Day 3 found us seeing out some peace in nature - we headed up further in to Kowloon to find the Nan Lian Garden and Chi Lin NunneryNow, we were seeking out a place of solitude - and indeed, we did find that. There's just some cognitive dissonance that comes with exiting the MTR station in a mall and walking 500 feet under a highway overpass to ( Read more... )

Our second day in Hong Kong also brought the first (and only) activity that we had booked in advance - a food tour through the Central and Sheung Wan areas of Hong Kong through Hong Kong Foodie Tours. It wasn't until the afternoon, though, and we had been directed to eat a heavy later breakfast beforehand....so we hit up the guidebook and ended up ( Read more... )

The first order of business on Sunday, March 22, was to figure out how to get to the MTR from our hotel and navigate our way to Causeway Bay and Victoria Park, where we would meet up with LF for the Hong Kong Flower ShowFirst, some thoughts on the MTR - if you ever find yourself in Hong Kong and need to use transit (which would be approximately 99 ( Read more... )

So, why on earth did ES and I decide to journey to Hong Kong anyway ( Read more... )