Hong Kong

Hong Kong - hot and steamy. 

If you're outside you're hot and sweaty and wanting to be inside. 

If you're inside you're freezing from the savage air conditioning and wanting to be outside.

Hong Kong is full of small people, buses and tall buildings, often supported by bamboo scaffolding. That's the buildings, not the buses or the people. 

Hong Kong by day, is grey and flat and by night, full of bright lights and bustling markets. The Star Ferry is a gem. The quick trip across the harbour is magic. The skylines of Kowloon and Hong Kong are breath taking.

And then the touristy fun of taking the Cable Car up to Victoria Peak and looking down from the clouds.

They give you ear phones with commentary on all the views below.

We have walked at least five hours a day in Hong Kong and visited various markets from Temple Street market to the flower market to the bird market to the goldfish market to the ladies market. That's a lot of markets in three days. I was remarkably restrained and only bought a $24.00 knock off Mulberry handbag.

And the food isn't too bad. Here we are with our Swiss pals enjoying some dumplings.

Although some things must be an acquired taste.

  

This black sesame sludge and the sweet potato in ginger soup were not instant winners with me. The word that sprang to the lips was "disgusting".

I had a wonderful Tai Chi session on our last morning in Hong Kong with a very theatrical teacher.

We spent our last day in the Hong Kong History Museum which kept us out of the heat and taught us a lot about the history of Hong Kong. It is a great museum and free. We had our last meal in a strange restaurant that seemed to be doubling up as a wedding venue. The food was good however and the beer was cold.

 

And now we are waiting for the bus to take us to the airport to fly us to Finland and on to Paris. Tomorrow night we will no longer in steamy Hong Kong but in our apartment in Paris. Pretty mind blowing.