HONG KONG part 2

Not seeing my husband for 3 months turned me into a 13-year-old girl in some ways. There's that initial shy stage when you first see him again because you're all smiley and a little nervous like you're on a first date again. Its really funny how often military wives experience this, and I wonder if after several deployments that initial reunion is always the same or if it changes? But there we were, finally together in Hong Kong! I had my checklist of things to see and do, but Jonah had his too (namely, Outback Steakhouse).

We started our first day at the Peninsula Hotel for high tea. Do you see the band in the top corner there? It was very fun and fancy...and British. This is one of those "must-see" things in all the travel guides, so we took advantage and had a lovely time!!

Here's Jonah with his scone and clotted cream. He had coffee and I had Jasmine tea.

That night we went to Happy Valley track, which was very close to our hotel, to see the horses race. It was different from the horse races at Del Mar in California. We could never figure out the betting system! It was a lot of fun though.

Yeah, we had to fall for the cheesy tourist photo-op here. Actually, I had to fall for it, and drag Jonah down with me.

The next day we began our assent across the water and up the hills to see the big buddah. My favorite part about this day was this 25-minute skytram ride.

The bottom of the skytram was a window, so you could see the trees beneath you, as well as those motivated hikers climbing up the path of enlightenment, all the way to the buddah.

Funny story: We watched a parkour demonstration in the village outside the buddah and Jonah went to see where the dancers were. Well, after climbing the stairs to get a better view, the parkour guys hopped up there to show off to the audience and Jonah sorta got caught up in the madness. Can you find him at the very left of the picture? haha

Those were a lot of stairs.

Look who we ran into?! These are some of the guys from Jonah's squadron.

I love when he makes this face, haha. In the background you can see some of the random cattle grazing the temple streets.

Jonah with some iron-fisted Chinese emperor.

The last night we were there I went to a light show on the harbor with some girlfriends of mine. Thanks Gina for snapping this picture! In the background you can see Victoria's Harbor all lit up.

It was a great trip, I only wish some of you could have come with us! Hope you enjoyed the pictures : )