We ended up with basically Friday in Hong Kong. Making the most of our time has become one of our fortes. It was a rainy overcast day but we made the most of it. We made our way to the Hong Kong Museum of Art at opening and walked through it. There was a major exhibit about the Chinese influence on the art of France during time of Matisse and earlier. Lots of ceramics collected by French kings and the like and even including a few owned by Matisse. Then we walked through the HK Cultural Centre and found a Starbucks to sit in for a bit as the rain was thick and fast.
Next stop was the Star ferry, from Kowloon to Hong Kong island. We found the bus that took us to the Peak tram, a funicular railway. It was like a Wonderland ride for Katherine. Very moody as the mountain top was enveloped in mist. Later the fog lifted some and we were able to see the wonderful view. We tried to walk around a bit while at the peak but the rain really didn’t make it all that enjoyable. Next stop was a dim sum restaurant before descended the mountain.
Back in Kowloon, we went to the Hong Kong Museum of History. It gave a tour through the history of Hong Kong with many colourful panoramas giving detail to HK’s past and present. It was very well done especially the replica of street life complete with shops and tram. There was a special exhibit of propaganda posters - graphically Coke ads meet red cheeked happy and hard-working youth. Too bad there were no posters to buy- later on we found the same posters reproduced on playing cards- thank goodness.
Next stop was the Temple street night market. We had been told about it by some stewardess’s on one of our flights. We succumbed to some more shopping and have added to our collection of knock-off Sport Sac bags. One of the purchases included a proud sewn in label on the outside of the bag announcing that it was 'carefully made in the U.S.A.'
Back at the hotel, we had some more dim sum (Dawna’s fav Chinese meal) and then headed back to the harbour to see the famous Hong Kong night-time light show.
Wild weather- storm came up in only a couple of minutes. This shot is just outside the Hong Kong Museum of Art.
Only had the one day in Hong Kong. Sadly we flew economy on the way home so it was the endurance flight once again.
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