Hong Kong
We enjoyed our second morning’s breakfast at our hotel. It is a buffet style breakfast with coffee, juice, fruit, cereal, and lots of hot dishes including pancakes, eggs and things we wouldn’t even venture to guess. There was definitely enough food to satisfy us until lunch time. Actually we never ate lunch until after 2 pm.
We took the MRT to Central Station and then walked down to the Star Ferry and took the ferry across Victoria Harbour. We made our way up Nathan Road, did a quick stop at the Mira Hotel where we have stayed previous trips and then wandered down to where the tailor we had used before was located. He has retired but the guy where the shop used to be was more than willing to help out David’s old customer. Before we were done we had some material picked out and some shirts ordered for Gary.
We took the MTR to the Wong Tai Sin MTR station, and the Sik Sik Yuen Wong Tai Sin Temple. Gary had a palm and face reading at one English speaking stall. Linda had a palm reading done at another stall. It made for some interesting entertainment!
Then it was back on the MTR and back to Tsim Sha Tsui (it’s pronounced “chim saa choy”).
We found the Gastropub Restaurant where we each had a beer and some fries. We were all done our beer and Gary said what’s that in your glass? Hmm, it looks like a bug! Right about then the waiter showed up with the bill and Gary pointed out the bug. He immediately apologized and took the cost of one beer off our tab. The bug was free!
We had some time to kill so walked over to Kowloon Park and walked around for a bit and then sat on one of the benches and enjoyed the scenery. It really is a beautiful park and green space in the middle of the city. Many people have their lunch or a work break in the park, it’s a nice break from the hectic crowded streets.
Around 3:30 we headed back to the tailors for Gary’s fitting. The shirt fits perfect and they’ll have them all ready tomorrow by noon. They said they could deliver but we said we’d come and pick them up.
We caught the MTR back to our hotel and checked out the top level and pool area. Gary got a few pictures from the top 38th floor.
A drink sounded like a good idea so we had a beer in our room and rested our feet for a bit. We hiked back up the hill to High Street and had supper back at Cali-Mex. Our waiter, Jade, who we’ve chatted with quite a bit there the past few nights gave us each a complimentary beer ($136 HKD or about $23 CDN). While at the restaurant, we also did our online check-in for our flight tomorrow evening. Hard to believe our vacation is done. As much fun as it has been we are both ready to head for home and see everyone and our own bed. We just aren’t looking forward to the 28 hours of travel time!