Sunday, we headed to south Hong Kong island after a Dim Sum breakfast in Tsim Sha Tsui.
We took the open air double decker bus which dropped us off first in Aberdeen harbor, and then in Stanley. We passed Happy Valley horse race track, Ocean Park, Repulse Bay, Deep Water bay and lots of expensive properties with luxury cars and yachts.
In Aberdeen harbor, it was shocking to see the vast differences in the gigantic sleek yachts, and the ragged house boats of the remaining boat people who live on the water. Today, as we passed the scores of run down high rises which the majority of the population calls their home, and then saw the luxurious lifestyle of the wealthy Hong Kong vacationers, it became apparent how vastly different their lives must be.
Highlights of the day...
walking the Nathan Road 'Golden Mile', a neon signed wonderland of both luxury and seedy shopping options.
...also, riding the top deck of the open air bus as we wound through HK island - speeding along the skinny, tree lined hilly roads as the orange sun lowered against the South China Sea
We took the open air double decker bus which dropped us off first in Aberdeen harbor, and then in Stanley. We passed Happy Valley horse race track, Ocean Park, Repulse Bay, Deep Water bay and lots of expensive properties with luxury cars and yachts.
In Aberdeen harbor, it was shocking to see the vast differences in the gigantic sleek yachts, and the ragged house boats of the remaining boat people who live on the water. Today, as we passed the scores of run down high rises which the majority of the population calls their home, and then saw the luxurious lifestyle of the wealthy Hong Kong vacationers, it became apparent how vastly different their lives must be.
Highlights of the day...
walking the Nathan Road 'Golden Mile', a neon signed wonderland of both luxury and seedy shopping options.
...also, riding the top deck of the open air bus as we wound through HK island - speeding along the skinny, tree lined hilly roads as the orange sun lowered against the South China Sea
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