Since Phil is coming in at 11am on Thur, and Steve and Cathy are here Wed, want to meet at Spring Deer on Thursday evening for the best Peking Duck in town? What time are you arriving?
Our hotel is terrific. Complimentary breakfast daily is probably the best Ive ever seen. They have a juice bar that was probably the best juices I've ever had.
Phil will you be able to connect tonight with Jack, Keith Cathy and I.
Our hotel is terrific. Complimentary breakfast daily is probably the best Ive ever seen. They have a juice bar that was probably the best juices I've ever had.
Phil will you be able to connect tonight with Jack, Keith Cathy and I.
Great to hear you and Cathy are having a great time so far.
I have to run an errand with my sister this afternoon in another district and it might run till night. I'll play it by ear and get updates as to where you are later. Am waiting for my flight out at the gate.
Very excited for you guys...Hong Kong is one amazing city. I have been very fortunate to go many times. I always remember the smell of the salty sea air when it certain parts of Asia...and the smell of char siu and dim sum!!! Enjoy!
There are more fancy cars in Hong Kong than most any place in the world. Although there is a low income tax, HK charges a 100% or so tax on new cars. I know they had some lower tax for electric cars, like Teslas and the BMW i8, so they were relative bargains. If you live in the main part of the city, you can only drive at 30mph or so max, for just a few miles at most! My brother in law was an executive with one of the big banks before he retired. He had one of the big perks, a parking space at his office in central. He would drive from home to work and back, a distance of about 1 mile! Almost faster to walk.
The Peninsula Hotel (on the Kowloon side) have had fleets of green Rolls-Royces to pick up their guests and take them around town! I was a consultant on the Hong Kong Space Museum back in 1979, making the Peninsula very unhappy by blocking their view of the harbour (it was on government land - part of the old railroad yard - you can still see the old clock tower at the Star Ferry next door). They eventually built a tower on the hotel so at least some of the guests could see the harbour over the exterior egg shaped dome of the planetarium.