Hong Kong – Day 3

Date: 07 February 2011 15:28:05

Well after a long and blissful sleep we both felt a great deal better. I think we went to bed at about 8,30pm last night – after I had pretty much fallen asleep in my dinner!

We decided today to go on a Big Bus Tour. I love this sort of thing as you get commentary, but also a good idea of the geography of the city. It was also pretty good for us today as I had a really sore back.

So, first of all we did a tour of Kowloon. It’s such an interesting place and travelling on an open top bus it is possible to see lots of things, and especially the brightly lit signs which line the streets. We then crossed the sea on the Star Ferry and did a tour of Hong Kong Island. We were going to go up on the Funicular Railway to The Peak but it was at least an hours queue. So, we will go back tomorrow.

After that we had to go back to the hotel room so The Mister could have an afternoon nap and then we were out again to do the Night bus tour and see the light show. Hong Kong is so spectacular it night. It is all hustle and bustle and there are flashing neon signs everywhere. It’s fabulous!

Oh, one of my favourite things today though was totally unexpected. We were walking back to the hotel when we could hear a brass band somewhere so we followed the noise. In a square there was a marching band practising their routine, and they were playing Colonel Bogey. They were fab but it was so unexpected it really made me smile!

If you want to see more pictures then click on one of the ones above and go and see the rest on Flickr!