Best Laid Plans

We were planning to take the jet foil to Macau this morning and do a bus tour of the Island however when we awoke it was very dark and clouding in Hong Kong and with some rain forecast for Macau. As it would costs about £ 200.0 to get there and back and perhaps a bit extra for the tour we decided that to spend that money and not really see anything in its best light would be pointless. Sop what to do?
First of a as bit of laying under the grey cloud on the rooftop pool for a whole seemed very attractive and so that is what we did for about 4.5 hours and that was very pleasant. For the evening we had planned for dinner in the Hong Kong club and then go and watch the evening light show which starts each night at 20.00 for about ten minutes when all the buildings on the waterfront both sides combine to create a light show and music if you are in the right place. We left the club and walked to Star Ferry, gosh has this changed, Star ferry was right by Connaught Centre by about 100 yards but now with land reclamation it seems nearer Kowloon than Central but after a twenty minute walk we got to Star ferry and jumped aboard for the crossing and hoping we would arrive in time for the lights and we just about made it, and so did many hundreds of others as the place was packed and to set up my tripod would be of no use and so I held and took video and photos.

I forgot to mention the dinner in the club was very good and Jenifer had the cold salmon steak to start with a large plate of liver and mashed potato, and Noel had the prawn cocktail and the sirloin steak and fries.  I did mention to the Maitre’d that when it shows steak and chips that's what I thought you got and not a helping of tomatoes and pak choi , which is a Chinese cabbage, neither which I can eat and so I asked for some peas which duly arrived mixed with onion!!!, so they went back and a bowl of peas turned up. In the meantime we were watching the repeat of the Leicester and Liverpool game and the highlight of the Man u and Chelsea game.
Once the display was finished and crowds cleared a bit Noel set up the tripod to some time lapse filming over the harbour and that took about 25 minutes to record and perhaps will last ten seconds when you show it. From there we went past the Peninsular Hotel and right next door where the TST Police Station used to be in the 1970-1980 period the old station has been turned in to a smart and expensive Hotel with about 15 rooms only and no doubt quite expensive. This area of Tsim Tsa Tsui was very busy indeed, no doubt with all the crowds that had gone to see the light show.
We got back to the Hotel around 10 pm and Noel went straight for a shower and was in bead by 10.30 and nodded off after seconds having covered about three miles.
Lets see what tomorrow brings