24-July-2010: Here we are! The first to hit Asian soil. Ran into a few teammates at the YVR airport. Then didn't see Bon, Connie C & crew until the airport at HKG. Whew! Long flight and we are very happy to be here.
We split up and headed into Tsim Sha Tsui. It was 6am and a beautiful day. After dropping luggage at the beautiful Langham hotel, my husband, Gary, and I headed out to introduce ourselves to Kowloon and get a look at Hong Kong.
In the morning we did a walkabout. First down to the promenade to look at Hong Kong Island & Victoria peak. Then a walk along the Avenue of Stars which is dedicated to the stars of Hong Kong's movie industry. Names, handprints and signatures of the stars like Bruce Lee, Jet Li, Chow Yun Fat, Jackie Chan and Michelle Cheung lined the walk. Of course, we had to match up a few handprints or strike a pose! :)
Then, what did we fun into but the Hong Kong Dragon Boat Carnival being held in Hong Kong hardor. After watching the False Creek men swamp their boat during their race, we ran into some friend from San Francisco's Dragon Warriors! SMALL WORLD!!!! Dragon Warriors also had a tough time keeping water out of their boats. Slightly rough water over what looked like a 1000 meter course (probably was shorter), we saw at least one boat in each race swamp.
In the afternnoon we explored some areas where Gary used to live and in the evening caught the Hong Kong light show (they light up the buildings and have it set to music).
WELCOME TO HONG KONG!!!!!
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