Hong Kong Adventures: Hong Kong Day 5

I am posting this a day after it all occurred.

Today we had instant noodles with eggs and sausage for breakfast. We had a normal day of work, and some of us went to an Indian Buffet for lunch. The food was really good and very filling. Near the end of the day the Crown department on the 20th floor had their monthly party. The last Friday of every month they have a little party in the afternoon to celebrate any birthdays or anniversaries (with the company) that occurred during the month. After work we went with Ana (who celebrated her 10th anniversary) to buy frozen yogurt and to see if there were any shops to buy things. We walked around for a We then went with her to a nearby bar where another coworker and a friend of theirs were. We spent some time at the bar and then decided to go to Victoria Peak. It was a really clear day and our co-workers encouraged us to go because we would have a really good view and it isn't this clear all the time.

We left the bar went back to our apartment to change out of work clothes and to drop off some of our stuff, and then headed back out to go to Victoria Peak (known as just "The Peak" here). We took the MTR and then walked to a bus stop to take the bus up to the top of the Peak. On the way to the bus stop we stopped at a little shop for food. I got Egg Waffles and Shu Mai. The Egg Waffles were really good. The road to the top is one lane each way and is pretty long, steep, and curvy. To me it felt like highway 17 on steroids, except at a slower speed. We were sitting on the 2nd level of the bus, and this made the ride seem even more precarious. There are shops at the top and a walkway. The walkway is surrounded by trees so there isn't much of a view for most of it. You can hear all the frogs on the hill and there were a bunch of big cockroaches and spiders. We followed the path to a clear place with an AMAZING view. All of Hong Kong was lit up and the skyscrapers and other buildings look amazing. There are so many lights that the sky and the cloud are also very bright. We took a bunch of pictures from the clear overview spot, and then walked back to the beginning of the path where the shops and other things are. There is a tram that goes right up the side of the mountain, we decided to take the bus up and take this tram down. It gets from one end to the other in 7 minutes. You ride backwards when going down the hill, it's a crazy feeling, and it is really steep. If we go to the peak again we will probably take the tram both ways. It is HK$28 one way and $40 round trip.

Now for why I am posting this the next day... After we got to the bottom of the hill we took the MTR back to our apartment, and got there around 11:30. We walked up to our apartment and found a locked gate at the bottom of the store. We did not know that this gate could close and lock, and we especially didn't think it would be locked this early, a lot of shops around were still open and there were still a lot of people out. We tried calling our contact for the apartments but got no answer, and tried calling some people from Crown in the hopes that someone would answer and have a solution for us. By this time it was around 12. We talked to our professor, and after trying a bunch of different things, we called a hotel and made a reservation. The hotel was close, it was just a couple of blocks away. We checked in and got to our room around 2am and slept in quite a bit Saturday morning, it had been a long day and then having this extra stress made us exhausted.