Wed 15/08/12 22:35
but at least it’s a day in Hong Kong

I don’t remember the last entry I made but I think it was yesterday morning. I guess, if I wasn’t so lazy I could go look, no it doesn’t really matter. Anyway it’s been at least a day since my last entry and I don’t really have much to talk about. I decided yesterday to head to the far side of the harbor to maybe take a tour, but that fell kind of flat. I ended up back in my hotel at about 9 and watched movies until about 2 in the morning…

Hong Kong, ken curtis' summer 2012 vacation, kennethcurtis.com

The idea was to get the day photos of the buildings that I saw during the evening the night before. Good plan. Afterwards I would cross over and take photos on the other side, maybe go up the tram to get some photos from point overlooking the city. I also decided that it was too hot and humid for me to walk like I usually do so I had planned on taking one of the double-decker bus tours around the city. Unfortunately the one that I wanted was extremely expensive to me, and I took a tour with one of their competitors. The price on the side of the bus said, $50 so I had my money ready as I boarded, the driver told me that he didn’t have change and waved me to move on. I went to the top deck wondering what just happened, but kind of feeling like I just scored “the golden ring.” The total tour took about 20 minutes as it went 10 minutes into the city and 10 minutes back to the boat terminal. What a waste of money… umm, wait.

Hong Kong, ken curtis' summer 2012 vacation, kennethcurtis.com   Hong Kong, ken curtis' summer 2012 vacation, kennethcurtis.com

Hong Kong, ken curtis' summer 2012 vacation, kennethcurtis.com   Hong Kong, ken curtis' summer 2012 vacation, kennethcurtis.com

Hong Kong, ken curtis' summer 2012 vacation, kennethcurtis.com   Hong Kong, ken curtis' summer 2012 vacation, kennethcurtis.com

Hong Kong, ken curtis' summer 2012 vacation, kennethcurtis.com   Hong Kong, ken curtis' summer 2012 vacation, kennethcurtis.com

There was a though that I’d just pay the money and go with the other bus tour but at the last minute I decided to go back to the hotel. It was about a two-hour walk back and with the heat I was starting to get tired and a little bit irritable.  Have I mentioned that there are a lot of people in Hong Kong? I mean seriously, there are more people here than I think I’ve seen in any other place, even more than in Beijing. There are so many people walking around that I figure for every ten steps I take going forward, I take ten steps trying to avoid or get around someone else.

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