We arrived at the Hong Kong International Airport after a 11 hour flight from Frankfurt. The airport is located on a man-made island as there was no room to put it anywhere else. The airport is a super-modern place, and is connected to the city by a comfy Airport Express train. HKD$100 will get you to the city in 30 minutes.
Our hotel for the first night was located in the Western District, on the street known to locals as "Dried Food Street." The reason it is called like that is that the majority of stores on this street sold dried fish and other dried food items. At times it smelled REALLY overpowering! We even saw a huge dried shark fin. You want it, they have it dried!
The next day we moved to the MetroPark hotel where we stayed for the duration of our visit in Hong Kong. This hotel had an amazing pool on the roof with a great view of Hong Kong, Kowloon and the Victoria Park. Victoria Park is a huge area with parks and courts for various sports (tennis, basketball, soccer). Every Sunday, this park is packed with Filipino nannies. I mean, you cannot walk through the park, as it is so full. This is the only day off for most of the nannies (which are predominantly Filipinos) so they all go to the park to chat with friends, call home (saw a bunch of phone cards and cell phones) and eat Filipino food.
Our first fancy supper was to a restaurant called Golden Bauhinia. Peking Duck is considered a delicacy here so that's what we had. They slice up the duck so that each slice contains a piece of the duck skin, which is considered to be the best piece. Then, you are given these thin rice wraps to make a tortilla with duck, lettuce and some sauce. Tasty! After that, we had some more good Chinese food. All in all, a great meal.
More details tomorrow...
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What a good picture of the feast marking our (Carla's/my) birthday. It was indeed spectacular! Gotta hand it to Colin and Edith: they sure know the great places to eat!
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