What a week! Great city, beautiful temples, wonderful food, friendly people, cute pandas, fun shopping … Hong Kong has it all! Now it’s time for the long flight home … and some sleep. 😀🇭🇰🐼🛍

We took the ferry to Macau for a day of sightseeing, shopping, and gambling. We visited several casinos, the most impressive of which was the Grand Lisboa My guide book called it “ridiculous ostentation”, and it wonderfully lived up to its reputation! 😆 We enjoyed an amazing French dinner at Robuchon au Dome. Of course, our long day ended with a long ferry ride back to Hong Kong. 😀

Surely, no one thought I would come to China and not visit the most famous residents?! I spent the morning at Ocean Park with the Pandas! 🐼 What a neat place (with lots of other animals, too). Lunch was at Jumbo Kingdom, a floating restaurant. Not only was the venue spectacular, but the food was delicious.

Well, the rain tried to mess up my day, but I conquered. I took the ferry over to Lantau Island to see the Po Lin Monastery and the Big Buddha. And, wow, he is big! The bronze statue itself is 112 feet tall (not to mention the 268 stairs to get close to him). Very impressive. The Chinese are also celebrating Buddha’s birthday this week, so their joy added to the experience. 😀

We started this morning with a hike up countless stairs to the Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery, then the breathtaking Chi Lin Nunnery, and feasted on Michelin star-rated dumplings for lunch. 😋 

I love it when my husband goes somewhere awesome for a business trip … especially when I can go with him! I am exhausted after six days at Texas School, but I have a 17-hour flight to rest. So, with a camera, a plan, and Uber, I’m all set. Hong Kong, here we come!! 📷😀 🇭🇰