There's Trouble Afoot at the Circle K

That one's for you Bill and Ted (and their excellent adventures and bogus journeys) fans out there.

Welcome to Hong Kong!
Honkers is cool. Firstly, I love it because I can finally walk around and not get stared at by EVERYONE. I know I draw attention to myself as it is (err I should probably eat less, and have a slightly smaller tattoo) but seriously, I was like a rock in a stream through crowds everywhere so far. Not here though. Just a regular bozo who's money is as good as anyone else's. Sweet.

Right. We had a feed at the local Aussie pub - Ned Kelly's last stand.
This place was off to a good start when we asked the waitress for some menus and she walked to the bar, picked up her bag and went home. Cheers, love. And, we learned very quickly that Honkers is not really as cheap as everywhere else we've been.
Anyway, last night was an early one. Today was a MTR ride (HK's underground train system) to Lantau island, where we rocked this super awesome gondola. The line was lengthy, and we had to leave our livestock at the base terminal. Poor Daisy.
The gondola took us to check out the giant Tian Tan Buddha. The view was pretty awesome the whole way, too.
At the top of the moutain (which is coincidentally at the base of the Buddha) there's a quaint little traditional Chinese village.
Built sometime in the early 21st century, it includes such ancient wonders as a 2-storey elevator...
...and a Starbucks.
Early life here would've been tough. Anyway, onto the Buddha. This sucker is like 27m high, weighs about 200 tonnes and is made entirely out of bronze. Neat!
There's also a monestary. There's a table where people place offerings for Buddha, and while I'm sure the photo doesn't really show it, some good samiritan left a box of Ferrero Rochers.
After a late lunch, we rolled in the Peak Tram for a bird's eye view of HK. The Peak Tram was actually used as a form of transport way back when and goes from a gradient of 4 to 27 degrees. Yeah, that's pretty steep.
Pretty solid effort for a first day if you ask me. Oh, we also hit up some markets, a ridiculously large (and expensive) shopping centre, and took note of the super awesome double-decker trams.
Woo! Tomorrow: Ocean Park. Yep, seals, pandas, rollercoasters and fishies.

P.s; Yes, I had a shave. Yes, I look ridiculous without a beard.

t+e