The Jones do Hong Kong - Day 1 - Wed 11th April
Tue, 2007-05-01 11:15 — dgseb
Nick, Jessie, Sasha and Louisa arrived in the afternoon, looking remarkably perky after their long flight. We took a taxi from the airport back to their spartan accomodation at the Marriott, with the taxi driver grumbling about the long wait.
Then headed straight out to Hong Kong Park to give the girls some exercise and sunlight, hoping it would help with jetlag. After a walk through the park and a play in the playground area, we walked down to Queensway to catch a tram. Not the brightest of ideas as it was around 6:30, so the trams were full and there was lots of traffic (and so exhaust fumes).
We finally managed to get on a tram, and spent the next few minutes wiggling our way along so we could get off on Johnston Road. By this time the troops were getting hungry, so we popped into the local greasy chopstick for some BBQ meat. No English menus, but a very friendly waitress who basically told me what we should have. Probably our cheapest meal of the holiday, but everyone seemed to enjoy it, with Sasha polishing off most of a bowl of rice.
From there we went down to Wanchai MTR, bought everyone Octopus cards to use for the rest of the holiday, then took the MTR back to the Admiralty and their hotel.
Zzzzzzzzzzzzz.
Comments
Comment on Day 1 - by Jessie, 2/5/07
Actually going to Hong Kong Park and straight on to the tram and Johnston Road was a great idea. I felt instantly transported to HK and forgot that we'd been on an aeroplane for 12 hours. The trick seems to be not to give the jetlag any house room. The meal at the greasy chopstick was one of the best of the holiday - maybe I was just very hungry! It also converted the non-rice eating Louisa to sticky rice and she now eats it at home with enthusiasm. A brilliant start to the holiday.