With all the running around we did the last week or so, we decided to stay in HK on our last 3 days. We wanted to make sure we did all the things we wanted to do: re-visit areas we loved, eat at restaurants we especially enjoyed, and visit last minute tourist attractions (Jockey Club and the Peak).
Highlights:
- Wandering leisurely through the streets in the early morning, while munching on baked goods and taking as many pics as I wanted.
- Visiting the Hong Kong Jockey Club and finally having a beer. Didn't realize how badly I needed that. I showed great restraint in not grabbing the entire pitcher from Nicole's hands. Poor girl. As it was, she and her friend had to listen to my loosened tongue go on and on about my waay out of my box adventures and all the "walking around leaves" I've learned to do. Good thing her friend was from Canada because there was no way a non-English speaker could have understood me. I spoke a mile a minute in an effort to express all my suppressed anxiety of the last few days. Truly, I could have sat there drinking and expounding for hours but Jim and Aunt Mary had already left. Therapy session over. It felt good. Thanks for lending your ears, Nicole and Dave. :-)
- The view from the Peak was amazing and the weather was perfect and I had Thai young coconut gelato (See my blog entry, "I taste a memory..." at my uponfurtherthought.blogspot.com).
Horse racing
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| Nicole and Mary |
Early morning walk through the city.
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| Fresh fish |
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| Bakery shop hopping |
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| Difficult to jay walk when one didn't know where the cars were coming from. These street reminders helped. |
Dinner with Jim's relatives. Can't remember the name of the lovely restaurant, known for their sweet crab below.
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| Family dinner in HK |
Sunset at The Peak
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| Josh the videographer. |
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| Sunset at the Peak. |
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| Beautiful view of HK skyline from the Peak. |
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| Goofin' off at the Peak. |
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| Waiting for tram to go down the Peak. |
Misc. city shots
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| Taste testing beef jerky. |
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| See? Not always crazy crowded. |
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| Those double-decker buses are fun. Especially when you sit up front, top level. |
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| Time Square area. |
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| Brothers at the street markets. |
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| The Lee gals. |
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| Maci and Calleigh. |
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| Maci waiting for her sugarcane juice. |
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| Night life at Causeway Bay. |
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| Our last meal on our last night. Simple rice in claypot with meat and veggies. Just as delicious as our fine dining. |
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