12 - 15 March 2018
Hong Kong Garden
We flew to Hong Kong next day and were incredibly weary on arrival at 11
pm local time and 4 am by our body clocks. The city was much as we expected it
to be; an exceptionally hectic place with dilapidated housing among new high-rise
buildings and a heavy focus on shopping. During our sta
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| Kowloon Park |
For the second morning we had pre-booked an
island tour which covered the south of the island, taking in the funicular
railway to Victoria Peak, Aberdeen harbour where we had a ride in a sampan,
Stanley and Repulse Bay. Sadly, the day was grey and drizzly, so we missed out
on the views from the peak.
That evening we went across to Kowloon on the ferry for a second time in
order to see the light show. We thought this was a bit disappointing, although
the illuminated buildings themselves were spectacular.
Our flight didn't leave
until 23.30 so we had a third day; in the morning we had a look at the Times
Square building, which took us through the busy food market, and ventured onto
the tram system in the afternoon to travel as far as Hong Kong garden, an
absolute haven completely surrounded by spangly high rise towers. Interesting
fact: apparently there are 16,000 species of butterfly in the world. 1300 of
those are found in China, 235 on the island of Hong Kong and 48 in the parks in
Hong Kong. We spotted just one!
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So time to go home. We have certainly had a wonderful trip.
We both loved New Zealand and I had underestimated its appeal - scenery,
wildlife, Maori culture and history, geology .... And I doubt we would have
visited Singapore, Sydney and Hong Kong except in conjunction with New
Zealand. So, all in all, a great adventure.
