"Kian's in Hong Kong?"

Though many things happened today, the highlight was definitely talking to Kian & Andrea on the webcam tonight... we planned a webchat date at 11:30PM here/8:30AM in California since it'd been a week since I'd last spoken with them. I was showing him around the room, he asked about Lauren (who was in the shower). I tried to explain it was night time here and took the computer to the window to demonstrate that it was dark outside. Throughout the room tour, he saw himself on the computer in the mirror, and exclaimed, "Kian's in Hong Kong?" Such a cute kid!

Anyhow, the more blog-worthy trip information... we had another tour today, ie. we woke up too early, had breakfast, put on our sticker & waited by the fountain. We were picked up by a bus, given a different sticker and were off on another tour. This time to a different temple, a different fishing village and a different jewelry factory... plus a tram rather than cable car, and a boat ride in the fishing village. Though it sounds virtually the same, we did see some different things and the jewelry store was far less intolerable, since it was Good Friday, fewer people were around. Lauren even bought something. We also went to the Stanley Market, a large open air market... and we did some shopping. Nothing too outrageous, but a few souvenirs may make it into some of your hands due to this market tour.

We also had "Afternoon Tea" at the Peninsula Hotel. Cathy, David, Lauren & Richard had stayed at the Peninsula before Lauren and I arrived in China and recommended we have the experience. It was fun. A line of people waiting, a proper tea service, complete with the tiered serving tray of pastries, savories and desserts.

From Hong Kong: Day 3 -- Afternoon Tea at the Peninsula Hotel

After tea time, it was raining, so we headed back to the Kowloon Shangri La... Lauren took a nap, I did some photo editing and we went back to Hong Kong Island for a show for which Brad and Joanne had given us their tickets since they left town today. We took the ferry again... found the venue, got in line, got inside, the opening acts were terrible... Lauren wasn't feeling well and we hadn't had dinner, so we left before the headliner. Bummer... but when you're not feeling well, you're not feeling well. We had a nice Italian meal at the hotel and came upstairs for my webchat date with Kian and Andrea.

Now for some sleep, time to rest up for our last day in Hong Kong and flight to Xian.