2016 Travels
Hong Kong and Shanghai, China
October 28th to November 3rd, 2016
Hong Kong was not as interesting as mainland China because of its Western roots. Hotels, restaurants and shopping seemed relatively familiar and it was easy to get around. Regardless, we had a fun time and all the tall buildings were impressive.
Below: Disneyland Hong Kong.
Below: Hong Kong is a vertical city with over 1,200 skyscrapers ... most of them residential apartment buildings. We went to the top of Victoria Peak at night and were treated to a fantastic view of the skyline.
Below: What goes up, must come down. And when they do, the streets are quite crowded.
Below: The Nan Lian Garden is an oasis in the middle of the city.
Below: We visited the 'Big Buddha' located at the Po Lin Monastery. This bronze Buddha stands 111-feet tall and sits impressively on top of a mountain. On the monastery grounds is an odd mix of monks, sacred cows and gift shops.
Below: To get to the Big Buddha we took a 3.5-mile-long cable car up the side of a mountain. Our car had a glass bottom and was not for the faint-of-heart.
Below: While in Hong Kong we flew to Shanghai, China for two days to visit the newest Disneyland (opened June, 2016). Disneyland Shanghai is huge, the rides are fun, and the enormous Cinderella Castle is really beautiful.
Hong Kong ended our six-week visit to Asia. Next stop ... the Great Barrier Reef in Australia.