Day 9 - Tue - March 7, 2017 - Hong Kong

Today was a long day of touring Hong Kong.  We were on the bus shortly after 10am and headed to the Peak for a funicular ride up to the top.  It was cloudy and a bit breezy up there and worth noting that the day ticket purchasers were more than a bit annoyed that our group of 120 got priority on the funicular.  It was a good perspective from up there.

We didn't ride the funicular back down as our bus met us at the top and drove us down to the waterfront where we boarded a sampan for a 'harbor' cruise through the fishing vessel anchorage.  Some of those vessels sure didn't look seaworthy!  The sampan dropped us off at Jumbos which is apparently the world's largest floating restaurant.  The multi-course meal there was good but still not as tasty as the last meal in Guangzhou yesterday.  Another sampan took us back to the mainland where we reboarded the bus and headed for Recluse beach where there was a large set of Buddhist statues and a bunch of other colorful statutes.  We also found an ATM there and obtained more HK$.

Stanley market was our next stop and it was a giant flea market with a potpourri of items. Angela purchased some items including a Jack Wolfskin light jacket.

Back at the hotel, we were on our own for the evening, so we decided to walk to the Temple Street night market which was about a mile away.  This market was a hubbub of activity, colorful, and pretty cool.  I found a couple of aftermarket lenses for our iPhones plus a little device that will backup my pictures or music or docs from the phone to an SD card.  We ran into Brian & Bobbie from the tour as we were leaving.  They took the metro rather than walk.

On our walk back we found a cool display in Kowloon Park called Chorus which were choreographed spinnng speakers on large tripods.  There were also lots of plastic characters on display.  Just before reaching the hotel, we enjoyed a meal at the Gokddn Arches that only cost a total of $12 for the two of us.

Tomorrow we're on our own and plan to visit the HK toy history exhibit in the History museum.