Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Hong Kong Day 5, Hong Kong Island

Today we made the switch of Hotels over to Hong Kong Island. After spending the first 4 days on the Kowloon side of the Harbor, we have relocated over to the Island and are staying at the Hilton Conrad. This Hotel is very nice and is a 5 star hotel. We have a nicer room and the amenities are very nice. The move allowed us to do some of the things that most tourists coming to Hong Kong do. We took the tram up to Victoria Peak, we had our picture taken from Victoria Peak overlooking the Harbor. We ate Dim Sum at the restaurant at the top of Victoria Peak.We then took a taxi down to Stanley Market to do some shopping. (Stanley Market mainly caters to Ex-Pats and is a little more expensive) They don't bargain much although the items you find there are different than what you find elsewhere.
We also went to the Hong Kong Maritime Museum. This was not something planned but after wandering around Stanley we happened upon it and decided that the $1.20 each was worth the price of admission. We then took a Taxi back to our Hotel and had dinner in the Executive Lounge. We had had a pretty big lunch so dinner consisted of Cheese, crackers, some vegetable pastrys and some Cheese cakes. It was small but good. Tomorrow, we are going to take the Metro out to see the BIG Budda. It is also a must see. Should be interesting.
Till tomorrow.

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