We both really enjoyed the time we spent in Hong Kong. Every part of the city we saw was bustling with locals, working away, and loads of tourists. We stayed at the YMCA Salisbury Hotel, which was more like a 4-star hotel than youth hostel and spent time seeing the sights in Kowloon and on Hong Kong Island. We couldn’t get enough of the different modes of transport around the place, preferring the Star ferry to the underground to cross the harbour. The mid-level escalator was something else - running downhill in the morning and uphill at night must make travel for locals much easier. The tram ride up to the Peak was an experience – the steep angle of the slope made me feel sorry for the poor souls carrying the sedan chairs in the past. The view from the top was amazing. No wonder everyone raves about it!
On my birthday we had lunch at Maxim’s Palace, the place in HK for dim sum. When we found the place, it was packed with an hours wait - a good sign we thought. The food was really good and we enjoyed the experience, picking baskets of food from trolleys as they passed. In the afternoon we popped to a jade market on the Kowloon side and hopped back over to Hong Kong Island in the evening. I just had to have a drink in the Mandarin Oriental, where my parents had their wedding reception some 30 years ago. What a plush and expensive place. After, we headed off to meet Weike and friends at a tapas bar in Soho. It was great to see a familiar face from back home. The following day I was not feeling well and happily agreed to a late hotel check out! I’ll never drink again. Again.
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