Hong Kong - Just for One Day

We were only on a plane to two hours before we touched down in Hong Kong, China.  We decided to get out of the airport and use our 10.5 hours in the crazy city to the fullest. We took a train then a bus, both magnificently clean and exactly on time.  This emptied us out on the streets of Hong Kong Island in Kowloon.  We were both immediately overwhelmed by the smog and felt like every breath was a puff of a cigarette.  There were innumerable signs of all sorts all in Chinese everywhere.  The buildings seemed either disgracefully run down and a shambles or brand spanking new.  The rush of the traffic was more akin to that of city traffic at home and every other vehicle seemed to be a big bus, they have the public transportation thing worked out perty good.  The city felt suffocating as we wandered looking for somewhere to have dim sum or any sort of dumpling because other food places had pictures that were unrecognizable and not a lick of English was to be seen describing anything.  Eventually we found this wonderful tea shop with pictures of dumplings and descriptions in English and we had some of the most delicious dumplings we have ever had.  I also tried this very interesting and yummy aloe and honey tea that had big chunks of aloe meat floating in it.  

After that we wandered through a big market and found some cheap carry on luggage for our suits that we were carrying in suit bags on our arms.  We shared a beer and jumped on the subway to go down to the water to find the Intercontinental Hotel.  We had heard from our friend Trey, whom we met in Southern Thailand that we shouldn’t miss the opportunity to have a drink at the Intercontinental and get a good view of Hong Kong proper from across the water.

 

I am so glad we did!  It was a beautiful bar with a wall full of windows and a live jazz band.  We had a few drinks and a few apps over about 3 hours and soaked in the amazing view.  I didn’t envy the people huddled outside on the dock below as I sipped my dry Belvedere martini and munched on buffalo mozzarella caprese salad.  It was an amazing way to end our incredible trip.  It was romantic and relaxing and there is no where I would rather have been and no one I would rather have been with than my new fiancé!  Then we got back on the bus then the train and then the airplane and made it back to the Bay Area!

We are home now safe and sound…

Thanks for staying tuned everyone!

Love,

Devon and Breen