Let me begin by saying, Hong Kong was the BEST TRIP EVER! Julie and Devin thought of everything and were the most gracious hosts. Julie planned out an unstoppable itinerary and we hit absolutely everything on the list and even added a few stops in. I loved ever single minute. THANK YOU LONGS!!!!
The gondolas were one of my favorite activities. It was so clear and up so high!
We saw the big buddha, but were too tired to climb the stairs.
On the way back, I turned to Julie and said, "I have an idea!" She said, "I am not lying on that floor." HOW DID SHE KNOW?!?!
She eventually agreed to do it, but did not fully commit. In her defense, we were not alone on the gondola. In fact, that leg behind her, belongs to someone we don't know.
I gave it my all, with a Hong Kong peace sign to top it off. Again, that shoe is not with us.
At the biggest mall in the world, there is a blinged-out merecedes. Reeeediculous.
Julie and Devin on our hike. I almost died on the way back. Not from a mountain lion or anything, just from the sun and an unreasonable slope. Thankfully, there are no pictures.
Downtown was a lot of visual stimulation.
We spent part of my birthday shopping. It was an out of body shopping experience. Julie prepared me that the Hong Kongers would tell me I am a large and I can't fit in their clothes. These women told us we were mediums, so we thought we should try on a few things. This was the first dress. BAM! It looked AMAZING... AND it was 50% off! This led to an all out frenzy that involved clothes flying, Julie and I shouting requests (Do you have this in another size, another color?), and me buying myself several birthday presents. We created such a shopping frenzy that the store soon filled with about 20 other shoppers- and all of them had caught our fever. It was a good day for that store.
This is the Harley guy Julie mentioned. You might not be able to tell, but we are besties at this point. He told me he loved me. Well, he strongly implied it. With his stern, but amused smile.
MARKET DAY! This was one of my favorite mornings... I loved to see everything.
The spiky fruit is stinky fruit. Julie says its smells so bad, it is banned from a lot of public places.
I adored the flower markets.
After a long day at the market, 10,000 buddhas, and heritage museum, we took the ferry home.
The view from the ferry.
After we rode the ferry, we went to a roof top public park that overlooked the harbor.
Only in Hong Kong will you see this at sunset.
Julie and Devin at a really delicious Italian restaurant. I was there too... duh.
Julie claimed to have "out ordered us."
This was a yummy breakfast place just off the escalator. You can see it behind me.
One of my favorite things we did was ride the boat around the harbor.
The restaurant was one of the many we passed on the street escalator that I was dying to go into. Basically, if we passed a place on the escalators, I was enchanted and obsessed with become one of the people inside.
This is the last picture from the last night.... we were so sleepy, we sat there for 20 minutes "waiting for the bill" after we had already paid.
I LOVE HONG KONG
and Julie
and Devin!!!!
Thanks guys!!
No comments:
Post a Comment