In the afternoon and evening on day two, we took the historic Star Ferry across the harbor to Kowloon. Kowloon used be the seedier, less developed part of Hong Kong, but like the rest of the city is now full of high rise office buildings, fancy hotels, and very expensive upscale shopping.
Along the waterfront is the Chinese version of the Hollywood Walk of Fame with celebrity signatures and handprints in the cement. You can see Marco comparing handprints with the most famous Chinese actor of all time - Jackie Chan.
During our four nights in Hong Kong we ate once at the CA Pizza Kitchen, twice at an great Italian restaurant called Fat Angelo's, and on this night in Kowloon we ate at a not-so-great Italian restaurant called the Spaghetti House. Kathleen and the kids were not interested in sampling the local Cantonese and seafood cuisine for which Hong Kong is famous. Kathleen's rationale was with the forced marches we were taking during the day, she did not have the energy or the interest to take on challenging local cuisine in the evening with four kids.
Everynight in Hong Kong there is a festival of lights show that is listed in the Guiness Book of World Records as the largest permanent light show in the world. There are spotlights and building lights that flash on and off to the beat of a music track every night at 8:00. I struggled to get a good picture of the light show at night as I could not find the right setting on my fancy DSLR camera. The night skyline above is by far the best picture I took and it was taken before the flashing light show began.
Again, you can hardly imagine the beauty of the night skyline that surround Victoria Harbor during the Hong Kong evenings. It was a spectacular sight.
Along the waterfront is the Chinese version of the Hollywood Walk of Fame with celebrity signatures and handprints in the cement. You can see Marco comparing handprints with the most famous Chinese actor of all time - Jackie Chan.
During our four nights in Hong Kong we ate once at the CA Pizza Kitchen, twice at an great Italian restaurant called Fat Angelo's, and on this night in Kowloon we ate at a not-so-great Italian restaurant called the Spaghetti House. Kathleen and the kids were not interested in sampling the local Cantonese and seafood cuisine for which Hong Kong is famous. Kathleen's rationale was with the forced marches we were taking during the day, she did not have the energy or the interest to take on challenging local cuisine in the evening with four kids.
Everynight in Hong Kong there is a festival of lights show that is listed in the Guiness Book of World Records as the largest permanent light show in the world. There are spotlights and building lights that flash on and off to the beat of a music track every night at 8:00. I struggled to get a good picture of the light show at night as I could not find the right setting on my fancy DSLR camera. The night skyline above is by far the best picture I took and it was taken before the flashing light show began.
Again, you can hardly imagine the beauty of the night skyline that surround Victoria Harbor during the Hong Kong evenings. It was a spectacular sight.
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