Unprogrammed (Hong Kong)

It was raining hard when we arrived in Hong Kong, so we postponed the scheduled sightseeing for the day and just checked into the hotel. Tom, Aaron, Jeffrey and I had an excellent late Vietnamese lunch (pho, cha gio, soft shell crab garden rolls, beer for me; pho ba for Aaron, spicy curry for Tom, more soft shell crab garden rolls and an adzuki bean milkshake for Jeffrey). Then we just wandered about. We found an amazing park, Victoria Park,














where hundreds of young women in head scarves, some perhaps praying, and others just practicing their music

or lounging about on blankets

















Tom speculated that they were domestic servants enjoying their Sunday off, which our local guide later confirmed.


Jeffrey found an excellent playground










and we watched lawn bowlers and toy boats skimming around the properly labeled “motor boat pool.”












We did not feed any birds.











Then we just wandered about the streets, more or less window shopping.
We considered a movie.


Scott, is it ok if we come home with a few more pets?