Saturday, tour Hong Kong
We were on time for our outing today. It was a nice day and while there were 89 people the group did not seem that busy. We went to a few tourist places - the same ones that we went to 3yrs ago when we traveled for Lily.
I am posting photos of the apartment buildings in Hong Kong. They are amazingly tall. They are very densely populated here – the guide said that there are 6,400 people per km in Hong Kong compared to our 600 people per km in the USA. They do not have a one child policy in Hong Kong even though they are under Chinese rule. Hong Kong is very different than PR China.
We went out on a boat tour of a fisherman’s village. Each boat is a family’s home. Complete with kitchen, bathroom and TV. Many of the boats have dogs living on them.
Laundry – I see laundry out drying everywhere – on the house boats and the apartment buildings. I fit right in as I have laundry drying here in the hotel room. There are no laundry mats around – just laundry services (which are not self service, meaning more expensive) – I am doing fine washing daily by hand.
Lily is doing well traveling. The hardest part was the long flight here to Hong Kong. She also does not understand why we have not yet picked up her sister. And she seems to think that we’ve moved to Hong Kong – she is calling it her new home. We bought her a big balloon yesterday that I did not even think how we are going to get it on the plane tomorrow. And I started last night to prepare Lily last night that she might not be able to take it when we fly into PR China. Her reply was that’s ok we can leave it here and it will be here waiting for us when we get back from China.
I am posting photos of the apartment buildings in Hong Kong. They are amazingly tall. They are very densely populated here – the guide said that there are 6,400 people per km in Hong Kong compared to our 600 people per km in the USA. They do not have a one child policy in Hong Kong even though they are under Chinese rule. Hong Kong is very different than PR China.
We went out on a boat tour of a fisherman’s village. Each boat is a family’s home. Complete with kitchen, bathroom and TV. Many of the boats have dogs living on them.
Laundry – I see laundry out drying everywhere – on the house boats and the apartment buildings. I fit right in as I have laundry drying here in the hotel room. There are no laundry mats around – just laundry services (which are not self service, meaning more expensive) – I am doing fine washing daily by hand.
Lily is doing well traveling. The hardest part was the long flight here to Hong Kong. She also does not understand why we have not yet picked up her sister. And she seems to think that we’ve moved to Hong Kong – she is calling it her new home. We bought her a big balloon yesterday that I did not even think how we are going to get it on the plane tomorrow. And I started last night to prepare Lily last night that she might not be able to take it when we fly into PR China. Her reply was that’s ok we can leave it here and it will be here waiting for us when we get back from China.
posted by Kath | 2:57 AM
1 Comments:
Hello Kathy, Jon and Lily! Glad you all arrived safely. Love all the pics. That is a riot that Lily thinks that you have moved!!! Luke says " Have a good time in China, I miss you!" Liz says "Have some fun! Make sure everything goes good for you, that's it." Dan says "I hope I can see you soon, bye now!" Sam says "Good luck". We will check your blog daily. Love, Laura
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