We took the bus down to the southern part of Hong Kong Island to go to Stanley Market, which is one of the larger and more popular markets on Hong Kong Island. The bus ride took about 45 minutes and brought us to this village right on the water. We found a great "local" place to eat at where no one spoke English and there were no other tourists there and then we walked through the market to see what all the vendors were selling. A lot of the merchandise was pretty touristy and we didn't buy anything. It was very beautiful down there and the water looked a lot like the Mediterranean with lots of smaller islands in the distance.
We walked along the boardwalk and the took the double decker bus back into the city which was an adventure in and of itself. The roads are very narrow and we all had top, front row seats on the double decker bus so the trees were hitting the windows and the turns and oncoming traffic was a little un-nerving! It was a great little ride because we got to see another side of Hong Kong Island and it was very touristy and almost a vacation spot down there!
At night we went up to the 41st floor of our hotel to a bar called 188 degrees which has amazing views of downtown Hong Kong and Kowloon. The picture does not do this city justice! The lights are more amazing and brighter than Vegas, and the building are amazing as well. Each night they do a light and laser show with all the lights of the city flashing and it is supposedly pretty awesome. It was hazy the night we watched and it was hard to see so it wasn't all that impressive. I thought the lights alone were impressive enough and they way they reflected on Victoria Harbor!
After the light show we hopped in a cab to go to the south side of the harbor to go to a super touristy restaurant called the Jumbo Floating Restaurant.... and a Jumbo Floating Restaurant it is. We got dropped off by the cab at a pier where a little water taxi took us across the water to the restaurant. We had to go past a lot of amazing yachts to get there and it was all a neat experience although the food wasn't really the best...
We took the bus down to the southern part of Hong Kong Island to go to Stanley Market, which is one of the larger and more popular markets on Hong Kong Island. The bus ride took about 45 minutes and brought us to this village right on the water. We found a great "local" place to eat at where no one spoke English and there were no other tourists there and then we walked through the market to see what all the vendors were selling. A lot of the merchandise was pretty touristy and we didn't buy anything. It was very beautiful down there and the water looked a lot like the Mediterranean with lots of smaller islands in the distance.
We walked along the boardwalk and the took the double decker bus back into the city which was an adventure in and of itself. The roads are very narrow and we all had top, front row seats on the double decker bus so the trees were hitting the windows and the turns and oncoming traffic was a little un-nerving! It was a great little ride because we got to see another side of Hong Kong Island and it was very touristy and almost a vacation spot down there!
At night we went up to the 41st floor of our hotel to a bar called 188 degrees which has amazing views of downtown Hong Kong and Kowloon. The picture does not do this city justice! The lights are more amazing and brighter than Vegas, and the building are amazing as well. Each night they do a light and laser show with all the lights of the city flashing and it is supposedly pretty awesome. It was hazy the night we watched and it was hard to see so it wasn't all that impressive. I thought the lights alone were impressive enough and they way they reflected on Victoria Harbor! 
After the light show we hopped in a cab to go to the south side of the harbor to go to a super touristy restaurant called the Jumbo Floating Restaurant.... and a Jumbo Floating Restaurant it is. We got dropped off by the cab at a pier where a little water taxi took us across the water to the restaurant. We had to go past a lot of amazing yachts to get there and it was all a neat experience although the food wasn't really the best...
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