did not set the alarm, but woke up still by nine am. took our sweet time getting ready and figuring out what to do. we decided to do a night cruise through the harbor and the cable cars. so, we set out on the trains to find a place to sign up for the cruise. after wandering for quite some time we found it and signed up for the symphony of lights 2 hour boat cruise through the harbor. 290HK$ a piece with unlimited beverages. then we hopped back on the trains to the cable car place ngong ping or something like that. there is also a giant buddha out that way. took about forty five minutes on the train but we made it to the cable cars. got offered vip and skipped the line to buy tickets only to find a ginormous line on the other side waiting to board the cable cars. luckily they had free wifi and i facebook chatted while we waited the thirty minutes.
we boarded the cable car with a family from china? we crossed over some water and numerous mountain peaks. it was a twenty five minute ride. gorgeous views despite the fog. got to the top and i was hungry so we stopped for a donar kabob. was quite spicy for being medium. then we set out for the buddha statue. we climbed what felt like two hundred steps. and he was a giant buddha statue.
got some pictures then headed down to temple. while i was in europe i felt like every city was castles and churches. here in asia its temples and shrines that are the must see in every town.
we then were making sure we saw everything and turned down this road which said it led to neptunes place. we started up conversation with a twenty something female who just moved to HK to be with her boyfriend from manhatten. she told us things to do in bali—like get out of kuta. and was quite enjoyable.
we then shopped some of the shops atop the peak. didnt buy anything it was all over priced. then we embarked on the twenty five minute cable car ride down. we then hopped the train back to our hotel and grabbed some dramamine and booked our hotel for bangkok—per willlie segers suggestion. and were off to hongkong island where we were going to grab some seafood for dinner and set out on our night crusie.
made it to the pier but there was no good seafood place. we ended up grabbing a tuna melt from a cart inside the pier. ate it while watching people fish the harbor below us. before we knew it it was time to head to our pier for our boat.
a chinese boat picked us and a couple from newzealand up. we boarded and grabbed seats on the right side of the boat—not knowing this was the ideal spot to sit. we then picked up a couple dozen more people from the other harbor and sat the boat right infront of hong kong harbor for the symphony of lights show. it was awesome. lights atop numerous buildings were synced up to music. pretty sure the big gingers helped make it more enjoyable.
we then cruised around the harbor and two hours later got dropped off back at our dock. decided we should head home for tomorrow we leave for thailand. along the walk back through the ghetto to our hotel we grabbed some pringle llike chips from a gas station. then decided we should try mcdonalds in hong kong. couldnt communicate the order i wanted. actually the cashier couldnt understand that i wanted a double cheeseburger meal with lemonade. we ended p getting a big and tastey a double cheese burger and an ice tea with los of lemon. oh well. it was delicious at the late hour.. then we went to sleep ready to get out of hong kong the next day.
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