- Hong Kong is truly a city of levels. Despite walking almost everywhere, we were rarely at street level. We were either walking below ground, or a few stories above ground. Public paths often went through the lobbies of private buildings. Escalators and elevators were everywhere.
- The city wasn't nearly as "Asian" as I expected. Not sure what I was looking for, but I was surprised at how Western everything was. Specifically, everyone dressed in Western and American styles - people even wore shorts. The city was modern. No bikes or tuk-tuks on the roads. All in all, just a very modern Western city.
- Lots of green in the city as well. Surprising how many parks there were in such a crowded city. But, we walked through quite a few of these parks and most of them had an aviary or small zoo or botanical garden. All very nice places for a stroll.
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| These trees - with the roots growing everywhere - were all over HK |
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| The harbor at night was gorgeous with all of the dazzling lights |
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| Love the ominous clouds |
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| Gorgeous boat in the harbour |
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| View of the city from the 50th floor |
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| Occupy Hong Kong - tents were there, but no people. |
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| Hong Kong is famous for its double-decker trams |
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| Hong Kong at night |
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| We went to Ocean Park - an amusement park built on top of a mountain the falls into the sea. AWESOME. |
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| Ocean Park was also half-zoo, with cute little red Pandas |
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| and awesome Giant Pandas |
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| World's 2nd largest sitting Buddha |
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| View from the cable car ride to Sitting Buddha |
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| Riding the world's longest escalator (although it was really a series of escalators) |
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| Bamboo scaffolding |
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| Hong Kong wet market - featuring live fish |
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| Enjoying a liter of beer with Aaron |
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