HK, Day 2

I'm far too tired to come up with an interesting title.  Suggestions welcome, but may not be acted upon.  We began our second day walking along the Avenue of "Stars".  They seem to have a rather loose definition of what qualifies as a "star", seeing as I had never heard of 97.439% of these people.  Jackie Chan being the notable exception.

We arrived at the Hong Kong Art Museum, and wandered in the sculpture garden.  The ultimate cheese-head:

 

From there, we could see the Space Museum, The Peninsula, and palm trees.

If MoMA in New York made me think I am not smart enough to appreciate modern art, the HK Art Museum confirmed it.  There was a wall of lawn chairs.  The kind that The, Dad, would repair if the plastic broke.  But these were all fastened together to create a lawn chair barrier.  It could have been an attractive nuisance, but there were SEVERAL employees of the museum there to make sure we didn't touch anything, and to guide us with hand gestures in the way in which we should go.

We enjoyed the antiquities much more.  Next was some aimless wandering.  Lots of pictures of signage, of which I will post a few.

That's the look I give when forced to eat sushi, too!

I may not like your raw fish, but I bow down to the genius of the Japanese chefs.

C met up with us, and took us to a market where she could indulge her cashew obsession.  

We also saw hairless coconuts and stinky fruit.

Up next was the flower market, with rows upon rows of orchids.  Sorry this picture is a little blurry.  C was about 2 blocks ahead of us by this point, and we were just trying to "take it all in".  On the run.

As we rounded the corner, much to our collective surprise, was our HOtel!

The other direction lead us to the Bird Garden.  Hate is not a strong enough word.  First, they distract you with beautiful mosaics:

Then you see all these poor birds crammed into cages, living in their own poop.  

There was even a trash can that was designated "For Dead Birds Only".  BOOOOO on the bird garden.  Much uplifted, we made our way back to where the morning started to watch the Symphony of Lights.  Camber was underwhelmed, but Jeff & I were at least whelmed.  Before it begins:

Video of a portion of the excitement:

After that, we met C's friend LG at a bar.  The end.  For now.