” via a tram that went quit vertically (too vertically for me! fighting off a panic attack) up the mountain. Once there, though, it was quite lovely to see the water below, the various business and residential towers, etc.
Our tour guide took a picture of Ken and I there. Unfortunately, the day was not clear yet so you can't see all of the view...Thankfully – we took our bus down on regular roads! I wasn’t really sure how I was going to be able to make it going down vertically!Next we went to the old fishing village of Aberdeen. Many of the boats were house boats and the fisherman would also fish off of them.
There were also ferry boats (like the one we were on). I liked the one with the many red lanterns hanging inside.
The village used to be 40,000 strong and now there are only several thousand. The “land reclamation” to make housing is the main cause. There is little land here and many, many people. They have actually built land up in the water by bringing in sand and rock to then build buildings on!
The third stop was the Aberdeen Jewelry Factory. They gave us a tour. They showed us a picture of their pearl farms, a sample of jadite and a few other items. We were then escorted into the showroom - very fancy show case after showcase. Amazingly beautiful jewelry.
The last stop of our tour was the market. We saw stalls and stalls of items for sale. Ken took this ever-so-lovely picture of me (ick) in front of the Jenny Bakery. :)
I was trying to convert to US $ to figure our prices. We decided to just focus on getting some snack. (Hey, it was 1:00pm and we were thirsty and needed something to keep going.)
At the end our tour guide then suggested we should take the train if we didn’t want to wait another hour and 45 minutes for the next trolley. (Saving some time and cash by not repeating the a.m. taxi ride.) Somehow I remembered what stop our hotel was near from the conversation the previous night with our CCAI rep. We paid our $2 and found our way! It was really quite easy (and clean and safe). Yay us!
Overall, Hong Kong is quite lovely! Everything is in English (signs, ads, streets, everything). Everyone speaks English. It is required in the schools. The topography is amazing. (There are green areas – they are just protected parks so they cannot be built on - mountains, water, and city.)
We had a nice stay, but now, today, we are on to Guangzhou (mainland China). Tomorrow we get baby Violet in our arms!!
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Sounds like a good day! :-)
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