The weather has turned a little foul on us here is not so sunny Honkers. The wind is whipping down the streets of the city with over 9,000 high rise buildings, 1,500+ plus of which are considered skyscrapers (greater than 100 meters). In fact Hong Kong has the largest number of skyscrapers of any city in the world. Despite the weather we still hit Victoria Harbour but did not want to spend too much time out in the open so the planned dinner cruise tonight is off.
Sleeping in seems to be our new thing here in Hong Kong. Again we struggled to get out of bed before 9.00am. There must be something in the water. We ended up in some canteen frequented by workers for our late breakfast where I indulged in some dim sum and Oui enjoyed a noodle soup. All for the grand price of less than $20.
Suitably refreshed we headed down to the harbour using the ever trusty Octopus Card and the MTR. After a little fluffing about we boarded a Star Ferry, dressed in it’s traditional green and white livery, to tool around for an hour or so. We braved the front deck for the first ten minutes but the wind just became oppressive. Poor Oui has not had the best of it when it comes to our choice of transport and was feeling quite unwell after about 40 minutes (there is nothing worse than feeling seasick). Even though it was cloudy the city was impressive to look at from the water and while we will miss the light show it is still hard not to be impressed. Clearly Hong Kong has a rich marine heritage so it was nice to be on water, we even got to see a junk.
We rounded off our day by hitting the markets again. I thought I should pick up some t-shirts as gifts and grab a souvenir. We finally found a place we both liked for dinner just around the corner from our hotel. I have really enjoyed the food but I think Oui feels let down by the rest of Asia as she can’t find food spicy enough for her taste.
We travel to Macau by hydrofoil tomorrow. I hope Oui can manage the crossing, it’s only an hour but when the sea makes you sick all you want to do is crawl up in a corner and die. I will let you know soon.
We rounded off our day by hitting the markets again. I thought I should pick up some t-shirts as gifts and grab a souvenir. We finally found a place we both liked for dinner just around the corner from our hotel. I have really enjoyed the food but I think Oui feels let down by the rest of Asia as she can’t find food spicy enough for her taste.
We travel to Macau by hydrofoil tomorrow. I hope Oui can manage the crossing, it’s only an hour but when the sea makes you sick all you want to do is crawl up in a corner and die. I will let you know soon.
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