So, our last day in Hong Kong, and the end of the trip in our first country. We’ve had a great few days here, but took it a little easier on the last day as we’ve worn ourselves out pretty much with all the walking. BTW, we’ve been keeping a track of our steps through our travels with our tally on this page, Steps per day.
However, we’re not ones to stop all together so we decided to walk and find coffee. A fairly constant in our everyday lives, and our travel days, is that we do like a good cup of coffee. We walked about five minutes from our hotel and found a good looking coffee shop. Let’s say most of the air con in Hong Kong is good, keeps you nice and cool, but the air con in this coffee shop was on another level; it was like being sat in a deep freezer. I’m not sure if the coffee came hot, but within minutes it was like us; freezing. We drank up and made off, having parted with a lighter wallet (more expensive than Sydney at $16 for a cappuccino and a latte!).
Next we headed to the Hong Kong History Museum, which is opposite the Science Museum we visited a couple of nights ago. Some of this museum was good, but generally it was somewhat underwhelming. A lot of the narrative appeared very negative towards how Hong Kong and the Chinese had been treated, and maybe they had been treated poorly….but full interpretation was difficult due to very little English information boards being available. In this museum though there appeared to be a very biased view. At least there was no admission fee here.
Wendy wanted to have a walk through Kowloon Park like she had many years ago with Toby. We were visiting Hong Kong, and I was looking after Ben in our hotel as he hadn’t been well, and Wendy and Toby went out for a walk through the streets close to our hotel. They walked through Kowloon Park, and Wendy had a very vivid memory of the aviary there, so that is where we made a beeline to. The park is expansive, and there is a lot going on there. Of course, the aviary is still there and very well tended to. It’s not a big aviary, but in such a densely populated city, with skyscrapers and the hustle and bustle of each day, it’s a nice escape.
The delights of this multicultural city are everywhere, so as we walked through the park we stopped at a McDonalds kiosk to pick up a Macha Ice Cream, no soft serve here, only Macha. It was a new experience for me, and it was all good and fine. The cool touch of some ice cream on a hot and sticky day was very welcome. A little more expensive than an Australian McDonalds Soft Serve, but all the same it was delightful.
As the night fell on our last night in Hong Kong we decided we would go and see The Symphony of Lights around the Avenue of Stars. The crowds were out to see this spectacular which happens every night. They don’t use fireworks in Hong Kong, but rely of this show of laser and light technology. You can see the show from either Kowloon or Hong Kong Island, but the popular place is where we were, on Kowloon. Tonight was not the night though as there had been forecast a Typhoon Level 3 coming through. It had been a little windy through the day, but by the time night came there was very little wind at all. We missed out on our last night of seeing one of the events that draws the crowds each night. Hey ho, we still have lots more to see over the coming weeks.
And off to our last night in Hong Kong before an early rise to get the bus to the airport, and head off to Beijing.
