The Channonballs: Hong Kong

I was born in Taiwan and came to the States when I was 7. My husband was born in the States and his parents are from Hong Kong. When we were first married, we always talked about taking a trip to both Hong Kong and Taiwan since I have never been to Hong Kong and he's never been to Taiwan. We talked for several years of wanting to take this trip but the timing was never right or couldn't take the time off. We finally managed it this year and we were both able to take close to a month off work. So off we went in late March. First stop, Hong Kong!

At the Harbour

On the Star Ferry

Once we crossed over the Harbour, our first visit was Victoria Peak. You take the Peak Tram up 1,300 feet above sea level! The experience was pretty unforgettable. Once we arrived at the Peak, the view across the Harbour was breath taking. We spent probably the entire day there, it was so beautiful.

On the Peak Tower overlooking the Harbour

Gorgeous night view

The next day, we went back to Hong Kong Island and took the bus up to Stanley which is located on the Southeastern point of Hong Kong Island.

Repulse Bay

On our third day, we visited Tian Tan Buddha right next to the Po Lin Monastery where we enjoyed a delicious vegetarian lunch. This Buddha was the world's tallest outdoor bronze seated Buddha prior to 2007.
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The Buddha behind us

Climbing the 240 steps up but it felt more like a million steps!

On our last day, we went in search for the best of the best Dim Sum. You have not had authentic Dim Sum until you've eaten here!

When we finally found the place, the wait was 2 hours long! 2 hours!! We put our name down and went in search for some bubble tea. Once we got our bubble tea, we headed back to the restaurant. We were only gone for about 20 + minutes. And so lucky that we did because all the names that were ahead of us on the list were not around when the host started calling numbers. I think we waited for about another 15 minutes before our number was called. While we were waiting for our number to be called, we already picked out what we wanted. ~~In Hong Kong~~, (apparently, it's not all of Hong Kong. It had just been the ones that we went to) you write down your food order, like when you order Sushi on the slip of paper and not order off of the heated carts that's being pushed around. We waited another 5 minutes before our food started arriving. I have to say, we didn't take much pictures cause we were too hungry and just could not wait to dig in!