Hong Kong!

Hong Kong = AMAZING

We had such a GREAT time in Hong Kong! The flight was 16 hours (very hard for me) but totally worth it! Once we got to Hong Kong we had a rough start. It took 2 hours to get to our hotel, (should have taken 45 minutes) once we got to the hotel they wouldn't let us check in, we went back about 5 hours later and they told us they had a water break and had to move us to a different hotel...may I remind you that we haven't showed for 36 hours! We were extremly put out about the whole thing until we got to the new hotel...5 star hotel, in a suite, on the top floor! We had to work Wednesday night, Thursday, Friday and Saturday so we weren't able to do much.

On Sunday we did alot of walking and saw both Kowloon and Hong Kong. We got fitted for our custom suits & shirts (highly recommend if you are ever in HK). I can't believe that they made 2 suits and all our shirts in less than 48 hours.

Monday we went to the Ngong Ping cable car that takes you to the Giant Buddha, we had to take a 45 minute cable car ride to the top, it was beautiful!  We toured around Giant Buddha and the Po Lin Monastery. We did some shopping at the Ladies Market that night and then headed back to the hotel.

Tuesday we went to Victoria Peak which over looks the entire city of Hong Kong and across the harbour to Kowloon. We than went to Ocean Park which was awesome, it was like Sea World but right on the ocean, the roller coasters pretty much hung over the ocean. We did a little more shopping that night and packed up to go home. 

This is from the first day we got there-before we got our hotel room. 

This is at the bar district...Lan Kwai Fong....it was packed every night

This picture was taken from Kowloon, it's on the mainland looking back at Hong Kong island.

 

Kowloon

 

This was our interpreter Isabelle-Thank goodness she was there to help us!

 This is the pool on top of the hotel...I sat here thinking about how it was snowing in Utah.

 

 Our hotel room

 

 Bathroom-it's hard to see but we had a great view of the city!

 

The tram ride up to Giant Buddha

 

The sign telling us which way New York was

 

Top of big buddha...you have a 360 degree view of HK island

 

 

 

 The cable car had a glass bottom...kind of freaky!

 

Enjoying the view of the ocean from the cable car

 

 This was the 2nd tram that we took to Victoria Peak-I swear it went straight up the mountain, it felt like a roller coaster.

 

Looking out on the city

 

 

This is at Ocean Park, one of the rides that is right on the ocean

 

 

I hate the rides that shoot you up or drop you so Dan had to go by himself.

 

It's hard to see but there is a panda bear behind us

Looking out at the amazing view

 

I am a very picky eater so it's hard for me to travel, I usually pack plenty of pop tarts, fruit snacks and granola bars but I found something I liked... mini chocolate cupcakes! I ate them every morning for breakfast! I also found out that Hong Kong has AMAZING french fries, I ate them every night for dinner!

 

Shopping at the night market

 

Our last night looking back at Hong Kong-I miss it already!

A few fun facts about Hong Kong:

*Cab drivers are crazy...worse than anywhere I have ever been!

*Cars are really expensive to own in HK so only the extremely wealthy drive them.....most private cars are worth over $100,000...I had never even heard of half the cars!

*All the drinks are served warm. NASTY

*Every night our maid would come in and shut our blinds for us.

*The subway is way cleaner and nicer then New York

*Nothing opens till 10am....and stays open till midnight

*Most people spoke enough English to get around

*I was asked over 50 times if they could get a picture with me (some people are from mainland China and don't see very many white people)

Once again we are so lucky that we are able to travel together and see so much of the world! We had such a great trip and are looking forward to going back next March!

Our 6th niece Maya Bell finally made her arrival on May 18th weighing in at 4lbs 12oz! I received a phone call from Tasha right after we were dropped off at the airport saying that her water broke and she was on the way to the hospital... it was hard to be stuck on the plane wondering how everything was going. This was my first time meeting little Maya, thank goodness for skype!

Congratulations Bells! 

 

A little preview of Maya's first photoshoot!

She is so tiny!