Touring Hong Kong
Happy St. Patricks Day and we forgot to wear green. Our CCAI Rep Patrick took care of us all day while giving us a tour of Hong Kong. The first thing we visted was the Aberdeen Fishermans Village and had boat ride. I have never seen so many boats of all different shapes, colors and sizes. Some boats were very nice like a lake boat back home while others were not so nice and were homes to many people. We saw clothing hanging on lines hanging in the misty rain on the boats. Beside the water were very, very, very tall apartment buildings. Hong Kong has millions of people living here and does not have any land to build houses. Everybody lives in an 800 square foot apartment or condo. Only one in five families own ONE car. The cars we saw were very clean and very expensive. Most people use the double decker buses or a subway type transportation. The taxes on owning a car is 100% so that doubles the price of your car. Taxes on tobacco products and alcohol is 60% so only the rich can smoke and drink to afford to pay the taxes. Hong Kong is a very expensive place to live. We road on a very nice bus today. They drive on the opposite side of the road in Hong Kong. Every time we would go around a curve, I would hold my breathe thinking that the others were on the wrong side of the road and it appeared that we were going to hit head-on.
The second stop was at the Jewelry Factory. It was very interesting seeing the jewelry being made in front of our eyes. It really helped me appreciate my jewelry business even more after I saw the prices on there jewelry. It was very funny when the very aggressive sales people were complimenting me on my Premier Jewelry. Little did they know, my jewelry only cost $25 instead of $2500.
The third thing we did today was visit the Stanley Market. This was fun and kind of like our flea markets from home. They had really nice inexpensive items. We decided to wait until we hit Guangzhou and buy the same things. We knew that we didn’t have any room in our luggage so we were forced to wait for Guangzhou which is fine.
Next, we drove up the mountain towards Victory Peak. It was very foggy today so the bus driver didn’t think it was safe to go to the top. We drove up half way and stopped to take a few pictures of Hong Kong City across the water. Victory Peak is located on the other side the water on Hong Kong Island. It was very foggy but the view was amazing. While we were taking pictures, a little vender was there selling small souvenirs. We bought Hudson a pocket watch in a little case. The pocket watch had a sailboat on it that reminded us of the boat Hudson Taylor must of sailed on to China. Perfect and he will love it when he is older.
Our last stop was at the Dim Sum for lunch. Yum!!! We tried some new things and some things were familiar tastes. The tables were very large and had a “lazy susan” in the center like all the tables in restaurants in China. It really enjoyed our lunch and were ready to head back to the hotel.
We took a short nap and headed back out for some more siteseeing. We decided to adventure out on our own and just take a walk through the streets. It was wild. 1000’s of people on the streets, double decker buses bumper to bumper, billboards galore, many shops for miles down the streets made it all interesting.
We had dinner at McDonalds and enjoyed our 50 cent icecream. Afterward we visited the Victory Harbor and watched the Lazor Light Show. We could see Hong Kong Island and all the beautiful lights on the buildings across the water. The boats were also lit up. What a site.
We ended our day with packing, calling the kids, and catching up on our journaling. Tomorrow, we will leave Hong Kong and head to Changsha, the Capital of Hunan. We should arrive in Changsha around 2PM, do paperwork and get ready to hold the babies 10 AM on Monday morning. Continue to pray for our jetlag and especially that God is preparing Hudson’s heart for us.
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