HONG KONG day 4

Today we wandered around the Central area of Hong Kong. There are loads of windy streets here with all sorts of cool shops, cafes, and antique stores. As well as the Man Mo Temple. I think this is my fav part of town so far.

The Man Mo Temple is an incense temple, a bit smoky, but really cool.

This public park has an area to massage and revive your feet. If they hurt to walk on, then they tell you something inside your body is not right and you should see a doc right away ;)

There are men doing tai chi everywhere.

and dead ducks hanging in windows.

HONG KONG day 3

Today, we explored a bit outside of the city. We took the subway to the end of the orange line, which puts you on Lantau Island. This is the home to the Big Buddah. Getting to the Big Buddah is half the fun. To get there, you take a glass bottom cable car on a 25 min ride through the mountains.

of course, lego dude came along for the adventure

and…Daniel found some furry friends along the way :)

HONG KONG day 2

Today, we took the Star Ferry to the Kowloon side of Hong Kong harbor to make our way over to the bird market.

So much to say…but so little time (cause whenever I'm not touring, I'm working). Will add text later.

this scaffolding is entirely made of bamboo. wow.

HONG KONG day 1

So, Dave found out last Wed that he was going to Hong Kong on Friday. and on Friday, Daniel and I decided to join him, leaving on Sunday. This is such a different way to travel for me - with no time for anticipation or research. I'm sort of just winging it, and deciding each day where Daniel and I are going to explore.

The first day, we headed somewhere close by, since we were dealing with jet lag. We took the subway to Wanchai Market, Blue House, and Pak Tai Temple. The subway was super easy. We met up with the girlfriend (Jess) of a guy (Taylor) that Dave is working with for lunch at the Pawn (very cool old building that used to be a Pawn shop). Then we wandered around the Market and took the tram back to our end of town. The tram is like a double decker bus - great for getting a lay of the land.