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Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Hong Kong 2008 - Day 5
Today would be one off the beaten track, as we were to visit areas of Hong Kong that did not feature prominently on most tourists' radars.
We started out by heading for the southern end of Hong Kong island, stopping by the city center along the way. We met up with a group of carolling children near the IFC, then caught a cab to the scenic beach at Repulse Bay. We had some fun here wading in the water and drawing pictures in the sand, including some animated GIFs involving RI(JC).
We took another cab, this time to the Hong Kong University. Meiyi settled some admin stuff and scouted around, then we headed for the museum. There were some interesting exhibits here, and I enjoyed the small museum.
It was afternoon by then, and after enjoying some snacks, including some really good siu-mai at the convenience store below the university, we headed across the harbour for the Hong Kong Cultural Center. They were having a free concert by the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, but sadly, it was for schools only. I did notice some nice band concerts being advertised. One day I should really like to go over and watch and band concert.
Jinjun and Meiyi's interest in astronomy and my interest in spacefaring vehicles lead us to the Space Museum, where we enjoyed the exhibits and learnt some stuff about space. We didn't spend that much time here though, as we wanted to go to Tung Chung to catch the cable car and the Buddha.
We boarded the Tung Chung line again, and made yet another run to Lantau. Once again, we arrived too late, though we should have foreseen this considering the sun was setting by the time we left Kowloon. What to do but head back? This we did, and decided to check out the famous Mongkok Ladies' Market, which was just below our hotel. We had a good dinner of noodles, then browsed around. Our highlight purchase were four identical (albeit of different colours) shirts with the beautiful skyline on them.
The next day, our last full day in Hong Kong, would bring us back to Lantau for the last time, where we would enjoy both Disneyland and the Buddha before heading for our hotel for the first and the last night, Hong Kong International Airport. It would prove to be a fine end to the trip.
Posted by Aaron