Hong Kong has been an adventure! We began the day (Saturday) - just hanging out in the room watching TV until about 8:00. Then we headed down to the concierge to get our tickets for the shuttle to Ocean Park. Shuttle didn't leave until 10:30 so we decided to venture out - blindly - with no map walking around a huge city. We had time so we wandered. About 15 minutes of walking - we saw a hospital, Dental school, Health education centre, and about four universities - we landed in the heart of one of Hong Kong ' s street markets. Amazing!!!!
There was clothing & fresh food galore, including fresh meat hanging all around. We even saw a booth filled with CANDY! We ended up purchasing grapes for 10$Y/pound = about $1.41. After thoroughly washing them in bottled water mommy enjoyed them....oh yum!
After that we got lost! Well not really - but really - we had wandered through many streets and tents just taking in the scenery and not paying attention to our directions. Needless to say - after we found McDonald's - we probably spent 20 minutes retracing all of our steps. We made it safely back to our hotel with no regrets. Actually we would have gone back later in the evening to eat at a hometown type restaurant - they are everywhere - but we were too tired.
At 10:45am we took the shuttle to Ocean Park. We arrived at the park gate at 11:00am. This is a fairly large attraction site in Hong Kong. It's like an Omaha Zoo, Sea World and Disneyland all-in-one park. Wow! We walked a lot, got good exercise, rode some rides, waited in lots of lines, and even had some amusement park food. It was so cool to see pandas, sharks, and many other ocean animals. We even rode a cable car. Ocean Park is right next to the Ocean. Just gorgeous views....breathtaking!
We have noticed the culture seems much louder than the US. It must be that their language is defined by the pronunciation of words. Well, mommy fits right in with having ONE volume. LOUD!
A bit exhausted we tried to find our free hotel shuttle back from Ocean Park. We decided to take a cab because mommy and Jeremiah were sick of waiting and we knew it was only about a five minute ride back (cheap ride). That ride was short and sweet. Costed 51$Y = $7.21. Yeah! (We missed the memo that the hotel provides free shuttle TO Ocean Park - not To and From) Ha!
Hotel = Pillow = Sleep at 8:00pm. We crashed for the night. Joys of jet lag and a long day packed with fun.
Hong Kong is beautiful but how we long to arrive in Chongqing. We fly out Sunday at 12:20 in the afternoon and arrive at Chongqing at 2:30. So at 12:30 am CST we will be in Kalyn's city!!!!!!!
Praising God that he has kept us safe. We pray that he is prepare Kalyn's heart as he has prepared ours.
WE ARE IN LOVE WITH A CHILD WE HAVE NEVER MET! To God Be The Glory!!!
Jeremiah's High = the Ocean Park
Jeremiah's Low = I was tired
Daddys High = Ocean Park and the cable car was pretty cool
Daddys Low = I am tired
Mommy's High = The cable car ride next to the ocean.
Mommy's Low = the darn shuttle waiting. Free doesn't always mean convenient and on time.
**My camera battery died from taking pictures all day at Ocean Park. I wasn't able to download any photos to post online. I will once we are in Chongqing and can use our outlet converter.**
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