We leave on Thai Air for our short hop over to Hong Kong. Thai Air might just be our new favourite airline - clean, professional, efficient and uber friendly. We'd happily fly with them again.
Arriving in Hong Kong in the early evening, we first notice the heavy fog and dramatically cooler temperatures. We welcome stepping outside and not instantly sweating through our clothes!
The very best part of our arrival is stepping out of the elevator at The Parkview to see our friends Karen and Curtis and their two boys Max and James. Oh how we have missed them!
Hong Kong is notoriously foggy at this time of the year so it is a white blur outside when we awake in the morning.
While everyone is hard at work we head out to play - quite literally in Keir's case!
Parkview, where our friends are living offers some very swish amenities!
With the rest of our day, we opt to do the whole tourist thing and ride the "hop-on-hop-off" Big Bus around the town. It's a great way to get a feel for the layout of the city and ensures that we get to see all the main tourist points.
First up is a stop at the uber cool HK Apple store!
The first route takes us out to Aberdeen and Stanley. The fancy houses and apartments built into the side of the hills with stellar ocean views remind us a bit of Hawaii. We check out the Ocean Park set up and admire the beaches at Deep Cove and Repulse Bay. As we are going to be visiting the Stanley Market with our friends on the weekend, we instead head out to Aberdeen for a sampan ride. We see the famous Jumbo Floating Restaurant and check out the houseboat community and the fishing boats.
On our "red line" tour of Hong Kong Island, we case the joint and make our plans for the following day (with our fingers crossed that the skies will clear so we can get a view from The Peak). Wan Chai, Causeway Bay, and Soho all offer lots to see - down the alleyways and up in the sky!
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