Still catching up on Hong Kong

Smoggy view from the Peak

Day 3
We got off to a late start since we had lunch at home. Our plan was to go up the Peak today to see views of the whole city. The line wasn't as long as it had been the day before, so we were optimistic. Still, we waited at least 45 minutes to go to the top. The view was impressive, but it was a fairly smoggy day, so it wasn't as impressive as it would have been on a clear day (here's a panoramic view of what it could have looked like). Still, it's always fun to be looking down on skyscrapers.

Family Picture from the Peak

The whole ordeal took us a lot longer than we had planned, so it ended up being around dinnertime when we got back down. We wanted to find either a good Cantonese or Szechuan place for dinner, but our guidebook was a little bit off. We ended up eating at a Malaysian restaurant in Lan Kwai Fong, a district where only rich white people and tourists go. Fortunately, the meal wasn't too expensive and was pretty all right.

You can kind of tell there's a light show

From there we walked over to the harbour in the hopes of catching a boat across to Kowloon. Every night they hold a light show across the skyline, and we figured we'd get the best view from there. However, the show started while we were still on the boat, so we didn't get quite as good of a view. It was still pretty neat to watch.

Day 4
Ugh. This was pretty much a transit day. We slept in, had breakfast, and hung out. As it turns out, our friends could only host us till Monday, because they had family flying in later in the evening. So we had arranged to stay at a hotel in Mui Wo, closer to the airport and Disneyland, for the remainder of our stay. So after packing up, we took a taxi to the closest subway station, Shau Kei Wan. From there we had multiple transfers until we got to Tung Chung near the airport on Lantau Island. From there it was a 45 minute taxi ride to our hotel. All this with our bags, stroller, and baby.

We were pretty worn out by the time we got there, so we decided just to hang out and enjoy Mui Wo. It's a small resort area that was formerly a fishing village, so it still feels very rural. It was nice to see a completely different side of Hong Kong. We walked over to the wharf where there was a large marketplace selling all kinds of food. We sat down to eat and I finally got the Szechuan I had been looking for. It was worth the wait. From there we hung out in the hotel and took it easy. I spent a bit of time in the sauna and Lyssa relaxed in the room with Christian. We needed all our strength, since the next day we went to Disneyland. But I think I'll let Lyssa tell you about that. It's more of her thing.