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personal - Singapore, new Zealand & HONG KONG Tour - 2012
Day Thirteen
We decided that the best way to see Hong Kong was via an organised tour. We took an opportunity
to look at the famous Promenade
and to walk some of this area, with its great views of the Harbour. We then took
a shuttle laid on by the hotel, to pick up the Hong Kong orientation tour, from outside the YMCA off Nathan Road.
The tour guide was Terri who provided us with the following information:
- Over half the population of Hong Kong live over the mountains
- 7.1 million people live on Hong Kong Island
- Graves are recycled. After seven years the body in interred and cremated.
- The colour red in China is the colour of good fortune.
- Yellow was for royalty in the olden days but anyone can wear it now.
- White is the colour of sadness - but also for happiness.
- The number 8 is a lucky number in Chinese.
- There are more women in Hong Kong than men.
- Hong Kong has the third lowest birthrate in China
- There is a lot of immigration to Hong Kong
- The number 4 in Cantonese sounds like the English work 'SAY'. However, so does the word for death.
- The district of Aberdeen was named after Lord Aberdeen who presided over Hong Kong as a British colony
- There are less fishermen than there used to be in Aberdeen because young people do not want to take up this profession.
As part of our Orientation tour we went to Victoria Peak for some MAGNIFICENT views. We went onto the
Aberdeen Fishing Village
where we got to take a ride on a traditional sampan and to view the floating community. We stopped off at a factory. which was
a well known jewellery workshop, and got some information about the city's best export. We got some stunning views of
Repulse
Bay and the South China Sea on route to Stanley Market. The landscape was beautiful. We ended at the market, and bought a
few items. I know we are supposed to haggle but I just couldn't do it. So I
bought items at the price advertised.
We were taken back to our hotel where we took an opportunity to have an evening stroll on the promenade.
Day Fourteen
This was our last day so we took the shuttle to the centre of town and meandered. The weather was boiling so we sought shade wherever we
could find it. We ended up going into a museum and wandering around for a few hours, before going back to get the shuttle
back to the Hotel, where we relaxed, inside and out until we were picked up in the evening by our hired vehicle to be taken to the airport
for the plane back to London.
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