Tour of Hong Kong

In the morning, we took a tour of Hong Kong along with 4 other CCAI couples. As we indicated earlier, there will be a total of 9 couples heading to Chongqing. We will be meeting with the other couples either later at the Hong Kong airport or in Chongqing.

This is the first time that we have ever been in Hong Kong. It's a very modern city with a lot of traffic and skyscrapers. By the way, we had to be sure that we looked left when crossing the street; Hong Kong is like England where drivers drive on the left side of the road. We first visited Victoria Peak to see a panoramic view of Hong Kong, and then we went to the Ardeen Harbor and rode on a Sampan (an old Chinese boat) around the harbor. Later, we went to a jewelry manufacturer, and then headed to Stanley market which is filled with a lot of little mom and pop shops and where you bargain for a good deal. We got a couple of nice t-shirts for the boys.

By the way, our tour guide, Matthew, is a CCAI representative. He did a great job in taking good care of us. He was the one that met us at the airport, got us checked in and checked out at the hotel, served as our translator (for those did not speak very good Cantonese or Mandarin) chaperon, and tour guide, answered all of questions, and sent us safely off to Chongqing. We can see why people like using CCAI for their Chinese adoption. They really have first class service!

For lunch, we had really good Chinese dimsum at a restaurant near our hotel (Regal Kowloon Hotel). It was delicious!

After lunch, we checked out and headed to the airport to catch a evening flight to Chongqing. We can't believe that we'll be united with baby Elizabeth tomorrow afternoon.