We recently received our second set of visitors here in HK, 8 months in to our stay here and it was so lovely to see some old friends from the home country again. Just like last time, back in December, when our first set left, I found myself in a bit of an odd state of mind once we'd waved them off at some normally unseen hour on Saturday morning. Seeing close friends and family when you are usually so far away from them, can churn things up a bit. Emotionally. The visit was not emotional, it was great, we went out, had fun, saw some sights, ate too much, all the usual stuff you do with friends, and then it was all over. Time to re-integrate back into my HK life...for now...wondering when we'll see them again, and indeed where.
But enough pondering...here's some of the stuff we did in that week with our visitors...all typical Hong Kong sightseeing stuff.....
We visited the island of Lantau and made a stop at the village on stilts; Tai O.
We got the Star Ferry (the green one) over to Kowloon and strolled down the Avenue of Stars, admiring the ever-hazy view of Hong Kong Island...
We wandered around Central, admiring the impressively tall buildings.
We visited HK's alleged oldest and most important (Taoist) temple, Man Mo Temple, built in the 1840s as one of the new colony's first traditional-style temples. It's named after its 2 principal deities: Man, the god of literature and Mo, the god of war.
And no visit to Hong Kong would be complete without exposing yourself to a feeling of intense nausea, as you wander around the streets and alleyways of Sheung Wan's dried food markets. Not for the faint-hearted...or those with sensitive constitutions. I don't plan to return any time soon!
aww i loved that last post... and the wonderful pictures that accompanied it!! can't wait for my own visitor experience ;-) i saw liz today and she was still excited!!
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