First full day in HK

Hello,
Today was the first full day of visiting Hong Kong. It was really exciting and I got a lot of interesting shots to share. The day was not organized by the tour, so Margaret and I explored by ourselves. We started out late, since we slept late and caught up with our sleep. Hereare some highlights:
Breakfast was uneventful- Margie had Starbucks, and I really wanted something a little more authentic, but settled for a budget fast food place. I’m really afraid to get sick, so I won’t be too adventuresome.
I was quite impressed with my first glimpse of the Hong-Kong skyline and took some interesting shots. One of the things that really impressed me was the number of delivery people on the sidewalks pushing carts loaded with all sorts of merchandise- including the DHL messenger delivering packages.
Riding the Sky Ferry from Kowloon to Hong Kong is a quick an scenic ride. It’s comparable to riding the Staten Island Ferry, but shorter ride and it is not free- but quite inexpensive.
HK is a city of contrasts- very modern skyscrapers and luxury malls combined with street shops selling herbs and knick knacks.
An interesting engineering aspect of HK is the amount of construction everywhere- including filling in the harbor to accommodate more building. Many of the streets are being torn up for repairs of subway additions. Tomorrow I will have dinner with Sai Lam, an engineering classmate from Columbia who has lived here for the past 30 years and has built the new airport, bridge, and now more subways.
There’s an interesting picture I took at the temple with ladies burning papers on which worshipers had written their wishes to the Gods.
We had “high tea” at the Peninsula Hotel, one of those grand hotels from a past era, where Chinese were not permitted during the British reign.
There is a park in the middle of a very busy area in Kowloon with a sculpture garden and an Olympic sized swimming pool. The temperature here is in the high 80’s, so it looked very refreshing.
I am having difficulty uploading videos- it appears that the internet connection is not good and it stops loading. Will keep trying.
Good night,
Rosa