Hong Kong 2015

With modern travel in one day you can wake up in a new world.  And so our day began on Saturday the 17^th.  Victoria Harbor and Hong Kong opened their arms to us as we began a journey into the past and present of the Far East.  Terrie and I set out to explore some of the places where I had been and to find new places neither of us had discovered before.

Saturday morning we met our walking tour guide Jo from Big Foot Waking Tours to spend the day discovering what life is like on Hong Kong Island.  We chose this as a way to break away from the usual tourist view and jump in with both feet to what life is like in Hong Kong these days.  

Our day began with a stop for breakfast Hong Kong style.  It was best described as French Toast with Coconut jam and Iced milk tea.   Not what Mom usually served but certainly a wonderful start to seeing how real people here live life.

From there we boarded the Star Ferry, which I had first been on with my parents many years ago.

We used the subway system to go over to Hong Kong Island which was new to both of us and returned in the afternoon to Kowloon via the

We spent the day amazed with the new clean Island and we learned the way they are making life better with creative thinking.  They have moved ahead with the installation of escalators that move through residential area right up the side of the peaks.  Just like we build a new highway they have invested in moving people instead of cars and trucks.  Free to ride, stops along the way, out in the open they move you right down the hills in the morning and up the hills after work revolutionizing how people get around and opening up the peaks for better living.

Jo stopped us by a primary school and playground, churches and temples, the developing art areas that are spring up as Hong Kong grows.  A highlight was the lunch in a normal Dim Sum local spot packed with people going about their normal day.  Exactly what we had wanted to see and do so we could get a better understanding of Middle class China.

After walking, learning and discovering, we topped off this first day with a Cantonese meal in a Michelin Two star restaurant Yan Toh Keen.