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Friday 17th of February
Is it so possible to put so many skyscrapers in such a small area of land? Hong Kong is overwhelming and those of you who have been will know what I mean.
We arrived early this morning and both of us stood on deck at 6.00am to watch our progress into port. As we made our way very slowly accompanied by the regulation pilot boat and two tugs we were amazed and excited at the thought of being here.
We were on a tour this morning and we were able to see so many things including the trip up to “the Peak” in the funicular railway. So steep is this, that when you pass by the multi high rise buildings, they look as if they are falling over. A view to remember from the top!
We then went on a trip around the “Shelter”; this is the part of the harbour that was used by the fishermen to shelter from typhoons. We went around in a Sampan. The shelter is crowded with house boats, floating restaurants, barges, fishing boats and all sorts of other vessels. People live on the Sampans and there is not much comfort to be had on board at all.
Next stop was Repulse Beach and this is a very nice beach and also has a number of shrines to differing gods and religions. Then we were back on Black Watch for lunch.
We had a good look around this afternoon at the Harbour shopping centre but then decided to have a trip around the main harbour on one of the ferries. The price of this is much dearer at night than at day. This is because of the spectacular view of Hong Kong at night from the water. However the nice man at the ticket office said that if we went on the 6.05 pm trip it would be daytime prices but it gets dark about 20 minutes later so we would get a waterfront view of the City by night without paying the extra price.
This trip was just wonderful! Hopefully we can put some of the pictures on the blog! If you’ve not been here then it’s one of the “musts” to do rather like the other cities in the world that have that “spectacular” reputation.
We have “MORE TIME” here tomorrow and then sail to Manila. This is a very memorable place, exciting and breath-taking. Not to be missed!
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