Day 2 in Hong Kong - July 2, 2010

Our final day in Hong Kong was spent shopping near the Peninsula Hotel and the harbor front, with Gucci, Prada, Lancome, Louis Vitton and Tiffany getting the most attention. We also spent two hours in a huge mall that was just mainly to walk around since it was too expensive to buy anything!
We returned to the hotel and found the rooftop pool that was really beautiful. It had remarkable views and the warmest water I have ever been in not to mention the bar. We were sorry we had not tried the pool before.
We left on our final adventure at 5:30pm to catch the ferry back to Hong Kong Island. We hopped in a cab that might have been a mistake at rush hour traffic with a high bill but we found our location, a road called Staunton Road in the heart of SoHo. We found the Yorkshire Pudding restaurant, a well known British restaurant and bar and we had a memorable meal and a great talk with Peter and Maddie. The food was great and the atmosphere even better. We then set off on the return walk thru the wonderful shops, restaurants and bars of SoHo, the same look as the namesake in London. The neighborhood is filled with tiny hops, back alleys and an incredible vibe of prosperity combined with 1800's England. The bars and restaurants were teeming with business people and the people watching was fun! We actually found the subway and Maddie had her first ride on a subway ever. With Peter's guidance, we got on the correct train and found our way back to the shuttle bus for our hotel and another wonderful evening in Hong Kong. Although expensive, we would love to return some day to Hong Kong. More people speak English so it is easier to navigate but the atmosphere, culture extremes and beauty is hard to surpass. We are sad to leave after two wonderful weeks in China but our time has come to return home and get back to work. We have had an amazing two weeks, sightseing with friends and family, Billy and Jingyi's wedding and seeing new parts of China we had not experienced. We will have stories to tell forever and memories to fill our lifetimes.