HONG KONG: DAY ONE

here's a slideshow from my first full day in honk honk (hover for captions):​

crossing the star ferry.

​on the way from kowloon, where my hotel is, to hong kong island. 

can you see the humidity?

can you taste it??​

dim sum!

aziz, my tour guide and boss for the week, at city hall for dim sum.​

the sweets.

my favorite part about this dim sum was the black sesame soup. i must learn how to make it!​

a view from the escalator.

​after dim sum, aziz and i took the escalator further up the island to begin a hike.

the obligatory waterfall shot.

the hike begins!

puppy hiker.

​i was too shy to introduce myself, but here he is.

a crane for eggboy.

eggboy likes cranes. ​

the top of the island.

complete with two shopping malls, obviously.​

honk honk from above.

hong kong island and kowloon, across the river.​

being er.

​aziz told me that if a girl is ditzy, she is "so er." "er" means "two" in mandarin... like the two that i'm making with my hand in this pic. hehe.

a pretty wall.

a colorful wall.​

the back?

i think that's the back of hong kong island.​

aziz.

it just occurred to me that this year marks seven years of being friends with aziz! ​

escalator #34329058942

​heading back down the island.

heading further down.

on the trolley of doom. that thing gets nearly vertical. never taking it again.​

the mtr.

taking the mtr back across to kowloon for indian food!​