So we arrived at 6 pm on the 23rd of November after a fairly painless 24 hours of traveling. The girls were ROCK stars....okay they were so psyched that they could actually watch 15 hours of straight TV that we nary heard a peep from our two eldest children. Addie was easily entertained either sleeping or wandering around meeting and greeting the fabulous flight attendants who kept her well fueled through out the flight which, if you know Addie, kept her VERY happy:-)
After we arrived and gathered our 12 (yes we do not apparently travel light) bags we wandered the terminal for about an hour trying to figure out who / where our driver was. Thank Goodness for the Mullin family who was able to steer us in the right direction and we were PACKED (literally) into the hire mini van and transported to the hotel. We were pleasantly surprised by the suite, which overlooked the Harbor and was steps from the Star Ferry (more to come on this later). After grabbing a quick McDonalds dinner (it was late we had three children please do not judge:-) we returned to our room to discover that we got to witness the Harbor Lights and Laser show with a front row seat....pretty cool to say the least. We then settled down and everyone had a dose of Melatonin and we all went to sleep.....the girls slept until 5:15 which is not bad for this first night in a new time zone.
We awoke found Starbucks across the street and then set off with our Realtor Herman on our whirlwind quest to find a house. We began in an area called Tung Chung which is literally right next to the airport.....We saw 2 apartments that completely were not going to work for us, and then we were off to Discovery Bay.
In order to get to Discovery Bay we took the Star Ferry from Kowloon across the Harbor (like7 minutes) to the Main Pier. from there you get on this high speed ferry and ride about 15 to 20 minutes to Lantau Island's Discovery Bay. The scenery is mind blowing as you ride through the Harbor. There are a LOT of HUGE freighters coming and going, cruise ships, other ferries, and the occasional really small fishing boat. The terrain is magnificent, with large mountainous hills that make up Hong Kong and the outlying islands....it is green and lush ( which was surprising for such a large city.) Well enough for know.....I have to go to bed, but will continue more tomorrow:-) Night Night !!
Erika
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