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We got up late, so our first meal was more of a lunch. We picked this alleyway eatery just a block from our hotel. The waitress didn’t seem too happy about serving foreigners, but it worked out.
We crossed the harbor on the ferry in order to take yet another Big Bus tour, the blue line this time which traverses the Kowloon part of town.
A word about using the metro train system in Hong Kong — be prepared to walk, a lot. After finishing the blue line tour, we needed to get back to the other side of the harbor and foolishly thought it would be easier to take the metro than to walk back to the pier and take the ferry. Unfortunately, the metro system required a long long goose chase walk through underground tunnels. Would have been shorter to walk to the pier.
We also took the Big Bus night tour. We got off at the night market stop and walked through the night market. It was mostly disappointing and nothing we would want to buy. Although, the Star Wart Millennium Falcon was tempting (we also saw a Star Wnrt version). It would not fit in our suitcases, so we skipped it. We can probably find this in Shanghai anyway.
So, after another metro ride back to the island side of Hong Kong, we stopped into a restaurant close to our hotel and had a third meal. This is the sweet and sour pork, which we technically did not order, but it was very good.
Friday is our last day and will be mainly packing and getting to the airport. So, to sum up our Hong Kong experience and advice:
- Come when it is cooler, not in the miserable summer months.
- Be prepared to walk and walk and walk, sometimes at a steep angle.
- The Big Bus red and green line tours are worth it, but skip the blue line and the night tour.
- Eating can be very expensive unless you head for the alleys and eat at the scroungy looking places where locals are eating.
- The Butterfly Hotel on Wellington is a good choice.
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