Hong Kong - Day 2 / 3

I just wanted to give an upbeat update on my condition here in Hong Kong. I still miss home but having money in your wallet helps your spirits immensely.

I woke up at noon today. That's 7 AM in Finland but I don't think my jet lag is too bad. I headed to the ferries and sailed to HK Island. There I explored on foot and spent a long time at a Dymocks book store in IFC mall (just below the second tallest building in Hong Kong, IFC 2).

Next I headed to the Central to midlevel escalators, a shopping and dining area connecting Central with, surprise, supplies, Midlevel. What a name for a place. The escalator is the longest continous collection of escalators and walkways at a total of 900 meters. I went up, and then I walked back down.

After that I headed back east to visit Bank of China Tower. I heard there was a viewing platform but it was all just a big bank. I returned to IFC and the Dymocks where I finally found a book by Chuck Klosterman. After reading the first paragraph I bought it for 150HK$. I ferried back to Kowloon, bought drinks and checked my iPhone.

Symphony of Lights was at 8 PM so I headed out to see that. It was nice and all, but two of the buildings looked good while the others barely looked like anything. 15 minutes and a lot of wasted electricity later the hoards of Chinamen started to leave and so did I. Comfortably I strolled around for an hour after which I retreated back here. Now I'll shower and probably read my new book.

Tomorrow I'm going to HK Wetland park which should take a good portion of my day since it's 40 minutes away on the train.

I might write again tomorrow, take care my good readers!