Hong Kong Trip Day 2

Our second day in Hong Kong was just as busy as our first, but first things first...gotta get your cup of coffee!

We took a taxi up to The Peak, where you can get a great view of the city. It took a little getting used to seeing cars driving on the left side of the road, and the driver sits on the right side of the car. We were originally planning on taking a tram up to The Peak, but the wait was 2 hours and for the same price you could take a taxi...and when you include the heat and humidity...of course we chose the taxi!

Tall building from the bottom of the hill. 

 

Can you see the same building in this picture?

 At The Peak we went to visit Madame Tussauds' wax museum. It was quite fun. I saw famous actors and historical figures I was familiar with, and many that I wasn't.

Always a favorite...Iron Man!!!

Lots of famous Chinese actors were in this wax museum.

I got to meet Jackie Chan. Hehe

Guess who's royalty?

Yup, it's Hitler. Stalin was also there and so were several other dictators.

Also got to meet Johnny Depp. It's amazing how life-like these wax figures are. I would see some people and think that they were wax figures, and then be surprised when they suddenly moved. Then see wax figures and think they were real people until you got real close.

No...I'm not short, Yao Ming is just that tall.

Panoramic view of Hong Kong from The Peak.

We ate McDonald's for lunch. It's just one of those things you've gotta try in each country you go to. We also had to make up for the interesting breakfast we had earlier that morning. The menu was exactly the same as that in the states, however I was told that they do have a couple Hong Kong specialty items on the dinner menu.

For dinner, we met up with one of Krista's friends, Oscar, and went to the Lantern Festival. There were so many people everywhere! Hong Kong is like New York City...at least half the population are tourists.

At the Lantern Festival. 

So many pretty lights!!!

 

Puppet show.

A High School orchestra getting ready to play at the Festival. The night before there was a traditional dance performance.

With Krista and Oscar.

This half-dome was covered with lights that changed with the music.

Getting ready to ride the Star Ferry.

Enjoying the city skyline.

As we were crossing over to Victoria Bay, this old Chinese ship crossed our path. Very cool!

I was told that while I was in Hong Kong, I had to try some mango drinks. Oscar took us to a well known mango dessert chain restaurant. It's a pretty popular place, especially with the heat. We had to wait outside in a line to get our drinks, as there was no room inside.

Got our drinks and are happy as can be.

Yummy mango shake with mango jelly.