Friday, June 1, 2007 - Hong Kong Island
We covered a lot of tracks today: from the Peak to the Harbour to the Mid-Levels and back to Kowloon.
The Peak view is incredible. It's a great place to get out of the city with its dense population and the heat. The breeze coming from the windward side is on the other side of the Peak facing Repulse Bay. We spent half the day there.
Note: Everywhere here in HK the opening times are around 11 or 11:30 a.m. Restaurants or eateries do not open earlier but they do stay late every night. This is the reason why we have eaten at McDonald's twice because here they are open 24 hours with their McCafe.
We went to see the Golden Bauhinia, their symbol for forever blooming. It was in the middle of the afternoon and the heat was stifling and all we saw was this golden thing that looked like a half open plumeria.
What's great about HK Island (different from Kowloon) is that there are a lot of sky walkways, elevated walkways, where people use to go from one building to the next without having to cross the street. These shaded walkways really helped us cool off from the afternoon heat.
We also went to Mid-levels, the entire street of Stanley up to the Mosque, which boasts of the guiness world record for the longest escalator going up the street. I think it took us about 15 minutes to get up there but going down it really didn't feel that long.
Anyway, regarding food, we managed to eat at one of the oldest tea houses in HK Island, Luk Yu Tea House built in the 1930s. We were led to the 3rd floor and most of the patrons are old Chinese or Chinese business men/women having business lunch. They had an English menu so we were able to order some Dim Sum. This experience was worth it. The waiters were supposed to be surly but they were pretty nice to us.
Tonight we had dinner here in Kowloon at a nearby Thai restaurant. Most of the small eateries here, we find out, are all run by family. We had noodle soup with chicken and the other with fish balls. It was good. (BTW, we learned that if you come to places like these locals will help you by nominating someone who can speak English to translate for you. This is what happened to us at this restaurant.)
Now we feel more relaxed and confident that we can eat and not go hungry.
Tomorrow our itinerary is Lantau Island to check out Ngong Ping and the Buddha.
TIP: For free internet, come to Pacific Coffee Company get a drink and check your email.
We covered a lot of tracks today: from the Peak to the Harbour to the Mid-Levels and back to Kowloon.
The Peak view is incredible. It's a great place to get out of the city with its dense population and the heat. The breeze coming from the windward side is on the other side of the Peak facing Repulse Bay. We spent half the day there.
Note: Everywhere here in HK the opening times are around 11 or 11:30 a.m. Restaurants or eateries do not open earlier but they do stay late every night. This is the reason why we have eaten at McDonald's twice because here they are open 24 hours with their McCafe.
We went to see the Golden Bauhinia, their symbol for forever blooming. It was in the middle of the afternoon and the heat was stifling and all we saw was this golden thing that looked like a half open plumeria.
What's great about HK Island (different from Kowloon) is that there are a lot of sky walkways, elevated walkways, where people use to go from one building to the next without having to cross the street. These shaded walkways really helped us cool off from the afternoon heat.
We also went to Mid-levels, the entire street of Stanley up to the Mosque, which boasts of the guiness world record for the longest escalator going up the street. I think it took us about 15 minutes to get up there but going down it really didn't feel that long.
Anyway, regarding food, we managed to eat at one of the oldest tea houses in HK Island, Luk Yu Tea House built in the 1930s. We were led to the 3rd floor and most of the patrons are old Chinese or Chinese business men/women having business lunch. They had an English menu so we were able to order some Dim Sum. This experience was worth it. The waiters were supposed to be surly but they were pretty nice to us.
Tonight we had dinner here in Kowloon at a nearby Thai restaurant. Most of the small eateries here, we find out, are all run by family. We had noodle soup with chicken and the other with fish balls. It was good. (BTW, we learned that if you come to places like these locals will help you by nominating someone who can speak English to translate for you. This is what happened to us at this restaurant.)
Now we feel more relaxed and confident that we can eat and not go hungry.
Tomorrow our itinerary is Lantau Island to check out Ngong Ping and the Buddha.
TIP: For free internet, come to Pacific Coffee Company get a drink and check your email.
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