Hong Kong Part 2- Ocean Park

Part two of my trip to Hong Kong.  We all spent the day at Ocean Park.  This was the day when my cold was really bad.  My throat was so sore, I think I only said 10 words the whole day.  Despite my plague-like cold, this was one of my favorite days in Hong Kong.

 

 

 



 

What a cheery looking sting ray

This was a tube shaped aquarium that was at least 2 stories tall.  The fish swam in schools, it was really very cool looking.

The shark tank

I'd never seen a panda before.  Luckily they were feeling very photogenic that day

I really liked the penguin exhibit, it was like walking into a freezer.  We all had to bundle up, even still, it was probably 5 degrees.  Not even that cold, but it in comparison to the temperature outside, it was very refreshing.

I had never seen a walrus either.  He was huge!  In the water he was so graceful.

Ocean Park is built on 2 mountain tops.  Kind of a strange place to put an amusement park. 

The jellyfish were so beautiful!

On the gondola going from one side of the park to the other

Ella loved this ride.  She spent at least an hour going on it over and over and over.

Red Panda- looks more like a racoon with a bad dye job

 

 

 

I really liked Ocean Park, however the food was shit.  The food was very Asian.  All over there were these flattened deep-fried squid stands.  They smelled so strongly of squid, I was gagging.  Normally, it wouldn't have bothered me so much, but I was so sick that day.  The locals were loving it up.

 



Hong Kong Part 1

After much delay, I am finally blogging about my trip to Hong Kong in the fall.  I found it difficult to blog on my tablet, and there was no way to transfer the pictures on my phone to the tablet.  I spent hours trying to find a way, but they just weren't compatible.  I started to worry that I might lose all my pictures, so I broke down and bought a cheap laptop.  I'm also stuck at home with a sinus cold and a stubborn temperature.  So voila!  Blog posts.

 

My flight was in the late evening, but I got dropped off several hours before the flight.  I had my pick of seats.



I arrived in the morning after a good flight.  We immediately went for brunch at Zak's not my favorite restaurant, but it has a great view of Discovery Bay

Suds took me on a bike ride tour of Discovery Bay.  I absolutely love it there.

Sarah and I went to the local bead/craft area.  It was raining heavily, Sarah put her phone in a Ziploc bag to keep it dry.  Ingenious, the touch screen can still be used through the bag.

We stopped for lunch at the mall in Kowloon.  At the food court 95% of the people were eating this.  A sizzling hot pot of rice, meat and spices.   

I shared my bathroom with this character.  Sarah tells me he has lived there since they moved in.  Not counting the antennae, he is almost 2 inches long.  I went pee in the middle of the night and was absolutely horrified when he crawled out of the bowl as I sat down.  After that I gave him ample warning before I entered the room.

Halloween in Discovery Bay was amazing!  Ella as Rainbow Dash, Julia was Elmo and Suds was a zombie/doctor

Unlike in the city where no one celebrates Halloween, in Discovery Bay everyone goes all out. 

Me as a pirate wench, Sarah as Strawberry Shortcake.  How much better is Halloween when it's warm!  It was also nice to be able to bring road pops  

There were some great costumes!

There is a hand hanging out of the door.  When you touched it, you would hear screams.

Crafts!  Glow in the dark ghosts.

Crack a glow stick, put it in a balloon, blow the balloon up.  Put a face on the balloon and drape with cheesecloth.  I think they turned out great!

The palm tree in Sarah's back yard.  I came down with a wicked cold this day.

Off to Disneyland.  I was feeling pretty cruddy this day.  Love that the train has mickey shaped windows 

Disney parade

Sarah, Julia and I spent the afternoon at Disneyland.  We each went on 1 adult ride, I can't remember the name, but it was in bear country.  I was sooooo much fun!

The castle looked beautiful all lit-up