Saturday, October 8, 2011

Touring Hong Kong

We had a terrific day of touring HK today. We started with an amazing breakfast at the hotel to fuel our day (more about that later). We started our tour with a trip to the top of Victoria Peak.
Red symbolizes 'happy' - this is a happy house on the side of the Peak.




Each place we visited, took us a 45 min. to 1 hour bus ride, which Carter loves by the way. Parker has a new best bud Simmon who will be with us the entire two weeks. I'm so glad that he has a friend along!

Last family photo as a family of four!


We went to Aberdeen Fishing Village and did a boat tour. My picture of the village from the peak was so hazy that you can't see the village. The guide was telling us that the fishing market has dried up. There were at one time around 17,000 fishermen and now the number is under 2,000. Younger men don't want to fish because there isn't money in it and the market isn't there anymore because of the water pollution. Some people live on their fishing boats.
Parker & Simmon - the sign behind them says 'Jumbo Floating Restaurant'
The matching white high rises was very much what I expected to see everywhere.

We went to a fine jewelry manufacturer to see how the jewelry is made and then we went to an open market.




1 comment:

  1. Hi Paula! I love your photos - looks like you're having a fabulous time! Looking at it all is getting me so excited for our turn next month. Can't wait until Monday when you finally get to wrap your arms around your sweet little girl!

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