Saturday, March 23rd
First I want to add some photos I took yesterday as we sailed into Hong Kong harbor and docked at 1pm.
We will be docking here on HK island.
Hong Kong Island--Financial district and where we are docked.
A look across the bay at Kowloon Peninsula.
High speed boats running back and forth to Macau. The only place in China where it is legal to gamble.
Display of fruit they set up on the pool deck.
We will be doing the 4 hour "Living Traditions of Hong Kong" tour this afternoon. Last night quite a few passengers were on tours or dining in town so we managed to pick up a reservation at Prime 7 steakhouse. Also we were reunited with our old friend, Goren. He boarded the ship in the afternoon and is now the new Food & Beverage manager. We met Goren and his wife, Erica, on our South America cruise last year where he was the Assistant F&B manager. The F&B manager he is responsible for all the bars and restaurants on the ship. It's a big job.
The chef and his staff do food displays on sea days. Each display is a different theme and they are all beautiful. Also at lunch time every day at sea he has a different theme buffet out on the pool deck. Some examples so far are: Mongolian, stir fry, Spanish, Chinese, plus there is always hamburgers and hotdogs being grilled to order.
It's now 5pm and we are back from our tour. I mentioned yesterday that Hong Kong was a vertical city because of its limited size. There are over 2000 skyscrapers here which is 4 times the number in New York City.
Name of our tour today
First stop on tour was the Tin Hua Temple, built in mid 1800's.
People burnt incense and prayed to Buddha for everything.
This place would drive our USDA inspectors crazy.
Think I would pass on these squid.
Second stop was the "wet market" where people bought fresh meat, fish, and vegetables.
Then we hopped on one of these double-decker trams for ride across city.
We also stopped at a local tea house for coffee or tea and a little lemon tart. We were in this same place 3 years ago on our world cruise. We walked through some of the streets to get a flavor of local life. It is Saturday and I think 6 million of the 7 million who live in HK were out shopping.
We sail at 11pm tonight and will be at sea tomorrow. We are now in the warmer climates for rest of the cruise. It was 80 degrees here today but quite pleasant.
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https://goo.gl/photos/Y8URB8LPXYNmZSRL8
First I want to add some photos I took yesterday as we sailed into Hong Kong harbor and docked at 1pm.
The chef and his staff do food displays on sea days. Each display is a different theme and they are all beautiful. Also at lunch time every day at sea he has a different theme buffet out on the pool deck. Some examples so far are: Mongolian, stir fry, Spanish, Chinese, plus there is always hamburgers and hotdogs being grilled to order.
It's now 5pm and we are back from our tour. I mentioned yesterday that Hong Kong was a vertical city because of its limited size. There are over 2000 skyscrapers here which is 4 times the number in New York City.
First stop on tour was the Tin Hua Temple, built in mid 1800's.
The carrots were huge!
We also stopped at a local tea house for coffee or tea and a little lemon tart. We were in this same place 3 years ago on our world cruise. We walked through some of the streets to get a flavor of local life. It is Saturday and I think 6 million of the 7 million who live in HK were out shopping.
We sail at 11pm tonight and will be at sea tomorrow. We are now in the warmer climates for rest of the cruise. It was 80 degrees here today but quite pleasant.
https://goo.gl/photos/CE5FmHadP4FppE4L9
https://goo.gl/photos/Y8URB8LPXYNmZSRL8
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