We've arrived in Hong Kong!

We are in Hong Kong! We had a good flight with Cathay Pacific although I didn't get much sleep on the flight, probably 2 hours on and off (Peter thinks he got about 4 hours) so the jet lag is a bit of a killer! It took about an hour to get through customs and pick up our luggage and then we jumped on the train to Kowloon, arriving at our hotel around 5pm local time.  As much as I wanted to just lie on the bed and zonk out we got unpacked and then went to explore!

In a slightly zombied state we walked down to Victoria Harbour and walked along the promenade - what an amazing view.  It was a little bit hazy but the view was stunning with all the sky scrapers and the mountains behind.

Daylight view of Hong Kong Island from Victoria Harbour

We had an early dinner at a restaurant overlooking the harbour - unfortunately one look at us and they weren't going to put us near the window but in a glorified corridor however we still had a good time without the view and the food was absolutely delicious - we weren't very adventurous and had sweet and sour pork, lemon chicken and prawns in sweet chilli sauce but we both agreed it was the best Chinese meal we had ever had - a good start for our first night in Hong Kong.

We walked back along and the promenade and waited for the laser show to start at 8pm - I never thought it was possible to fall asleep standing up but I was so tired I think I did for about 5 mins!  The laser show was nothing special but the views at night were with all the buildings lit up.

Night time views of Hong Kong Island from Kowloon

We got back to the hotel around 8:30pm and Peter decided we were going to stay up as long as possible (It's alright for him - he has had twice as much sleep as me!!) so we watched a bit of telly but were both falling asleep so ended up in bed by 9pm.




Street that our hotel is on