Hong Kong Day 2

Ni Hao all! Its Nicole here to fill you in about our trip. As for today, it was our first real day in Hong Kong. And wow. Hong Kong is an amazing place it has so many unique and beautiful aspects to it. First off we went up to Victoria's peak, which is a very lush with plant life, and also very expensive as we learned from our guide Calvin. He also mentioned that ambassadors live on Victoria's peak along with David Beckham, which makes sense when he said it's so expensive. Once we got to the top we enjoyed the view before we enjoyed the Starbucks and the shopping, it was alittle misty, but still very beautiful. Then we went down about half way down and got off the bus to take some pictures, the view was better, but still a little clouded by the mist. We made our way down Victoria's peak and then stopped at a market called Stanley's market. This was just like the flea market, but bigger and even cheaper. It was great, everyone bought so much, only to find out we were going to an even bigger market later called the ladies market. After the shopping we had a seafood lunch. This resturant was neat because it had everything that was used in the food alive in tanks. I mean I like my food fresh, but not that fresh. Ick! After our lunch we departed from the bus to take the subway to the ladies market. The subway was just like in the movies, which can be good and bad. Bad because there were so many people and good because it was so fast and efficient. Once off the subway we got to the ladies market. It was 10 times bigger then the Stanley market, and consisted of three parallel streets, one being electronics, another being vendors, the last one being a sports stuff. Everyone split up into groups to shop for about two hours. I can speak for the whole group when I say our feet were not happy with us at the end of these two hours. After this market we headed to a bus stop to take a double decker bus to dinner. Though not as efficient as the subway, it was still pretty quick to the destination. Our destination was a large street with many restaurants, people picked there preference, but the majority of our group picked Mcdonald's. Mcdonald's in China surprisingly tastes even better then American Mcdonald's. Once everyone was done eating we walked to the piers to watch a 15 minute light show. It was amazing, but I can't imagine the electric bill, since they do it every night. It was around 8:15 when the show ended, so we all regathered and took a ferry back to the area when our hotel was. This ferry ride took 10-15 minutes until we docked. Once off the ferry we had to take a tram back to the hotel, it was very slow compared to the subway and the bus, but we got to sight see the city more then usual. Exhausted we arrived at the hotel at 9:45, boy were we beat. Everyone made their way to the elevator to go to bed. It was a full and amazing day in Hong Kong. I just can't believe it is almost over.