33/52 - Hong Kong

Week 33 of 52
Hong Kong

Last weekend, Mom and I went to Hong Kong for a visit.  I've only ever flown through the airport so it was fun to get out and explore a new place.  The weather was a bit on the chilly side by Singapore standards...although still a bit warm for Mom coming from Michigan.

Hong Kong reminded me of a bit of Singapore.  It has an Asian flare to it but is easy to get around and the majority of people speak English.  It is also similar to Singapore in that there are lots and lots of buildings and if you want to go shopping you could spend all of your time in the shops.

One notable difference was the size of the buildings...holy cow are they tall...

We went to one of the higher points in Hong Kong via cable car and got a great view of the central part of Hong Kong.

I had a little fun with one of the settings on my camera...

and also got a great picture of the two of us...

I think our favorite part of the visit was to the Stanley Market area on the south side of Hong Kong island.  It had much less of a city feel to it and there was a great market where we did some shopping. 

There were also a bunch of great cafes and restaurants.  We ate a cute place that was a bakery/cafe combined.  I was super excited because they had so many yummy cookies, cupcakes, brownies, lemonbars, etc to choose from!  Asia is not known for their baking so I was thrilled to find this place that was run by an American.

We spent the last evening of our weekend in Hong Kong on the Kowloon side.  We had a nice dinner and then took a walk along the water to view the amazing lights and skyline of Hong Kong...