As tourists in Hong Kong... - Dec. 27 - 29

I've never been a tourist in Hong Kong. It was an interesting point of view to adapt as I took Ricky to the various attractions that never bothered to go to.

Dec. 27 - Victoria Harbour
I had allotted today for the "spectacular" views of the HK harbour as so often described in travel guidebooks to Hong Kong. However, the morning broke foggy and dreary, ugh, so unlucky! Nevertheless, Ricky did not have much time to spare in his whirlwind tour of HK, therefore we went according to plan.
We met up with Helen over on the Kowloon side on the "Avenue of the Stars." It's a little tourist attraction that Hong Kong came up with to copy Hollywood with handprints of the stars and all, except these are Asian stars. They als have a statue of Bruce Lee there, also a popular tourist attraction. Here are pictures of my handprint, compared to Andy Lau's (my childhood idol) and Ricky with Jackie Chan's. :)

That night, it started raining, so after walking around for a while, Ricky and I just went home and rested after eating dinner at the ramen place in Tsim Sha Tsui.

Dec. 28 - I don't remember what we did on the 28th... pathetic right? :) That's what happens when you don't update your blog in a timely fashion!

Dec. 29 - Mom, Dad, Helen, Ricky and I drove out to Sai Kung, an area of Hong Kong famous for it's seafood for lunch. The day was beautiful, sunny and breezy! We walked along the ocean front looking for a good place to eat and admiring the views. It was amazing how clear water can be in Hong Kong. I always felt that the little island is so incredibly polluted, but in Sai Kung, you could see the fish swimming in the sea, and there were schools of them right by the pier, very pretty.

We decided to have lunch at Hung Kee, one of the first restaurants we came across. The way it works in Sai Kung is that each restaurant has tanks of fresh seafood sitting out side. Crabs, fish, lobster, shrimp, squid, they are just happily swimming around. Then you come along and go, I want that one...and the next thing they know, they are cooked and on your table. Ha ha...sounds cruel...but Chinese people need their food fresh, and there is nothing more fresh than seeing them swimming around one minute, watch them being caught, and then see them sitting on your table...as a dish! :) After lunch, Ricky and my Mom went and explored the seafood for sale by the pier. Fishermen go out and catch what they can, then sell it right out of little boats to people onthe pier. It's a pretty cool experience.

After Sai Kung, we drove back to the city. We were scheduled to have dinner at Grandma's that night, so we went and hung out there for a while. Because we were bored, Ricky and I went to the Hong Kong Products Expo taking place in Victoria Park. The Park is just a block from my grandma's so we figured we'd go check it out. The place was really crowded. But we navigated through and I got to try a lot of free taster's food. Soup, noodles, candy, dried pork, sauces, medicines, you name it! I thought it was kinda fun. :) But just too crowded...we bought some snacks: nuts and crackers and famous HK milk tea...and went home with many packages.