We slept until 6:00. I think we are over the worst of our jet lag.
After breakfast in the hotel restaurant, we walked through the garden and the Soho district, which had lots of interesting looking shops and restaurants, toward the Man Mo Temple. The temple was built between 1847 and 1862 by wealthy Chinese merchants, primarily for the worship of Man Cheong (God of Literature) and Mo Tai (God of Martial Arts). We really needed a guide to explain what we were seeing. There were lots and lots of incense, candles, and offerings. It was hard to capture the feel of the place in pictures but . . .
From there, we walked around Soho looking at the amazing antique shops. In one window we saw a pair of statues from the Tang Dynasty which were for sale for a mere $500k. We considered it but thought they might not fit in our suitcase.
We started to get hungry so we figured that we should have dim sum while in Hong Kong. We checked TripAdvisor and found a restaurant that was highly rated for dim sum and headed in that direction. It turned out it was in the Mandarin Hotel — very fancy. Unfortunately they were full with reservations and couldn’t take us, so we walked back the way we came and went to a noodle place with lots of locals.
After lunch we went over to the Star Ferry and bought tickets for a harbor tour. It was a little foggy and a bit chilly but it was nice to see the city from the water.
Back on dry land, we got a taxi back to the hotel and relaxed for a couple of hours before having a “picnic” dinner. Tomorrow we are off to Bangkok!