Last Day

My last day in Hong Kong was blessed with superb weather.

My flight from Hong Kong was due to depart at 3.40pm. So that meant I'd check out of the hotel at midday, get the MTR to Hong Kong Station (where I'd use the in-town check-in) and then take the Airport Express to the airport.

Basically I had a couple of hours to kill between breakfast and doing my final packing and leaving the hotel. I took a 'relaxed' stroll down Lockhart Road to the Star Ferry and then crossed over to TST. On the 'other' side I just killed time watching the harbour traffic and the Chinese tourists. I saw a pretty huge Star Cruises ship dock at Ocean Terminal and was particularly envious of the chartered junks waiting pick up their passengers.

Before long it was time to start the journey home.........

Char Siu Fan

Despite overloading on curry at lunchtime I did ave enough room for some food later (much later though).

I was in Wan Chai for a couple of beers and to hopefully catch some of the National Day fireworks. Well the best view I had of the fireworks was on the TV at Joe Bananas as there were buildings obscuring half of the display.

I had actually started out at Mes Amis and then went to Joe Bananas after I realised I wouldn't be able to see much with my own eyes.

I think I prefer the bars in Wan Chai to Lan Kwai Fong. They just seem a bit more relaxed.

Anyway on my walk back to my hotel I decided I could face some food and stopped off at Tai Hing Roast (I'd gone there a couple of nights earlier) to get some Char Siu Fan (barbecued pork and rice) to take away. Two things to note: it was a total bargain at about HK$35 and it was bloody tasty. To be honest I left most of the mound of rice and just had the pork and vegetables.

Three

After the 'Noon Day Gun' firing I went straight to the Dicken's Bar for the curry buffet. Since today was a public holiday the buffet was actually a 'brunch buffet', however the only bit I was interested in was the curry section.

The added bonus was that for $100 extra you could choose to have unlimited beer. This was a no-brainer given that a couple of pints would cost that amount.

The title 'Three' refers to the number of times I 'visited the buffet'! As you can see I didn't just have curry. The food I ate was fantastic and the stuff I didn't try looked great.

Afterwards I was painfully full. My walk to the bus stop to catch the bus to Stanley was extremely uncomfortable. Fortunately by the time I got to Stanley I felt more comfortable and I had managed to keep my food in my stomach!

Bang

I saw the firing of the 'Noon Day Gun' for the first time. Very brief and very loud!

Sticky

After my breakfast this morning (fried noodles 'Indonesian Style') I went for a nice stroll!

My walk involved walking from my hotel in Causeway Bay, up to and then along Bowen Road, along Tregunter Path and then up Old Peak Road. I thought it would take longer than the hour and fifteen minutes than it did. Needless to stay I was a damp, steaming mess by the time I reached the peak!

I wasn't the only person walking up Old Peak Road, but those coming down definitely outnumbered those going up.

There looked like there had been some kind of race -- there were lots of people at the Peak wearing 'Victoria to the Peak' T-Shirts. Now that is real craziness.