Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Asia » China
July 31st 2013

Published: June 26th 2017

Geo: 22.33, 114.18Today was another full day of touring and running from sight to sight to try to get in as much as possible before the ship sailed. We started with a bus ride to Kowloon Public Pier for a cruise in Victoria Harbour with views of high-rise buildings all around. The boat passed by many waterfront areas continuing on to Eastern Harbour. After leaving that boat, we returned to the ... Read Full Entry

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Street Sign

Jumbo Floating Restaurant

Our lunch stop was a famous floating restaurant. It was so big that it was impossible to tell that it was floating, other than the fact that we had to take a shuttle boat to get to it. We were seated at a table for ten with other members of our tour and enjoyed a huge dim sum lunch.

Jumbo Floating Restaurant

Turntable where the waiters put the food. They brought dish after dish that we shared with the others at the table. We ate with two Australian couples, a man alone (his family wasn't on the tour), and a family of Dad and two sons who spoke Russian. But everyone seemed to enjoy the food.

Jumbo Floating Restaurant

We At It All

We're Stuffed after Lunch

Jumbo Floating Restaurant

At the Entrance to the Jumbo Floating Restaurant

Shuttle Boat

Sampan Driver

View from the Sampan

Ceiling of the Sampan

Houseboats

On the Sampan

But, but, but, we had eleven passengers plus the driver.

From the left in the front row: guava, Asian pear, melon, mango, and the dark fruits in the bottom right corner of the photo are mangosteens. Absolutely delicious!

Stanley Market Dog

During this trip we saw several dogs that had on complete outfits of clothes. I usually wasn't fast enough to snap a photo.

Stanley Market

LIbrary, There's a Library Nearby?

I went up the stairs to see the library. When I was going in the front door, a man stopped me and admonished me about taking photos in the library. It was not allowed. He didn't stop me from entering, just taking photos inside. It looked pretty much like a typical public library here.

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