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Thursday 2nd September (written on Friday 3rd)
We love Hong Kong! After a long night flight from Auckland we arrived in Hong Kong early yesterday morning. We splashed out and had arranged for our hotel to send a limo for us! It is definitely the most luxurious hotel we have ever stayed in.
We also got a lovely upgrade to a Grand Deluxe Harbour View Room - which means we are on floor 36 and part of the special 'Harbour Club' and have access to special Harbour Club Floors with a private lounge! Our view of the harbour is great and there is even a TV in the bathroom!
We ventured onto the world-famous MTR transport system (basically like the London underground but way better!) and mastered it! We travelled quite a distance on the MTR to Tung Chung, where we got the Ngong Ping 360 cable car, and a took a wonderful 25 minute trip over to Lantau (Hong Kong's largest Island) to see the Po Lin Monastery (HK's largest Buddhism temple) and the Giant Buddha (see our pictures - it was amazing!). We spent time exploring here and it was a fascinating and beautiful place. Once we had taken the cable car back to went to Pizza Hut - which is quite posh in Hong Kong! They play Italian music (!) and everything!
We travelled back to the hotel and spent some time relaxing here and looked around the local area, before going to eat in the evening. We really enjoyed our first day here and despite it being hot and humid (we have also been very lucky and only had a few light showers so far) we have loved our time in the city. It is so easy to get around and everywhere is so clean and everyone is so polite! Off to explore more of HK today. :)
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Mum and Dad It all sounds fantastic. Lucky you getting the room upgrade. xxxx