Hong Kong

So, after the fun of visas we actually did have a chance to enjoy Hong Kong. We wandered around a few different districts, and then took the Star ferry over to Kowloon bay. Wandered a bit and enjoyed the outdoor markets. A lot of good fake watches and all, it was fun just to browse.

Tina wanted to stop at an oyster and wine bar at the Sheraton, so we wandered up and ordered a nice bottle of wine and an seafood platter. The food was amazing and we had a great view of Hong Kong island and the lights.

While we are eating the music stops and the piped in music starts announcing company names, odd we think, and then realise that all the buildings across the bay have gone dark. As each company is named a building lights up, it was like a band announcing it's group members. And on drums we have the Bank of China building....

After the introduction, we get a laser light show set to music with all the buildings in Hong Kong taking part in it. Really something amazing to see, and to think it was an accident by us. Apparently they do this every night at 20:00, the night before we were sitting in a bar not realising that all this was going on around us. We were lucky to see it, the guide book told us about the view from the restaurant but not about the light show. We wonder if it is something new, at an Irish pub later the waitress tells us that she's been living in HK for 8 years and has never seen the light show.

We met a lot of other ex-pats and travellers, and spent far too long at the pub. Last night we arrived home at 04:00, and somewhere in our travels I lost my ball cap.