Neko and Sandra's one day adventure in Hong Kong

March 9
What a wonderful day!!!!

At the start of my vacation, Roma (my sister from another mother) asked if I would meet a friend (Neko) of hers in Hong Kong. We met in my hotel lobby this morning and hit it off right away. Neko had a whole day planned!

We walked to the Blue House. According to the Discover HK website, The Blue House is a four-storey house that was built in the 1920s. The distinctive blue colour was not a deliberate decision – the decorators only had blue paint, so a blue house it became. The building houses the Wan
Chai Livelihood Museum, where visitors can visit the Blue House's typical living quarters. Unfortunately, the museum was closed for renovations. Neko told me that the residents live in the building despite a lack of modern conveniences such as flush toilets.

We then walked over to Lei Tung Street, known as the Wedding Card Street. The street was famed in Hong Kong and abroad as a centre for publishing and for the manufacturing of wedding cards and other similar items. Lei Tung Street was demolished in December 2007 as part of an Urban Renewal Authority project and has recently been redeveloped as a luxury wedding shopping area.

An early lunch was next on the agenda. We went to the Kee's Roast Goose Restaurant where we had a delicious lunch.

It was then time to hail a taxi and head over to Stanley Maket and then over to the Plaza. We walked around the open-air market, then over to covered dock (behind us in the picture below). We sat there for awhile chatting and enjoying the quietness.

Then back into a taxi and we were off to Aberdeen Harbour where we had dim sum at the Jumbo Floating Restaurant.

We hopped onto a shuttle boat that took us over to the floating restaurant.

We got into another taxi and headed to Victoria Peak. It is the highest point on Hong Kong Island with an altitude of 554 meters (1818 feet) and is considered a landmark of the island. It is the best spot to have a bird's eye view of the Victoria Harbor and the whole thriving island. Views from the peak, the scenes are different between day and night.

The Peak Tram is very popular with tourists who want to see Victoria Peak. It was first built in 1888, and it feels antique. However, you can also drive to the top. As you travel the 1.4 kilometers, you can relax as you see a lot of Hong Kong Island, Victoria Harbor and Kowloon.

The line up to get on the tram

At the summit, we arrived at the Peak Tower. The unique "wok" shaped tower sits at an elevation of 396 metres. Viewing terraces located on different levels offers amazing views.

Unfortunately, it was very foggy at the top. This was our view....


But we made the most of it


There are more stores and Madame Tussauds Hong Kong also located in the tower. Since Neko and I have never been to Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum ever, we decided to go. We met many famous people....
Hanging out with Bruce Lee

Here Bruce is showing me some of his moves

And then there's royalty

Famous stars and movie characters

Korean and Chinese stars

And newsmakers...
Dr. Sun Yat Sun

Gandhi

I left Hong Kong when I was 10 years old... 48 years ago! I have many great childhood memories, some of these memories are of the places I revisited today. Best part of today was making new memories with a wonderful new friend. Thank you Neko, I haven't laughed so much in a long time.

Thanks for spoiling me too! Love this gift from you!