"LIVE" - Ovation of the Seas (April 9-26, 2018), Bill & Marie's slow boat to China

After that we took a train to the markets.

The first market was a local market where you could buy most household items

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Final stop was a goldfish market before heading back to the shop.

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I forgot to say that the dish on the left are chicken's feet and they were very tasty. Marie tried them and I ate two.

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Heading back out for a 4 hour evening tour

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Well that was a new one for me. In Windjammer the gentleman (actually that does not apply) at the next table was flossing, then just left the floss on the table.

 

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That is gross!

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Finally managed to catch up on all the posts. It's been absolutely wonderful reading about your days and seeing all the beautiful photos (I always forgot to take photos on my travels).

Enjoy the rest of your holiday!

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Bill, did you get to ride the Star Ferry? It cost 5 cents back in the 80's. Hopefully it is still a bargain!

Thank you for the photos of the Peninsula Hotel. I love that hotel (but never stayed there) and used to have breakfast there on layovers -- the orange crepe pancakes were delightful! Good times.

Loved the photos of the two different temples. Your photos capture the color and ambiance of Hong Kong very well.

Finally managed to catch up on all the posts. It's been absolutely wonderful reading about your days and seeing all the beautiful photos (I always forgot to take photos on my travels).

 

Enjoy the rest of your holiday!

 

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Thank you for following along

Bill, did you get to ride the Star Ferry? It cost 5 cents back in the 80's. Hopefully it is still a bargain!

 

Thank you for the photos of the Peninsula Hotel. I love that hotel (but never stayed there) and used to have breakfast there on layovers -- the orange crepe pancakes were delightful! Good times.

 

Loved the photos of the two different temples. Your photos capture the color and ambiance of Hong Kong very well.

Going to start posting the evening tour, yes we took the Star Ferry and I think it was the same one I took over 30 years ago.

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It's late but I am going to pay now as I will be lazy tomorrow. We just spent another 4 hours with Apple that may have been the best tour yet.

We left the terminal and took the free shuttle to the train station.

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We walked past some hotels as we headed to Victoria Harbor.

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Along the harbor you find many street musicians.

Then it was off to take the Star Ferry across the harbor

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Once we crossed the harbor we then caught a double decker tram top where we were going to enjoy dinner.

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These are fortune tellers where we did get our palms and faces read ( I am going to live past 90 and get rich).

More time and money for cruising! Did your tour take you up to Victoria Peak? Kind of touristy but an amazing view.

More time and money for cruising! Did your tour take you up to Victoria Peak? Kind of touristy but an amazing view.

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We passed through a market then down an alley to the restaurant

Dinner was a truly fun experience. I will try to figure out how to post the video but I swear everyone was talking at the same time so it was the loudest restuarant I have ever been to.

Good beer

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We ate pork chops, prawns, rice, eggplant scallops, green beans.

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A great time was had by all.

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Bill

Really enjoying your review Lots of great photos and the food looks delicious. Looks like you picked a good tour guide for your time there.

Paul

Bill

 

Really enjoying your review Lots of great photos and the food looks delicious. Looks like you picked a good tour guide for your time there.

 

Paul

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I grabbed a few pictures off of Marie's phone.

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Here we are trying chicken's feet for lunch. Not one of Marie's favorites.

Our fantastic guide Apple

A couple of pictures from the beautiful Buddhist temple.

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Here is a link to a video of the restaurant to give you an idea of how loud it was,

Ok so it is tradition here that the youngest at the table is responsible for certain things, ensuring the dishes are clean before eating, serving the tea or other drinks. Since Apple was the youngest she was responsible for ensuring our glasses were full but more important that the dishes/silverware were clean before eating.

So when they put the dishes/silverware on the table they also left a pitcher of hot tea that Apple used to wash everything before we ate.

Here is a video,

We had a view of the nightly light show from the best seat in the house, right in Victoria Harbor on the Star Ferry. Here is a link to the video

Here is a link to some of our ride on the double decker tram