I'm sorry about the order of these pictures- I have a hard time using blogger- moving the pictures around is not something that I have figured out yet. So, here we are, in a not consecutive order...
Hong Kong is all about shopping. Even at "the peak," which is the top of an aerial tramway at the top of Victoria Mountain there were 2 malls. You can't avoid malls- almost every train station has them, and you also can't avoid luxury stores. Think of every luxury store you've ever heard of, then add its European cousin, and some other ones you never knew existed, and you will know the realm of shopping here. But it's not just on one place- there are luxury shops/malls ALL over the place.
Grace turned her cheese sandwich into a french fry sandwich.
At the peak- looking at the city at night. This was taken after the picture below- yes, it took us about 30 minutes to get to the top of the other mall so we could see the city side. The reason that it took so long (besides trying to find the restroom and trying to convince the girls to use squatter toilets (no, I don't know why there were squatters here since the rest of Hong Kong uses "normal" toilets)) was that there is No No NO way to get around with a stroller. Don't visit Hong Kong if you are in a wheelchair or if you plan on pushing a stroller by yourself. The metro, the malls, and everywhere will not be your friends. We just push the stroller on the escalators now and have to lift it over the turnstiles at the metro. We're thinking about suing Hong Kong.
The non-city side of the peak at sunset. The peak area is like Malibu, but 100 times more expensive.
An umbrella vending machine in the metro.
Looking down one of the streets in Central. We were riding on the tram, like the one that you can see in the background. Very skinny.
Camille with Ama.
The laser show- every night at 8 you can watch the buildings light up and do a laser show to music.
Outside the temple- we got to eat Thanksgiving dinner here. We were having a great time until Clark threw up all over us.
In a garden in the middle of the city. This was very pretty. We liked this rock and the trees to the right with the horizontal branches.
The Golden Pagoda
Us
Camille wants to ride too.
Clark is doing better- he had roseola, so the 4 days of high fever gave way to a fifth day of rosy rash. He's doing better now though, we think, although he seems a little out of sorts. Thanks for your thoughts and prayers.
Next stop: Hong Kong Disneyland!
3 comments:
Poor Clarky-poo. I will not tell Anna as she will be very upset. So many comments I want to make. 1. Thanksgiving Dinner at the temple - very unusual 2. Never seen a picture of Ama, I thought - who is Camille lying on in the Subway? 3. Anything Malibu x is sick 4. Paul must love all the shopping 5. You guys are having such an adventure, it looks amazing 6. Have fun at Disneyland
You went to Hong Kong? What in the hey? I had no idea! RAD. You go girl! Great shots!!
What an exciting adventure! But having kids get sick on vacation is the worst (and I just visited a neighboring state for the germs). Miss you!
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