Lunar New Year - 香港 HK1

After our jam-packed, whirlwind 48 hour tour of Beijing, we headed to spend the remainder of the holiday bumming around Hong Kong. In HK, the only plans we had was a long list of street food and local cuisine to try. We had no tours booked nor any sights to see. We were there to consume and meander, and fortunately, HK is south enough that, unlike Beijing, the weather allowed us to do that comfortably.

Andrew is looking more dweeb-like than usual

We realized just before leaving Korea that there was a scheduling error on Hostelworld.com for our room in Hong Kong when we received a travel reminder. Our room was reserved for Saturday and Sunday nights, when we needed Friday and Saturday. At the time we were stressed and annoyed because we didn't find out until all rooms at a reasonable rate were booked do to the holiday. In the end, we settled on the Central Park for Friday night, and our original place on Saturday.

Welcome to the Central Park Hotel, here are some Pringles...

Our View
HK is huge!

The Kindle: Not a good medium for a guide book

Ready to explore!

HK play money!

Our first snack stop:
Tsui Wah Restaurant

Tsui Wah (no clue how that's pronounced) was an awesome, 24 hour Asian diner. It had everything from sandwiches to curries to chicken wings to milkshakes!

A milk-tea and a cup of borscht for Andrew

A pork bun sammy for Judy

Year of the Rabbit

Dirty Gucci Display

Plastic, to-go wine!

Just peal back the foil, and bam, you've got a glass of wine! Marks & Spencer, you've thought of everything.

Baby wine and cheese picnic in the park

Do you think these girls have any clue they're posing in front of Thomas Sutherland, the founder of HSBC?

A hefty fine for Littering, Spitting or Dog fouling in public places...

Botanic Gardens

There were a lot of stairs involved in this trip...

Raise it!

Hong Kong was never ending

Scariest hawk, EVER!

There was a swarm of them circling outside the hotel, and as Andrew was watching them, this one repeatedly broke from the circle and dove directly at the window, specifically right at Andrew's face. It was so scary. Each time that thing attacked and it's claws hit the window, Andrew involuntarily let out a girly shriek!

An upgrade from Judy

Girls Night Out

Hanging out after dinner

The $5 bills have a clear hole in them!