Can we get on with it, please?

Hong Kong is a huge and beautiful city, but we would just as well be with our daughter in Hefei, thank you. We are biding our time very impatiently and trying to have a little fun in the process. Today we took a tour of Hong Kong. It was rainy and foggy all day except for the mid-afternoon. We started by going to Victoria Peak on Hong Kong Island, where our hotel is. From here, one is able to see all of the island and the famous Victoria Bay that separates Hong Kong Island from the Kowloon Peninsula and mainland China. Huge modern buildings surround the bay on both sides. We're told it is quite breathtaking. We saw fog and clouds! From there, we went to Stanley, a beach town on the sought side of the island. We saw the primary temple of Tin Hau, the bhuddist goddess of heavenly peace, or is it eternal tranquilty? Anyway, Tin Hau was a women sailor who lived around 64 AD who has been deified because she had supposed magical powers and saved sailors from storms. The temple was built in the 1300's. Afterward we went to the fishing town of Aberdeen where we saw the largest floating restaurant, appropriately named "Jumbo" and lots of fancy yachts and a bunch of the Sam Pan boats that are used as taxis. Here we are at the Sam Pan launch with the Jumbo restaurant behind us. I took a ride on a Sam Pan with Billy, our tour guide, to see the large fishing boats, called "junks," and a boat city where many house boats are anchored in the bay and are the permanet residents for a lot of people. Karen decided not to brave the waves and had an adventure in a supermarket. Here is a Sam Pan similar to the one we rode.

After Aberdeen we decided the best option might be to sit and talk about Hong Kong, rather than continue to fight the rain. I can say, they make good beer here!