So Long, Hong Kong!

First things first:

Happy Birthday Neil!

To add to the already large amounts of Hong-Konganese appeal, this place also has a number of large public park areas. One worth noting, is the Zoological and Botanical Gardens on the hill.
Not sure if that many people get awfully excited about botanical gardens (although they make an excellent get away from the hustle and bustle of Asian streets), but the fact they have a bunch of monkeys here is just so rock-n-roll. Check out this bored little guy!
They also had Lemurs and a bunch of other little rascals playing keep away with a food bowl. Solid. The view wasn't half bad, either.
Oh. Did we mention this Zoo-type experience was free? No? Well it was. Technically, anyway. You pay in body fatigue because if you walk the way we did from central, the mountainous terrain dwarfs the physical and emotional strain of even a hike to the peak of Everest. Either that or I'm really out of shape.

Our last day in HK's city was nice and relaxing. After a wander around the park, a nice lunch at a cinema bookshop/cafe (called Kubrick and was reminscient of the relaxing type of cafes back home - such as everyone's favourite: Gus') it was back to the hotel to relax, have a crack at packing and attempt to tackle this giant beer.
Yeah, that's a litre of Asahi. In a can. From the supermarket. Ace. That brings us to dinnertime. Hong Kong Island, not Kowloon (where we were staying), has a pretty neat bar district.
Full of tourists, but hey, so are we. Any excuse for more giant beer will do.
That's about it for our stay in Honkers. Although we're spending the next couple of nights at a mystery location within HK, it's not really in the city. Speaking of the mystery location, we caught this cryptic train here today:
Anyway, stay tuned for more clues as to our location tomorrow, when it's also someone really special's birthday...
t+e