Hongkong Trip (Day 2)

Day 2.

Today's a short day with a city tour in hongkong with some roaming about in macau..

1st we went to one of the exhibition hall of hongkong. saw this big flower which china gave to hongkong signifying the hope that hongkong always 'blooms'.

























Finally after one stop, the guide brought us for breakfast. Had a good breakfast at Hoi Tin Harbour Restaurant. Had a experience that the hongkongers actually can get up so early to have dim sum, slowly read their newspaper or sip chinese tea. If no pre-booking was done, i bet that you will be queuing for some time before getting a table.


















































once we had our fills, we head up to Victoria peak mid point for a good photogenic view of the hongkong island. the view is a little misty here... maybe its the air pollution?? haha...





















Visited this temple with the "qian sui men" gate. i wasn't quite paying attention to the guide so not sure where is this... i think this is at repulse bay..

here's the 'result' of my "not paying attention" roaming... haha...





















next, we headed over to the harbour and had a sampan ride to see the boat people, who practically eat, sleep, play and live on the boat. One would not be able to wonder how they live on their boat and have electricity for their TV, air-conditioners and the likes. The guide explained that many a times, the electricity supply is 'tapped' from any source they can find. when inspectors comes around, they would cut their tapping lines to avoid being caught... talking about free electricity.. :)



















Time flies, we had lunch "xin fu chao zhou jiu lou"... then a open-top bus tour around hongkong island before dropping off at hongkong ferry terminal to go macau...

The ferry ride is about 1 hour. we made use of it for a good nap on board the ferry. not bad, much smoother and comfy than the penguin we take to tekong.

After checking into golden dragon hotel and dropping off the baggages, took a cab to venatian macau for a look. The sights are beautiful, a very close resemblence of the real venice though i feel that if the designers can make the paintings a little older, it will really look like the real venice. This replica is too "clean"...





















a little more roaming around, time for a good rest... :P