Day 9 in China

Today was our last day in Hong Kong and we decided what better way to spend it than by climbing Dragon's Back to Shek O Peak and then chill down at the beach.  But first we hit up the Sheung Wan Post Office to send off some postcards and a package :)

We hopped onto the Underground and rode for about 20 minutes until the Shau Kei Wan stop, when we took a quick cab ride to the start of Dragon's Back hike, which ended up being about 2 hours with multiple stops and laugh breaks.

View of Stanley Peninsula

Shek O Wan

Shek O Village

It was pretty windy at the top but also so sunny Ty actually agreed to put on Sunscreen (a rare occasion, he didn't even wear sunscreen in Mexico or Costa Rica).  We saw a few other hikers and even a young couple with their 5 month Beagle.

Bamboo Forest

After climbing back down to Shek O Road we ended up waiting for about 15 minutes for a bus to take us the rest of the way to the village.  After a delicious Thai lunch (as recommended by a couple at the Hong Kong Airport) and 2 super-large TsingTao beers we wandered down to the beach.

Relaxing beach view...$2.50 chair rental

By the time we got our act together, took the bus back to the Underground station, rode back to our stop, and walked to our hotel, it was 7:00pm and we were pooped!  We met a friendly Aussie last night on the Avenue of the Stars who gave us a brochure for the Pub Crawl so we are hoping to meet up with that crew later on...

Day 5 in China

This morning we rushed to check out of hotel to catch our flight to Hong Kong.  We struggled with our luggage down to the Metro with the crush of Monday Morning commuters...it was super awkward.

Once we made it onto the Airport Express train it was a lot less crowded and a smooth ride for the rest of the way.  After checking in for our flight and perusing the souvenir shops we had a great brunch (at 2pm) of Fried rice, fried mixed vegetables and noodles.  Had we known that the flight was going to offer a meal (yay!) we might have eaten less but still managed to eat all of the scrumptious vegetarian meal they gave us.

During the flight Hong Kong Airlines offered free movies, TV and games.  I watched Men In Black 2 and some of Little Miss Sunshine (one of my favorite movies!) and the 3 1/2 hour flight was over!

After landing and getting our luggage we met a couple from Oregon who were living in Hong Kong with their 3 children (all under 5 years old).  They recommended Shek O Beach and Dragon's Peak hike and told us they were super jealous of our travel plans.