Today we finally felt up to venturing away from the hotel a bit further.Here we are on Victoria Peak on Hong Kong Island with Victoria Harbor in the background. Our hotel is just over Randy’s left shoulder on the other side of the harbor in Kowloon. Kowloon is a neighborhood on the mainland part of Hong Kong. As I travel, my geography is improving!
It has been very cloudy so I was trying to schedule this tour on a sunny part of the day.I thought that it was becoming cloudy again but the tour guide said it was actually the smog floating in from the People’s Republic of China up north.
The following are photos from our hotel’s neighborhood in Kowloon: Kowloon Park, the colonial buildings left from the British in 1882 and the cultural center. So many interesting corners to explore just out our door.
It was such fun to see the school children taken to the park with clipboards in hand observing the outdoor sculptures. Reminded me of my teaching days taking classes to Pepsico.
My favorite part of the day was going to the villages of Aberdeen and Stanley. Aberdeen is a fisherman’s village of houseboats where we toured from a sampan! Had I known we were doing part of the tour by boat I would have opted out but I floated along with the rest of the crowd. Then we went to the beach promenade and outdoor market in Stanley that looks out from The Pulse toward the China Sea.
I am dealing with a gastroenteritis; anybody that knows me well knows I have the MOST sensitive digestive tract. Not sure if this came on from the water or food or a virus. Please: Say a prayer that this passes quickly! I have wanted to eat some of the delicious food here and am so upset to not eat Chinese food in Asia!!! How often will I get this opportunity?
Buen Camino 
Hope that you and Randy are having so much fun. Sorry to hear that you were sick. I hope that’s behind you now and that the rest of the trip has been a great adventure. I loved the photos. They so remind me of our Trip to China-smog and all. Be well and enjoy!
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