Thursday was another long day with a lot of walking. We met in the lobby at 10am to give ourselves more time to sleep in. Some folks still aren't accustomed to the new time zone, but the long days are wearing me out enough that I can sleep. We decided to try brunch at a dim sum restaurant. When we walked in, my 6'9” friend Ira lead the way. Needless to say, we got a lot of stares. Plus, we were the only white folks there, which is surprising because Hong Kong has been very culturally diverse. We sat down at a table for eight. After about 20 minutes waiting, we decided to flag down a waiter. In HK, they don't just walk up and ask you what you want like in the US. You have to flag them down and request everything, but its not bad because there's always a lot of people standing around and waiting to help you. We checked random boxes on the menu and hoped for the best. The food turned out to be quite tasty. NOTHING like Chinese food in the states. It was so much better. I'm getting really good at using chop sticks.
After the dim sum, we went to the top of Victoria Peak. Its a mountain top in HK that overlooks the whole city. It was amazingly beautiful. We overlooked tall sky scrapers that were surrounded by waterways with ferries and fisherman. The city line is encapsulated by gorgeous green mountain ranges. The photos don't do it justice. The sky was always a bit overcast, so fog kept you from seeing mountains in the distance. I did a bit of shopping on the peak because there were a lot of shops with cute stuff. So much stuff that I had to ship it home.
Next, we went to Kowloon. I decided to get a custom tailored suit, so today was my last fitting. I shipped that home too. We walked around in Kowloon for a while and found a Peking place for dinner. Dinner was also excellent. I'm a big fan of peking duck and the pork dumplings. We ended the night with a ferry ride along the bay. The light show on the buildings was like something in Las Vegas. Its in bed by 10pm for me tonight.
Tomorrow morning we're up at 4:30am so we can get to the airport in time to catch our flight to Beijing. Stay tuned ; )
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