On the other side of the world

Well, the flight was excellent. I was able to stretch out in business, lying flat or gently propped up. It made all the difference. We arrived, went to our respective hotels, and fell asleep until the morning. My cousin, Nicole, lives at the Four Seasons residences. Best of both worlds. It's a beautiful apartment, with a drop dead view of the water and the skyline, yet housekeeping does the dishes and changes the linens. I like when the front desk welcomes me back. The hospitality is incredible.
Today I woke up at 5:30 - yeah, it's early, but I slept all night. Virtually no jet lag. 16 hours time difference from our last stop in San Francisco. We did so much today. We started by riding a bus up into the mountains. The combination of the hair pin curves, riding on the left side of the road, and very narrow lanes, plus riding on top of a double decker, made for an exciting journey. We scoured the market at Stanley, then strolled down to the water, and found a wonderful Vietnamese restaurant.
Our afternoon was spent in the "real" Hong Kong. The small shops, selling every possible animal, vegetables and fruits you've never seen, and tiny shops with, shall we say, strange things for sale. We're still pondering what those things actually were.
We sailed to Kowloon, on the other side of the bay, this evening. Every evening the city of HK puts on a spectacular light show, with music, and lighting on the buildings downtown. After that we ate a fish dinner and decided we were too tired to go to the night market. Tomorrow maybe. We did take some pictures, but we're in the process of figuring out the logistics of posting them. Stay tuned.