Back in Hong Kong

Saturday - 04 April
We decided to take the turbo ferry to Macua, an administrative region of China.

This was a BIG MISTAKE!!!  It was a Saturday, we did not have advance tickets and it seemed that all of Hong Kong was also going to Macau.  We purchased premier tickets in order to get on a ferry within 2 hours.  Luckily we purchased the return tickets at the same time.

After a 1 hour ferry ride, we arrived in the customs hall of Macau where we were all crushed in the ensuing crowded hall waiting to get through customs as it is separate from Hong Kong.  We stood in line for about 1 1/2 hours to get through the chaos.

We were so disheartened after that that all we wanted to do was get to the center of town to walk around and look at the sights.  We were accosted left and right with guys trying to sell us taxi tours of the area. 

All in all - we left at 9:00a in the morning and returned back to Hong Kong at 7:00p in the evening and only really spent 2 hours in Macau.  We visited some church ruins and then decided to walk down a little street that wasn't so crowded.  We found a little restaurant to have a quick lunch before we headed back to board the ferry. 

We found the center of Macau to be packed with the Chinese people on holiday.  It was insane.

We came back to Hong Kong and decided to have a nice dinner.  We found a little French restaurant that had good food.

Sunday - 04 April
Happy Easter!!

We decided to try our luck on another ferry trip today.  This time we went to Lamma Island.  This is the 3rd largest island which also has a very large power plant that provides all of the power for Hong Kong.

There were nice walking paths from one end of the island to the other and we decided to walk to the other end.  It was nice weather on the island as it was cloudy and misty in Hong Kong.

We were going to have lunch but decided that we wanted to have afternoon high tea at the Peninsula Hotel in Kowloon.  As if we didn't get enough ferry rides, we took the ferry from Lamma Island to Hong Kong Central Pier - hopped off the boat and then headed to another pier to catch another boat to Kowloon.

We made it to the Peninsula to find a long line waiting for tables.  We decided to go to the Sheraton Hotel next door and had a nice lunch there.

We are now back at our hotel in Hong Kong waiting for Mike & Nina to get freshened up as they get ready for their flight back to London later this evening.

This is our last night in Hong Kong, so Karel and I will go out for a nice meal somewhere.  We catch our flight back to Chicago around 12:30p tomorrow afternoon and should be landing around 2:00p the same afternoon.

We hoped you enjoyed this blog as much as we have enjoyed our trip and keeping you all up to date.

TTFN,
Deb & Karel