I arrived in Hong Kong at 5:45 am on Sunday December 23rd after a 16 hr flight. Yikes!!! So I decided to head to Hong Kong city on a rainy Sunday morning. I did not know what to expect, and soon was presented with a very lively city. Lots of everything, traffic, people, a many, many tall buildings. I have to say the Hong Kong's skyline is the most impressive I have ever seen and growing by the day thanks to a booming Chinese economy. On my way to Hong Kong island, the train passed many shipyards with thousands and thousands of containers being loaded into ships, so we can get out cheap dollar store goods. In the afternoon, I took the Star Ferry to the Kowloon peninsula. There I found Kowloon park. This was a
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