Day 1 - 28th July 2007

Arrived in HK on time at around 4pm. BA031 economy was better than expected - surprisingly good food and video-on-demand so plenty to help pass the time.

By the time we'd collected the bags, caught the train and shuttle bus to the hotel (the very nice Marco Polo), it was about 6pm. Dumped the bags and headed out for a walk to try to keep awake for as long as possible. Luckily we were in time to nab a good place to watch the nightly light & music show - and on Saturdays, they have fireworks as well. Great show - some photos on the Picasa site (follow the link below).

After the show - headed into town to find some food. Luckily found an excellent Shanghai restaurant down in a basement but the food was great and there was a reassuringly high ratio of locals vs. tourists. All coped well with chopsticks - in fact didn't have to ask for forks all weekend.

Back to the hotel for a well-needed sleep after the crucial stop at Haagen Daaz on the way back.

Helen says:

ola lol duno wot it is in chinese lol (thats wot they speak in HK)

the plane was wel kl we had like littl tvs n i watchd loadsa things -Hot fuzz - really funny, wild hogs - funny but i kept fallin asleep i was soooo tired, and the start of blades of glory bort bk memories lol dw my own littl ones.

well we watched the fireworks show- mazin the lights on all the bildings were all in time with the music and there were loadsa high rise buildings with lights flashing wot wud the martians hav thort lol ( im not weird its jst wot i was thinkin at the time lol)

the chinese restraunt made me feel wel out of place cos normally i dnt like chinese food and there wer loadsa little bowls and stuff which was really scary wen u dnt no nething bout chinese food and culture one rule i can remba was do not put the chopsticks dwn newhere but on the special rest things. 2 things i realisd bout myself 1- i do like chinese food and 2- i can use chopsticks!!

wel im jst a lil tired now so wel bye lol
il rite more later
xxx

Andrews says:

hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii! everyone. day 1 was the best day everrr!wwooooooooooooooowwwwwwww! it was amazing! the light and firework show was great. our hotel room was soooooo coooolll, very posh.there was a tree outside the window still in the pot.
fromn andrew the great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hong Kong 2007