Doug was up at 4:00 am. Don't know why. I went to the balcony that is separated by a curtain and went on the internet and searched some sites that I have wanted to for days. I sent a few emails to a variety of people for a variety of reasons.
Around 5:15 Fellette came to life and made coffee. We went to the breakfast room around 7:30 and enjoyed another business-hotel fantastic breakfast. This is really a business hotel, most men and a few women are dressed in suits and we did not see any leisure travellers. The clientele here is mixed: Asian, East Indian, German, French, British and a few from North America.
Our big black Mercedes and driver was in the driveway at 9:30. I had decided to check out the tailor that we used in 2008, the last time we were here. Our guide took us to the Star Ferry terminal and soon we were in Kowloon. Things started to look familiar and we were shortly on the fifth floor and in Vogue Tailors, our destination.
After a short discussion on price and quality and picking some materials, assisted by Fellette, I was measured in great detail. The shirts I had made here five years ago are the best fitting I have ever had and launder and iron beautifully.
I am having four leisure shirts made and a cotton sports jacket. Yes, cotton. I have been looking for one for years without success. It is so that it can be easily washed, not requiring dry-cleaning.
After less than an hour at the tailor we were outside and the car soon whisked us to Stanley on the far side of the Island. Stanley is a touristy fun place which we have been to twice before. We picked up a few things that we have eyed the last two weeks.
All told we were in Stanley a little over an hour. We drove back a different way so we today encircled the island completely. They dropped us at the hotel and we went to the room, cleaned up and went for a bite to eat in the busy streets outside.
We decided to go for a walk after a late lunch but after a few minutes in the hustle-bustle of downtown Hong Kong we both quickly came to the same conclusion: that this is not us. We retired to our posh harbour-view suite. Fellette snuggled up with a new book while Doug recovered from 17 days of China-Touring and a 4:00 am wake-up.
This is our last night in this fantastic journey we have been on, we have seen much more than we ever thought we would see in our life and we are ready to come home to our cozy life and our precious garden.
Tomorrow is just a long waiting day until we board the big silver bird and come home. We have a 2:00 pm checkout. The plane is scheduled to leave at 7:40 pm and we arrive home at 4:35 pm, the same day. In other words, we arrive before we leave: The International Dateline you know.
We dined in our room again tonight again, this time watching the Laser Light Show that Hong Kong puts on nightly on the tall buildings along the waterfront on both the Hong Kong side and the Kowloon side. NA very nice relaxing way to spend our last night.
Pictures:
Fellette and her cuddle spot.
Star Ferry to Kowloon.
Star Ferry.
Measuring.
Measuring.
Would you buy a shirt from this man?
Shopping in Stanley.
Window view, Kowloon on the far side.
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