Hong Kong - Day 6

We had hoped to go to Macau but there were threats of heavy rain and thunderstorms. So we spent our last day wandering to a cool neighbourhood on the HK side called SoHo, took the Mid-Levels Escalator, a covered escalator that takes you 800m up the hill comfortably. It’s the longest in the world. As we made our way back, I wanted to find the Golden Bauhinia statue. We had to cut through the HK Convention and Exhibition Centre to find it. After we finally found the statue, we couldn’t figure out how to get back to the metro station. At the suggestion of the security guard I asked, we boarded a shuttle bus. So we got on the next one and soon found ourselves surrounded by people who had just attended the baby products expo with their arms filled with goodies. Don and I pretended to fit in. THAT was hilarious.

Ironically, in one of the most connected cities we’ve been to, we had trouble getting on the Internet. Since everyone had their own computers, Cyber places were hard to find.

We even got a bonus of watching the opening ceremonies of the Olympics with English coverage. It meant though that we didn’t get much sleep since we had to leave for the airport very early the next day.

Final Thoughts on HK

We loved it! Everything about it was better than we could have expected, even in the rain and humidity. We made our way around the city easily and enjoyed the places we visited. I got lots of practice speaking Cantonese. There were western toilets. Yippee! People queued up for buses. We weren’t pushed or shoved much. There was little to no spitting loudly. Crossing the street was not an adventure. The food was amazing! We won’t bore you with the play by play but know that we ate well and we were very very happy!