After a good night’s sleep, we got up to find breakfast and explore just before 8am. There were few people about, little traffic, and few open shops. Eventually we found a New York style deli nearby and had a bagel breakfast.
We walked to the funicular railway and took it up towards Victoria Peak. We have taken more escalators in the last 24 hours than in the last year! They are common and efficient here. At the top of the peak we took a circle trail (paved) and a side trail to a lookout. The forest was humid and cool in the shade. Intermittently we had views to the skyscrapers and coastal areas below us. There were lots of people on a similar itinerary, seemingly a mixture of tourists and locals.
After our walk, we took the funicular back down to town. We walked a long ways to find a popular dim sum restaurant which seemed to have closed. We found d another place and had a delicious lunch, then returned to our hotel to relax.
In late afternoon, we set off for Mong Kok in Kowloon by MTR. Once we arrived, we walked many blocks through the flower market, the ladies market, and the night market. We continued towards the shore for many blocks. It wasn’t quite dark, but the lights of Hong Kong across the water were beautiful. We found a restaurant in a mall that had stores for designers (Gucci, Versace, Alexander McQueen and many more), though the restaurant, located via Google Maps, turned out to be in an unglamorous and inexpensive food court. It was an odd combination in the building. After dinner we walked along the esplanade looking at lights along with crowds, then we hopped on a ferry back to our hotel area.
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