2007 - Asia - Day 1 - Hong Kong

Dave dropped Mark and I off at the airport at 6:00 p.m. We got a snack wrap and McD’s to hold us over until we got to San Francisco. The plane was very small to SF. In SF, we had 5 hours until our next flight, and mom was still not there. Mark and I got some pizza for dinner and walked around the shops. We watched mom come through the security area. At 12:45 a.m., we boarded our flight to Hong Kong. Mark and I had checked in together so we were able to sit next to each other. Mom and Josie were in the same section as us but not together. We sat next to a man on his way home to India. Very nice guy. This was a 14 hour flight, and I was super tired. As soon as they had finished serving dinner, I went to sleep. I managed to sleep off and on for almost 6 hours. I then watched a couple movies, but didn’t care much for either one. We arrived in Hong Kong at 6:00 a.m. Saturday morning. Some local tour guides met us and showed us to our bus. Hong Kong consists of 260 islands. They even have a Disneyland and Sea World and an LDS temple. There are 7 million people living here and they drive on the wrong side of the street. I have never seen so many tall skyscrapers everywhere. It is amazing. Our first stop was at the peak of Victoria Island. We got quite a nice view of Hong Kong. We walked a pathway for awhile. We then went on a boat ride on small sampan boats. We went to Aberdeen, the boat village. (Hmmm…sound familiar, WoW players?? J) We saw a many house boats, where people live on these little boats in the harbor. We then went to a market and got some lunch. I ordered pizza again. I’m nervous what kind of food they will be serving us. Our lunch cost $16 though. L We then checked in to our hotel at 2:00 p.m. Afterwards, we walked around the mall next to our hotel for awhile and got a McFlurry. Yummy! Now it is 5:00 p.m. and mom and I are SO past ready for bed. We are hitting our pillows a little earlier tonight! It is so exciting being here in Hong Kong! It is quite a miracle that I could travel all this way to the other side of the world in a day. It took Lehi a year to travel this distance over the ocean. What a blessing this is!