Wednesday, September 13, 2006

Hong Kong part 2





These pictures are kind of out of order but you can figure it out. Once we found the view of Hong Kong's Harbour we stood around and took it all in. (I'm lying, I copied my dad and Greg and quickly snapped a few pictures before speed walking to the tram to rush through the next site.)

This tram is over a hundred years old and many people use it to go up and down the mountain to work. The ride was a bit jerky and I kept imagining the cable snapping and the car bobsleding it's way to the bottom of the hill. The only difference is that the tram faces up the hill so we'd be bobsledding backwards. Luckily nothing happened and we were free to roam donwtown Hong Kong. It was the perfect place to wander as there were a ton a odd shaped buildings and a lot of green spaces to stare at. (A hobby of mine.)

Eventually we headed into one of the many shopping centres and saw all the luxury designer shops you only see in magazine advertisements. Saejin loves these kinds of shops and knew most of them but many were new names to me. That night we went out for a hot pot dinner (two soups divided in one pot that you add whatever ingredients you want to it) and watched the nightly lazer show from Hong Kong Island. It was impressive for the first five minutes but after that just boring. Because I was sick we heade back to the YMCA and crashed for the night.

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