Our second day in Hong Kong was quite packed, filled with a LOT of walking. It didn't help that Hong Kong's weather is dreadful, ridiculously hot and humid. There's a constant layer of sweat on your skin, which isn't fun.
We started off the day with a walk down Ladies' Street, which was almost the same as the Night Market, except closer to our hotel. Then we took the subway (which they call the MTR) down to Central, another area in Hong Kong. You would not BELIEVE how amazing their subways are. It's so clean, and air-conditioned, and organized...completely different from NYC subways. I love that the map that shows how many stops you have left in the cars actually include the whole system. NYC should do that.
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| See?? Isn't it so awesome?! |
Once we got to Central, we headed to Lin Heung Tea House for some famous Hong Kong dim sum! I actually found it online because Time recommended it. It was crazy packed, and not exactly the cleanest restaurant either...but the food was excellent. Then we walked around and saw all the shops as well as some tourist spots, including Lan Kwai Fong, which is this small area filled with bars and clubs that apparently many celebrities go to.
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| Doesn't look like much during the day, but it's supposed to be hopping at night! |
After touring Central we went to IFC, which is this huge mall right by the water with a lot of high-end stores. We killed some time there and then took the bus to Victoria Peak, which is a mountain in Hong Kong that has some great views of Victoria harbor and Central. The night view in particular is beautiful. We got there kind of early so we had to wait until nightfall to see the night lights. It was worth it though!
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| Pretty, right? =) |
We had dinner on The Peak (as it's called by locals), at a Vietnamese restaurant. It wasn't fantastic, but it was decent. It was also really overpriced since we were eating at a tourist attraction. After dinner we took the tram back down and then took the Star Ferry back to Kowloon! That was fun, because we got to see the night lights from the water. I would put up a picture but all of mine are really blurry, so...yeah. All in all, though, a productive day!
I don't know if you could fit an entire New York City subway map in the narrow space you took a picture of. But it'd be cool if the full subway maps that are already on NYC subways had little lights that showed which stops were left on your line and grayed-out lines for the trains that aren't running.
ReplyDeleteYeah that's pretty much what I meant! It would be so helpful!!
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