Hong Kong Day 1- The Start Ferry & Lan Kwai Fong

After the Symphony of Lights show we planned to take the Star Ferry across the water to Hong Kong Island.

My good friend Amy warned us to expect very choppy waters on the trip across to Hong Kong Island. If you get sea sick easily I recommend avoiding this experience or taking something for motion sickness. Needless to say we choose to take a taxi on our way back to Kowloon. One ride across on those choppy water was more than enough for Chris and my husband. This meant no junk boat cruise for us!

 Looking out at the Hong Kong Island shore

 Looking back at the Kowloon shore

 We arrived in Lan Kwai Fong after wandering the street in the wrong direction. This area was littered with bars, restaurants, a handful of night clubs, and many young people.

 Saw these guys while we were lost looking for Lan Kwai Fong

 The first bar we decided on had an odd odor coming from their AC vents so we went up the street to this spot.

 Our friend Chris enjoying an icy brew. He regretted choosing to wear jeans that night after our trek uphill to get to this place.

Hong Kong Day 1- A Symphony of Lights

When I was doing research on things you should do and see while in Hong Kong everyone was raving about the multimedia light show. It runs every evening at 8pm for 14 minutes and involves 44 buildings on both sides of the harbor.

You can listen to the shows music and narration nightly along the Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront between the Avenue of the Stars and the Hong Kong Cultural Centre, the waterfront promenade on the Wan Chai Golden Bauhinia Square, or a Victoria Harbor Cruise.

There are five scenes in the show. The first is Awakening, followed by Energy, Heritage, Partnership and lastly Celebration. You can read more about it here.

I recommend getting to a vantage point early as people begin to gather quickly. We arrive about 20 minutes prior to the show and it was already fairly crowded.

I recorded video of the entire show, and since it is 15 minutes long I can only share the a small portion of the show with you all. This is the last bit of the show.

 I loved seeing all the colors form the buildings reflected off the water

A little video of the show I found online