HONG KONG part two

I have to make a quick summary of the rest of my Hong Kong trip because I will be home in ten days and I have a lot more adventures to write about. The next two days in Hong Kong were so fast paced and busy that we could have taken an entire week to cover what we did. We woke up on Sat morning and tried to change our departing ticket to a later time on Sunday. We ended up having to come back Sunday morning to do that. So after that we met Tran at her hotel and off we were. Like I said, Tran travels all over the world for her work. She got her undergrad from TAMU in chemistry, a masters in information/operations systems from U of H and her MBA in accounting from UT. She speaks three languages and is working on a fourth. Some might call her SMART. Now besides all of the grey matter in her head she is also so fun and had so much energy that Phillip and I could barely keep up!!! But we were so glad she came because she had an entire schedule planned out and was glad to have people with her. She is 31 but you would think she is 25 and she said it was nice to have people who actually wanted to site see with her. Normally, her co-workers just sit at the hotel. (Phillip and I said that is probably what we would have done if we didn't meet up with her.)

So, the first place we went to was Victoria's Peak and rode the steepest tram in the world up to the top. From the top you could see the entire harbor and it was awesome. After that, we went to a Buddhist temple where we had our fortunes read. He told me about my future career and it was pretty good although I was disappointed when he didn't mention me marrying Brad Pitt but hey, can't win em all. After the temple we ate at a huge restaurant floating on the water called Jumbo and it is famous for its dim sum (which is a type of brunch where waiters push around carts with small portions and you pick what you want, there are usually hundreds of options). After relaxing lunch on the balcony of the Jumbo, we headed to a beach called Repulse Bay. Here there were giant statues of Buddha and dragons and more that were made out of ceramic tile. We got our feet wet in the ocean and then headed for Stanley market!!! It was another out door market that was just flipping amazing. About a half a mile of nothing but small stores that sold everything from cashmere sweaters to wooden carvings. I bought some pretty things there of course.

We left Stanley market and headed for the electronics market where there was store after store of cellphones, mp3 players, cameras, computers, etc... It was never ending and I took a picture of my camera with my camera. Except this one was half the price of the one I own!!! Oh, well. Ok, I know this is getting boring and I am sorry but I just have to write all of it down for the sake of remembering it for myself! Next we headed back to Temple St. Where we were the night before and this time I did some actual shopping. We shopped for about hour and a half before we had to race back to Tran's hotel to see the laser show from the bay. It was crazy because all of the big sky scrapers have lasers on the top and there lights coordinate to music. The area we watched this from also happened to be the Hong Kong hall of fame sidewalk where famous people got stars. I took a pic with my hands in Jackie Chan's prints. We took a cab to the fish market where we got to pick out our dinner and have them cook it in a restaurant down the street. We had two lobsters, a crab, 6 razor clams, a fish, a fish head soup, a vegetable, and beer all for under $100 U.S. It was amazing. After that we went and grabbed some fruit at the fruit market and this is where I ate some more dorian, which is a very popular fruit in China. People say you either love it or you hate it and most people hate it! I of course, love it!!! When my host family found out, they said I must be part Chinese!

Ok, this is getting too long. After dinner, we went back to Temple St, where I really tore it up on the shopping! My mom would be so proud. And then, when I thought I couldn't do anything else, we went to the new bar district that is supposedly the hot spot in Hong Kong. It was! There were so many bars and clubs and people were everywhere. A lot of Europeans. Well, the moral of the story is, we stayed out until 3am and woke up to check out of our hotel at 6! On Sunday we saw Macau island and Lantau Island which I loved. Lan Tau has the largest Buddha statue in the world!!! Sorry this is soooo long, I just love Hong Kong!!!!!!!!!!