Saturday, September 09, 2006
9 Sep
Hi, everybody on the last full day of our trip. This is Sarah having a little breakfast in the room. She is making what we affectionately refer to as "the China face." We had breakfast in the room too with some stuff we bought in the supermarket last night. If you had a chance to go to the hotel's website you'll know why. Brian wasn't up for paying like 50 bucks a piece for an orange. Yes, I exagerate but not by much.
We went a morning sightseeing tour around the island. First we went to some funky temple, but it was a quick stop and not worth the effort to even take a picture.
Then went to Victoria's Peak via the cable tram. Here's a couple of shots from the top -- a little cloudy.
Believe it or not, there's a Burger King at the Peak...I paid about $3 USD to verify the quality of a double cheeseburger. Yummy!
Next we went to the Aberdeen Fishing Village. The "village" is where the fishermen live on their boats. They say this will all be gone in a couple of years as the government will develop the South side of the island. Here's us on a sampan and a big floating restaurant called Jumbo.
Then is started raining...Sarah is still happy.
But by the time we got to Stanley Market it wasn't raining there.
If you think our expressions are looking kind of resigned or tired, it's because we're about ready for this trip to be over. We're leaving HK tomorrow at 12:45p.m. and scheduled to land in Chicago at 2:17p.m. (still on Sunday). Not bad, 14 1/2 hours in the air and only 90 minutes go by on the clock. It's mid-afternoon now. I may add some more later.
We figured out how to use the subway which was very foreigner-friendly and we went to...
this market teeming with people. It's like every HK moive you've ever seen. After a little shopping we went on the hunt for a little supper and found...
...this place. The orange pickled squid was a little much for us so we ended up at this nice little Japanese restaurant and had some tasty bowls of sweet soy chicken in rice. I got a beef and chicken combo bowl. Sarah ate both the beef and chicken plus a biter biscuit then she discovered...
...Hagen-Daz. She just loved the Coffee Almond Crunch bar.
It's Sat. night now and we're packing up to go home (at least to the U.S.) tomorrow. We'll be out of touch until Sunday late-afternoon. We're staying at an Embassy Suites in Downtown Chicago on Sunday night. Will visit the Brazilian Consulate on Monday morning to get a visa for Sarah, then we should be in Wichita around 5p.m. on Monday afternoon if all goes well.
I'll try to post something on Sunday afternoon in Chicago. I hope you've enjoyed following our journey. It's been fun writing about each day we've had. We have a ton more pictures than I've been able to post plus some video. We enjoyed great health and good spirits throughout the trip, thanks to all who have been praying for us. We're ready to go home. Like I said before, if you have any questions just post as a comment and I'll try to answer or you can email us at faobr@brturbo.com.br
We'll be back in Brazil on Sat. 16 Sep and it'll be a while before we get back to the States. Bye.
We went a morning sightseeing tour around the island. First we went to some funky temple, but it was a quick stop and not worth the effort to even take a picture.
Then went to Victoria's Peak via the cable tram. Here's a couple of shots from the top -- a little cloudy.
Believe it or not, there's a Burger King at the Peak...I paid about $3 USD to verify the quality of a double cheeseburger. Yummy!
Next we went to the Aberdeen Fishing Village. The "village" is where the fishermen live on their boats. They say this will all be gone in a couple of years as the government will develop the South side of the island. Here's us on a sampan and a big floating restaurant called Jumbo.
Then is started raining...Sarah is still happy.
But by the time we got to Stanley Market it wasn't raining there.
If you think our expressions are looking kind of resigned or tired, it's because we're about ready for this trip to be over. We're leaving HK tomorrow at 12:45p.m. and scheduled to land in Chicago at 2:17p.m. (still on Sunday). Not bad, 14 1/2 hours in the air and only 90 minutes go by on the clock. It's mid-afternoon now. I may add some more later.
We figured out how to use the subway which was very foreigner-friendly and we went to...
this market teeming with people. It's like every HK moive you've ever seen. After a little shopping we went on the hunt for a little supper and found...
...this place. The orange pickled squid was a little much for us so we ended up at this nice little Japanese restaurant and had some tasty bowls of sweet soy chicken in rice. I got a beef and chicken combo bowl. Sarah ate both the beef and chicken plus a biter biscuit then she discovered...
...Hagen-Daz. She just loved the Coffee Almond Crunch bar.
It's Sat. night now and we're packing up to go home (at least to the U.S.) tomorrow. We'll be out of touch until Sunday late-afternoon. We're staying at an Embassy Suites in Downtown Chicago on Sunday night. Will visit the Brazilian Consulate on Monday morning to get a visa for Sarah, then we should be in Wichita around 5p.m. on Monday afternoon if all goes well.
I'll try to post something on Sunday afternoon in Chicago. I hope you've enjoyed following our journey. It's been fun writing about each day we've had. We have a ton more pictures than I've been able to post plus some video. We enjoyed great health and good spirits throughout the trip, thanks to all who have been praying for us. We're ready to go home. Like I said before, if you have any questions just post as a comment and I'll try to answer or you can email us at faobr@brturbo.com.br
We'll be back in Brazil on Sat. 16 Sep and it'll be a while before we get back to the States. Bye.
