May 6
We awake around 90 and try out the free coffee that is
available here in the hotel. Not so
good. We down a cup and try to rouse the
kids to get going on our day here in the big city. Once we are able to get everyone up and
ready, we head down our long elevator ride to the ground floor where we pick up
some fruit from our little vendor and then head to a 7Eleven to find a quick
bite to eat. Hudson has latched onto the
idea of ham and cheese sandwiches that are pre-packed at the store and he
devours them two at a time…breakfast, lunch and dinner. We walk a short
distance down to the waterfront and marvel at the huge skyscrapers that line
the Hong Kong side. We find the Art
Museum and decide to check it out. There
are some very interesting exhibits on Calligraphy and Animal Imagery in Chinese
Pottery that we explore for a while. They offer a little exploratory sheet for
kids to locate certain items within the exhibit and Sam is all over this
project. We enjoy finding the sacred
animals and to learning about their meanings.
After a while, we depart and give in to our grumbling stomachs. The Museum Café offers sandwiches and such
and we have a really nice and much needed meal. Then we amble along the promenade that winds along the water. Turns out it is “World Laughter Day” here in
Hong Kong and there is a celebration hosted by the Psychiatric Rehabilitation
Society…..sounds crazy right? There are
strange looking people popping out of nowhere and putting stickers on your face
and posing for pictures with huge signs that say “Smile”….those zany guys at
the Psychiatric Rehabilitation Society they really know how to make you laugh. We then walk along and find the “Avenue of
Stars” and are eager to see what that is all about. Wow….we are shocked to see the likes of Kwan
Tak Hing or Ng Cho Fan….we love their work, but couldn’t have guessed we would
see their names on the walk of fame.
Seriously, Hong Kong is home to a number of film stars that we all know
including Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee. We
enjoy an outdoor exhibit by a noted photographer and finally end up finding a
7Eleven to enjoy a cone of ice cream as we head back toward our hotel. Seems like we haven’t done much of anything,
but we are all little exhausted (must have been all the laughing). We return to nap for a while before hitting
the pavement again and going out to dinner where there is an outdoor market on
Temple Street. We have found that food
is very expensive here in Hong Kong….perhaps if we had not just arrived from
Thailand we wouldn’t think so, but we are used to eating an entire, wonderful
meal for around $5 per person. We can’t
seem to touch that price range here though.
We venture back out around 6:30 and arrive at the outskirts of the
market. We wander around stalls, but
honestly feel like we have pretty much seen it all before. We eventually find a nice place to have
noodles and soup and enjoy a filling meal before completing our journey to the
market with an ice cream en route home.
We get home around midnight and settle into our tiny room to read until
the wee hours.
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