Monday

Good Morning! It is Monday morning - boy did we sleep well last night!

So - yesterday, after we settled in and unpacked, we headed out to explore the city. We started by walking through Hong Kong park, exploring the lakes, the water features, the observation tower, and the enclosed aviary. It is a cool park - not picnic-y, like New York's Central Park, but it has a lot of interesting things to look at. It was clear - no clouds, hot and humid.

Across the street from the park we got in line for the Peak tram, which takes you, steeply and pretty quickly, to Victoria Peak. There is a mall up there (They do like their malls!) with an EA Games Experience - featuring a whole wall of Sims 2 murals and games. Right on. We also went to the top, called Sky View, and got some photos of Hong Kong and Kowloon. We really took advantage of the clear day - just in case we don't have more (its pretty cloudy right now!).

We went back to the hotel to rest - but to try not to sleep - although Steve did sleep for 15 minutes or so. We swam to try to stay awake. At 4, we left and took the subway to Kowloon and had dinner at one of those conveyor belt sushi places. It was yummy.

Next, we checked into the hotel that w got as part of our package - SO glad we're not staying there! The view is incredible, but the two twin beds are rock hard and thin, and the roll away cot was saggy in the middle. Plus there is like 2 feet from the foot of the bed to the wall. Our Marriott is so much more comfortable! Also in a better location.

Then we went to the walk of stars and watched the light show across the water - many of the buildings on the sky line in Hong Kong light up in beat to a musical soundtrack. It was very cool - although I think I slept through half of it. I was SO tired!

We took the ferry back and basically passed out when we got back.

I think today we are going to do Disneyland. We are hitting it early in the week to determine if we want to spend a 2nd whole day there or just part of a day.