Toto... we are not in Kansas anymore!

Getting to Hong Kong

 Hullo... well I am woefully behind on my blogging. Mama has been hogging the laptop for her own trip blog - can you believe it!! Anyhow, I have managed to snafoodle the computer and now it's my turn!! So... where was I? Oh yes, we left Vancouver on Wednesday - we took the Sky Train to the airport, which was lots of fun!

 Mind you I did have to ride in Mama's backpack for most of the way.

 Which made me think that I should be able to ride in First Class!!! But noooo... Luckily the plane was not beary full so I got the middle seat.

But before we even got to the gate, there were tonnes of cool things to see. These are not polar bears by Kermode bears (white black bears) from up where Mama is from.... they were beary friendly.

 And there was a massive aquarium with lots of fish and...

 Sea anemome... ameno.. whatever... those things. Remember? I had seen some at low tide one day on the Island, but they look so much more pretty when they are underwater.

 Oh, and I got my picture taken with the big statue at Vancouver Airport.I'm sure there is a bear in this boat somewhere but I couldn't find it. I think it's a creation story sculpture.

 And then... after 14 hours flying... (we did do a detour around the Koreas according to our flight path)... and three movies... we arrived in Hong Kong!!!

 I was so tired I went straight to bed. Luckily it was evening when we arrived so that worked out good.

 Kowloon

The next day I went on an adventure... we walked everywhere! First we went down to the shoreline. That's Hong Kong Island in the background. We'll go there tomorrow...

 The promenade was called Avenue of the Stars... but there was no star yet for me!!! Guess because I haven't starred in any Chinese movies!

 But people did stop and coo over me... "so cute!!"

 Oh, and I saw a fleur-de-lis... I thought Ben would like that as it has some Chinese characters on it...

I saw some bunnies up to no good!! But they wouldn't listen to me...

 This bunny was much more sedate and doing typical Easter Bunny things...

 And Hong Kong has my favourite hot chocolate shop!!! Of course we had to stop and visit... Mind you - you have to be careful with the signs here because...

At first this looked like a hot chocolate shop sign but... clearly it is not!

 And we saw tonnes of markets... we went to the Jade Market... and the Flower Market, and the Goldfish Market (where we saw way more than just goldfish), and the Ladies Market (where they don't sell ladies... just a lot of clothes and purses), sporting goods market... etc etc etc. Whew... my little feet were starting to get sore.

 I also learned that in Hong Kong, scaffolding is not made out of metal... but out of bamboo. And it is all held together by black zip-tie thingies... Mmmm...

 Oh and we stopped at a Taoist Temple too - the one for Seafarers.

All in all a packed day! We ended it by going to see the evening Show of Lights down by the waterfront. It was beary nice! But I was beary pooped by the end of the day...

Tomorrow it is off to Hong Kong the island for a day or two of adventure...