Hong Kong

We arrived safe and sound here in Hong Kong. It was late at night around 11pm when we finally made it through immigration and got our bags. We managed to figure out how to get to the hotel using the train which was nice and fast. We are staying at the Sheraton Hong Kong Towers which is very nice. Although we loved our trips through Cambodia and Vietnam, the hotels we were staying at were generally 1 star ones and the showers were not very good. We were very pleased when arriving here.

Day 1: We hit the ground running early in the morning and jumped on the Star Ferry which took us 7 minutes across the water to Central Hong Kong. After a little bit of a struggle, we managed to find the correct bus which took us to Ocean Park. It's an amusment park which is on the south side of the island in a place called Aberdeen. The park was so much fun and not crowded at all. We of course did all the fun rides including a roller coaster that went upside down 3 times. We also saw Panda Bears!
We then went up to the Night market and walked around through the various street vendors looking for some nice goods (We've purchased so much already, that we didn't end up getting anything). We then headed back to the harbour to watch the light show. Every night there is a really cool light show that happens from 8pm to 8:15pm on all of the buildings. We then had dinner at a pub on the water.

Hong Kong is MUCH more expensive than Cambodia and Vietnam and even mainland China. It's much similar to Japan, so luckily we aren't staying here for too long.

Day 2:
We decided to head to one of the surrounding islands and went to Lamma Island. It's a very small island and there aren't any cars on it. We walked 4k's from 1 village to another over the mountains, it was a lot of fun and the sun was shinning brightly. We then had some seafood lunch before jumping on the ferry back to the main island.
One of the highlights of Hong Kong is the Peak Tram. We decided to do this today as it was very sunny and would provide us with great views of the city skyline. WOW! that's what I have to say, there are so many buildings and the view is amazing. We took some nice pictures and then headed back down the tram. We went to some more outside markets and then back to our hotel to have a few drinks up on the bar which overlooks the harbour. We were able to watch the light show one more time, while having some drinks.

It's off to Macau tomorrow, and we'll probably head over around mid-day.

If you haven't been to Hong Kong, it's an unreal place. People always talk about all the shopping that's here, but I didn't really understand until I walked around a little bit. There are so many different stores, it's almost silly. Overall, we've really like our time here in Hong Kong and are looking forward to spending 1/2 day here tomorrow before hitting Macau.