We arrived in Humid, hot, smelly, polluted HK on Sunday morning, 16th Sept…after a great flight with Singapore Air - meals and staff were enjoyable… we managed to get a bit of sleep as the plane was not very crowded and we could spread out a bit. We caught the train from the airport to the city and then a bus to the hotel..we thought we were never going to get there as the bus seemed to be going in circles but… we finally did. The Eaton Hotel is very classy - the room was small but adequate - very clean and a comfy bed, hot shower….what more do you need?. We were pretty hungry by this stage so we headed out to try to find some food. We like to try the locals’ haunts so down a back street we wnet - the staff in a little cafe were a tad surprised to see us and were happy to figure out our sign language - I had my first singapore noodles - a lot currier than normal and I suffered for a few days after but it was good…we then had a short nap and then went out again for a night snack ….Basically we enjoyed eating at the “real” places - all good food adn very cheap beer - 600ml Heineken for about Au$1…we only had one meal at the hotel on the last night - they had a buffet and we made good use of it, especially the prawns and icecream….that night they had a guitarist playing adn singing who was really good adn we got him to play our theme song(Have I told you lately that I love you ?) Dad was crying away as he tried to remember the words !!! We walked heaps around the city - went to a few museums- which I actually enjoyed, went to the Temple markets, Ladies Night Market, soem big shopping centres adn bought a few small items for memory sake. We also took the ferry across the harbour - it is cheaper on the lower deck -and one day went on to an island called Lamma Island … it was advertsied as a family walk…WELL… it turned out to be a 6km, up hill and down dale slug, in very hot and humid conditions…there is NO way anyone could take a family on that walk…I thought we were never going to get to the end but we did and rewarded ourselves with a Chinese seafood meal - very unusual - and a few very cold beers. I learnt a few words in Cantonese so I could communicate a bit and the locals all seemed to find it pleasing that I was at least trying. I think they had a good laugh at times !!! Another day we took the ferry over to the business side of HK and walked all around …took the longest escalator in the world up to the top (it runs both ways but at different times of the day), saw Shelley Street, walked around their botanical gardens and small zoo - which was really fabulous and free ! Then made our way to the queue for the tram to the top of Peak Hill…the view would be great without the pollution but we struggled to see anything below as the smog is so thick(no joke!!) We had a few swims in the roof top pool after our long days out..and Jess - we found the Seven 11 had Vienetta icecreams for $1…. they are so good….lol. Dad got to watch a fair bit of the rugby as the tv was linked to the rugby site…it was funny that we would watch a match, go out all day and the same match would still be playing when we got home !!! We headed back to the airport very early hoping to get an exit row seat for dad but no luck. We actually were able to check the bags in at the train station which was really great. We then headed on the fast train back out through the smog to the airport hoping for fresh air in San Francisco !!!!
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