Hotel Benito Hong Kong

... clothes which someone else already removed from the dryer. After that, he runs to the Jacky Chan Gymnasium where he is supposed to meet Mike, Bobby and Minnie to play some badminton. He was already late by 10 minutes so he rushed as he didn't want to waste the 10 dollars he has paid in order to make the reservation for the court. His 3 friends already collected the rackets and began playing on the court, so Dennis joins to play for the next 50 minutes.

After Badminton ...

... it was a snake & the other stated theirs was a dead octopus, of course they won.

Bed time was about 2230, we did not even stay up until midnight to watch the sail away, which would have been pretty spectacular as the Hong Kong skyline is very impressive.

I won't be uploading any more pictures as the Internet connection is very slow & expensive. Don't worry, we will keep taking pictures & will bore you when we get home.

This weekend Honk Kong was celebrating Carnival in Lai Kwan Fong, a bit unusual sensing that Carnival falls in February....anyways....the place was busy like always.

The Soho, full of restaurants, bars and shops is always full with people....visitors and locals enjoy week nights and weekend nights....it seams that the nights never end.

... buildings of Hong Kong Island light up with coloured lights and lasers for a 10 minute light and sound show viewed from the waterfront of Kowloon.. Many tourists gather on the viewing platform to watch this and we secured a spot with a great view across the harbour. At night Hong Kong is stunning and the masses of skyscrapers all lit up is amazing. More amazing was the synchronised light show with music and lights of all colours dancing up and down and across the skyline off the ...

... and myself, which is fantastic since we get a bit of extra room. Dinner was mediocre, as expected - the choice was between 'chicken pasta' - penne in this case, with a chicken fillet cooked in squishy tomato paste, or 'fish with rice' - a surprisingly generous chunk of dory with rice drowned in some thick Chinese brown sauce.There were also Tim-Tams on board, which is kinda random since I've ...

... and Gareth (our two Irish friends) in Vietnam, as they were flying to Hong Kong the day we arrived.   Arriving in Vietnam The trip passed fairly smoothly, although the Vietnam border leaves a lot up to the imagination. It basically consisted of two windows, five bus drivers (one of whom was ours) and about 200 people trying to cross over. The sensible system would be to have queues and people going through individually. However this was not how it was done. The bus ...

... about Wako's and Matsuda-san's coworkers and other people we knew.

Afterwards we wandered the floors below and above the main lobby, where expensive jewelry stores lined the corridors. The price tags made me gasp for air and the diamonds in the display windows blinded me with sparkling light. As I looked through the sleek glass storefronts and walked on the plush carpet, I felt as if the riches that surrounded me were almost mine.

... called The Symphony of Lights which is in the Guinness Book of Records for the amount of lights displayed at one time. This would have been a great show if it wasn't foggy. It was still quite impressive even with the fog. There were certain buildings that took part in the show which were introduced one by one. The lasers go with the music being played. Along the harbour there is also an Avenue of the Stars which is like Hollywood ...

... casual, down-to-earth eatery, serves some of the best Thai food in Hong Kong), Victoria Harbour Seafood Restaurant (some of the most delicious dim sum specialties in Hong Kong), Sukho Thai (a fantastic Thai restaurant), American Peking Restaurant (a Hong Kong culinary institution, serving Chinese-Pekinese cuisine for the last forty years), Milano ...

... in the late 1800's, the Island was recently handed back to the Chinese. It remains a capitalistic, tax free area, with it's own currency despite the natural disagreement with Chinese communism. The skyline of Hong Kong alone makes it quite unique as skyscrapers dominate the waterfront for a 270 degree view from Kowloon. Day or night, we were amazed by the sites of ...