Hong Kong: Fifteen

On our second day in Hong Kong, we went to Cat Street (that is its nickname). This is an old street with little booths, like a night market, and some nice-looking antique stores. Again, it was nice to shop without being followed. It was very relaxed and there was a variety or items to look at. After walking though, we came out on a street with a small old temple. We went in and saw more statues of gods and spiritual people. We had gone out on the water before, but decided we wanted to go on another ferry, so we walked to the ferry station. Never having in mind somewhere to go, we took random ferries that met our time limits. Being on the water, you could see much different views than on land. Instead of walking by the skyscrapers, you could see the whole buildings, all about fifty to sixty stories of them. In Shanghai, there were taller buildings, but in Hong Kong, there are more of them. Since we had been on vacation for almost the whole time and had had almost no breaks, we thought we deserved an early day. We pent it swimming in the hotel pool. It was a very nice pool overlooking the harbor. It was not at all like in Yangshuo, but we went to a public to a light show. Actually, we just took another ferry over to the Kowloon side again. Then music played and lights were projected onto the buildings in different patterns and colors. It was very cool, but also crowded, like everywhere in China. We had a short and our last day going around China. The next day we were going to Disneyland!

Lianne