Hong Kong Trip Day 1 and 2

On monday, Jan 21 we took off for Hong Kong. Friday, Saturday and Sunday we have a BYU China Teachers conference. Our flight was over an hour late leaving. We checked into the YMCA Salisbury Hotel and wandered around a little. There is a 8:00 pm laser show over the harbor that lasts 13 minutes and is sponsored by the Hong Kong Tourism Board, it is free. I tried to upload a video I made of some of the light show, but could not get it to load. Go to youtube.comand search for 'Hong Kong Light Show'. There are a number of them on youtube.

On Tuesday, Jan 22 we wandered around the city for a while and then caught a ferry to the island of Cheng Chau. After the ferryride back, we waited for Janet and Rick Lee to show up and later in the evening Luke showed up. We had gotten a roll away bed for Luke to be in our room.


Here are pictures of the day:

 Lots of ferries traversing the harbor from Hing Kong Island to Kowlook Pennisula and back, 24 hours a day. There are also regular ferries to the various islands the are part of the Hong Kong Province.

 Here we are entering the harbour of Cheng Chou Island

 The temperature was around 70 F and the water felt great. We forgot shorts or we could have played in the water. Notice there is only about a dozen people on the beach.

 We looked for a geocach in this area and could not find it.

 Here is where we had lunch. The fellow with Rosie is a native of the island but he works in Hong Kong, so he ferries back and forth each day.

 This is the market street on Cheng Chau. They do not get a lot of tourists so the market is basically for the locals that livehere. The island is so small there are no cars or trucks on the island. Every thing is hauled around in the 3 wheeled bicycle trucks.

 Lots of elevated roads and walkways in Hong Kong. Many tour buses

 People stand in line to catch the bus, very orderly, no butting in!

We found a geocache at the end of this pier. In the background is the tallest building (currently) in Hong Kong. The 100th floor (not the top) is an observation deck. Cost over 100 hkd to go there.