MURRI'S COME TO HONG KONG :)

April 30 Scott and Libbi Murri arrived in Hong Kong for a visit.  We picked them up at the airport in the morning and then the fun began.  We spent that day walking through the Wan Chai market and checking out Ricks office/ the church building.  Later that afternoon we took the doubledecker bus out to Stanley Market for some shopping and a fast crazy bus ride up the winding skinny roads.

Wan Chai market

buying oranges in the market

double decker bus to Stanley Market

Libby and Scott before the ride begins

They had the front seats that make the ride feel like a
roller coaster!

Stanley.  The boat to the right is a Dragon boat.
It is long and thin. They have boat races the first of June.

The next day was May 1st which is a holiday, labor day here. We went on the Ding Ding to the mid level escalator. On the way we saw a political demonstration and the thousands of domestic workers hanging around together on their day off.

  It is the longest escalator system in the world.  It is several connecting escalators that take you up the mountain side.  The city is built on the mountain side so you can get off and shop, eat and wander around. You have to walk down since the escalators only go up during the day.  They go down in the morning for rush hour getting into town traffic. We found a good French restaurant for lunch.  

May 2 we visited the Wong Tai Sin Temple.  It is popular with the people here because it is the temple of good fortune and money blessings.  It is very colorful and the air is full of the fumes of incense and clacking of shaking sticks. We visited the Nan Lian Gardens which was peaceful and a calm retreat from the busy life of Hong Kong. We met up with Rick on the pier by Victoria Bay.  Later that night Emily arrived and we happily welcomed her home.

Wong Tai Sin Temple

Worshipers at the Wond Tai Sin Temple.  They are shaking incense sticks.

Sentinel guarding the inside of the Temple, no one allowed inside.

Temple gardens and pond

elaborate roofs at the temple

Chi Lin Nunnery (Buddist) by Nan Lian gardens

We found a Pepper Lunch in Hong Kong!  Pages had treated us to this yummy
place in Japan so it is fun to have it here too.

Victoria Harbour

Emily is back in Hong Kong!