We're Home (home home in CA)

Just got in after spending this morning (clock/calendar time) at Hong Kong Disneyland! Pictures and text to follow.

Hong Kong

Today we said good-bye to the rest of the families who had travelled to Hong Kong with us. We had decided to take a few extra days to get to see some of the sights in Hong Kong we hadn’t seen on our last trip. So today we took a train from our airport hotel into Hong Kong proper. We then made our way to the Peak Tram which is one of Hong Kong’s landmarks. The tram rises to more than (1,299 ft.) above sea level in just seven minutes. At the top there are shops, restaurants and a viewing platform with a 360 degree panoramic view. One of the restaurants, up the top was Bumba Gump, Rachel’s favorite place to have lunch in Monterey s so we had lunch up on top of the Peak overlooking the view of Hong Kong. The top of the peak is marvelous for picture taking, so Simon was in his element. I was busy watching the girls and not exactly loving how high up we were. (I’m not particularly fond of heights), but have to agree the view was spectacular. I was very happy to sit on the bench away from the glass railings and was glad when we finally reached the bottom of the peak.

Next we took a ferry across the harbor and did a bit of window shopping in Kowloon and then the highlight of the day for the girls was ice cream and the pool. Sarah managed to get my ice cream in addition to her own. Well, tomorrow we have decided to take the girls to Disney Hong Kong which is about 10 minutes away from our hotel and then we leave for CA in the afternoon. The next time we post will probably be at the airport on in CA.