Honk Kong, Day One

After nearly 24 hours of travel, we arrived in Hong Kong yesterday evening. Finley did great on the flights, she was still not a huge fan of headphones and she did do some kicking while she slept, but other than that, she was perfect. I still cannot believe we all traveled together for that long and made it. I did get whacked on the head by a suitcase, but other than that, the trip was without incident.

We got to sleep relatively quickly on Sunday evening and were up bright and early for breakfast. After breakfast, we walked along the harbor to the Hong Kong Tourism Office to arrange our Junk Tour for Thursday. A lot of the decorations from the Chinese New Year are still up along the waterfront and Finley was fascinated by them.

Then it was off to the MTR (subway) to catch the trains out to Lantau Island. Finley had selected riding in the cable car as her first choice activity in Hong Kong. I was curious as to whether she had ridden one before. I eventually remembered the cable car in the San Diego Zoo. It wasn’t until later in the day that I realized she had ridden on a cable car multiple times in Vail and Beaver Creek. They have a display out of cable cars around the world and seeing the old cars reminded me of the old cable cars at the top of the bunny slopes in Vail.

The main draw of Lantau Island is the cable car ride itself. It is quite long. Finley entertained everyone in our car with stories of alligators that chomp chomped and ghosts. She didn’t want to end the story until we were off of the car. I don’t think she realized how far that was. At the end of the ride stands the largest sitting outdoor Buddha. Finley was insistent that we walk to the top. I was worried about her making it, but she went faster than both Clifton and I. She had the same determination climbing the steps in the Sacre Coure. There must be something about steps on vacation. Finley loves it!

We took the cable car ride back to the MTR station and had a very late lunch. Then it was back to the hotel for a nap. Or as it goes when you are on a 10 hour time difference..,in for the night. Despite our best efforts of setting an alarm, no one woke up until nearly 10 pm. Finley is still asleep and we will let her stay that way hopefully until morning. We all still have a lot of sleep to catch up on.