Hong Kong (Part 3) - This Ain't Korea

Our fourth (and final full) day in Hong Kong, we started off with the objective of visiting a museum or two. There were two nearby museums: The Hong Kong Museum of Art, and the Hong Kong Museum of Space. I'll let you guess which one I wanted to go see.

Unfortunately, it seems the museums didn't open on weekdays until 1PM. Luckily, though, the museums were situated right next to the port, where Hong Kong's 'Star Ferry' ships run. The Star Ferry is a very cheap alternative to the Subway lines, to reach Hong Kong island (we were lucky enough to cross Victoria Harbour twice on it, once during the day, and once at night).

We ventured around the Island for awhile, with the objective of finding the 'Low to Mid-Level Escalator' - a gigantic Escalator system that's used by morning pedestrians who need a 'lil extra help making it up and down the mountain. We eventually found it, and wow - it's a very cool idea that helps keep the pedestrians-going-somewhere and the pedestrians-looking-to-shop apart.

After finding a place to eat, we decided to check out one of the local Beaches - the closest one indicated within our Travel Guide was named Repulse Bay, about a 20-minute bus ride away. The bus actually had to go swirling up the mountain, then swirling down the other side to reach it, which gave us yet another high-altitude view of the area. I don't think we ever got tired of those.

Finally, in the evening, we made our way back to SoHo, to have one last go at drinking in Hong Kong, before heading home the next day. The only thing that's actually noteworthy about that, is the fact that Heineken here is the cheapest beer available. I never figured if that spoke to how expensive the others are, or if, for whatever reason, it was cheaper there. Ah well.

Overall, it was a good trip. Hong Kong has a ton of things to see, many of which we missed out on (including a few temples and historical sites), due to a lack of time. It was definitely interesting, though, to have another Asian culture to contrast with Korea - and the difference is quite noticeable. I think the Korean maneurisms are much more respectful and friendly, as opposed to what I saw from local Chinese in Hong Kong. The politeness level declined to about the same thing I was used to anywhere in Canada (so it's not to say that they're impolite, just less so than Koreans).

Looking forward to the next trip!
Have a good week.