HK Day 8 Star Ferry

Monday 3rd October, Day 8

As much as we tried not to, we slept in again. Curse the snooze button!

Brunch was at KFC. We had to share a Zinger burger meal and wicked wings. There were lots of school kids around as well which made me quite envious.

How come kids in HK can leave the school compound during lunch time but we couldn't in Fiji??

Today we planned to go on the Star Ferry for a round trip of HK Island. To do that, we had to catch the train to Tsim Sha Tsui promenade to the Ferry Terminal. We bought a round-trip ticket for a really decent price of hk$60 each for the one hour tour complete with commentary.

As chance would have it, Monday was the coolest day out of the 7 sweltering hot days we'd been there. Needless to say we were caught off guard - Ant was wearing a climalite T shirt while I had on a short and very thin dress. Because we had just missed a ferry, we had to wait an hour for the next one. To entertain ourselves, we went to Harbour City Mall located on the promenade. It was a fancy and very grand looking immaculate on the inside. It was also cold.

We did lots of browing at the sports shops - I was mostly trailing behind Ant and rubbing up against jackets to get warmer. I had a bit of luck too because we found a Dermalogica kiosk in the mall! Dermalogica is the skin care brand that I've been using in the lead up to the wedding and I feel it's done a good job,although it's quite drying on my skin which means I need to slather on the moisturiser. I bought a huge tub of cleanser to replenish my dwindling supply.

We stopped at Pizza Hut for food, ordering from their set menu which included a beverage each, a soup each, a pasta dish and a pizza. We finished every bite because the servings were small and most importantly, delicious! It cost hk$246 which is au$34.

We were waiting at the Star Ferry dock with 10minutes to spare. A ferry pulled in and after the passengers disembarked, we were told to embark. Ant and I tried to push away on board so that we could sit right on the bow of the ship; think that Titanic moment with whatshername and whatshisname saying they could fly. Yes, that part of the ship. Unfortunately, we got outpushed. It's HK afterall.

Our spot wasn't too bad; we were seating behind the first row. Eventually the cold winds drove the first row away so Ant gleefully took their seat.

We sat there from that vantage point freezing our asses off. It drizzled, but Ant would not give up his hard-earned seat. Luckily other passengers were idiots too so we all sat there and got drizzled on for a little while.
By the time we finally got off the ship, it was getting dark. So we caught the train back to Yau Ma Tei and back to our Hotel.

After resting up, we got into some warmer clothes and went out to Ladies Market. Instead of a proper dinner, we bought lots of fried fishballs and waffles from the outdoor vendors.

Which wasn't a very good idea because that night after we had returned to the room and showered, I was starving. I was in my nightie so Ant said I had to change out of it first so that we could go around the corner to KFC. My nightie passes for a day dress, so I refused. But he still refused to because I had showered and was going to 'pick up all sorts of disgusting stuff and bring it back to bed' when I went outside.

We couldn't come to a compromise so I went to bed hungry that night.