Hong Kong 2010 - Day 2

261210 1337 local time (GMT +8)
Hong Kong, China

I am in heaven. Spotting heaven that is.

We woke up to clear skies, and decided to seize the chance to go spotting at the far side of the airport. Breakfast was had near the hotel, some beef satay noodles which I quite enjoyed.

We headed to our favourite MTR station, Tung Chung. That name sure brings back memories, doesn't it. Anyway we split up when we were there. Shuotian, Jeremy and Paul hit the outlet mall while we proceeded to catch a bus. Unfortunately we caught the wrong one. Looks like our old friend Murphy's caught up with us.

Anyway that was a minor setback and we did eventually make it to where we are now, a small beach near the aircraft maintenance building. The spotting opportunities are endless, I've seen many interesting airliners (and one or two less interesting ones). The highlight was the return of 9V-SWG, our old friend who brought us here yesterday.

Now we're just waiting for the guys to call us and let us know when they're done. We're also hoping to do some whale watching while we're here.

2200 local time (GMT +8)
Hong Kong, China

Well in the end we did manage the whale watching, then headed back to Tung Chung to join the others. Lunch was at the ICC, some nice noodles and xiao long bao. We then tried to get up the ICC, but sadly it wasn't opened, so we decided to head up to the peak.

On the way to the peak, we were debating over whether the bus or the tram was faster. We didn't reach a conclusion, so we decided to settle it in traditional manner with one of our First Gear races. Jinjun, Calvin and Jeremy would take the bus, while Shuotian, Paul and myself would take the Peak Tram.

The race flagged off at Hong Kong station, from which the three of us immediately rushed out to find the Peak Tram. We were rushing to wait though, as we got there and saw an enormous queue. This effectively cost us the race, as we stood around waiting for our turn in line while the others' bus had already reached the top.

We did make it, eventually, although sadly it was dark by the time. We admired the views of the harbour and a nearby forest fire, then got dinner at a nearby fries place. We all took the bus down after that, which was more fun than it sounds.

We tried to pull off another race after that, me, Jeremy and Jinjun MTRing across the harbour while the rest took the Star Ferry. In the end, we gave up on this and just headed back to the Rai Lei.

Today's been quite tiring, though enjoyable. Still miffed at not seeing the Peak by day though. Disney tomorrow should be fun.
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