Bamboo, the Pacific, High-rises, and Ocean Park!!!

There is no denying that there is beautiful scenery in Hong Kong (especially my wife, Leah!!!).  We do miss the wide open spaces found in Canada, but are also intrigued by this brand new landscape.  We are getting more and more used to this new culture everyday but we know full well that there will be even more culture shock tomorrow as we head into our small city of 4 million called Huizhou in the province of Guangdong.

One familiar thing that Hong Kong and China shares with Canada is the Pacific Ocean.  We have seen no one brave this chilly water but I am sure somewhere in this part of the world someone does.  Also, as seen in my hand, the other thing we share is our love for coffee, particularly Starbucks Coffee. 

This is the view from our room in the Panda Hotel.  As you can see there is high-rise, after high-rise, after high-rise.  Everywhere you look there is something BIG.  I am a little surprised to see a basketball court in this picture because it seems that everywhere you look a massive building fills your view.  

As we have everyday we have been here, we are going to leave the comforts of our hotel and explore Hong Kong!  Today we are going to brave the MTR again and ride a city bus for the first time in Hong Kong as we head to Ocean Park  http://www.oceanpark.cn/html/en/home/  (a really great amusement park).  We will blog more about Ocean Park later!!!