{"id":379,"date":"2018-01-23T09:35:54","date_gmt":"2018-01-23T09:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travels.x10.bz\/wp\/?p=379"},"modified":"2022-07-08T18:19:32","modified_gmt":"2022-07-08T22:19:32","slug":"around-hong-kong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/2018\/01\/23\/around-hong-kong\/","title":{"rendered":"Around Hong Kong!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s our final full day here.  The weather is cooler and the air quality improved.  A wrong way bus trip and a kind local who got us back on track took us to Aberdeen Harbor.  The small harbor is busy with fishing boats and fun to see&#8211;a serendipitous stop.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_1543.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-373\" height=\"3024\" width=\"4032\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_1543.jpg 4032w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_1543-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_1543-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_1543-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_1543-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_1543-750x563.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The correct bus took us to our intended destination Stanley.  We expected a sleepy fishing village but found an upscale shopping area instead.  Still interesting and good to see another area of Hong Kong Island.  We visited Tin Hau Temple, one of the oldest in Hong Kong.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_1544.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-374\" height=\"3024\" width=\"3024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_1544.jpg 3024w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_1544-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_1544-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_1544-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_1544-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_1544-750x750.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/>Along the way, we walked through local markets and admired the many greens available!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_1541.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-375 size-full\" height=\"4032\" width=\"3024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_1541.jpg 3024w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_1541-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_1541-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_1541-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_1541-750x1000.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A bus took us back to Central Hong Kong.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_1499.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-376 size-full\" height=\"1242\" width=\"1472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_1499.jpg 1472w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_1499-150x127.jpg 150w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_1499-300x253.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_1499-768x648.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_1499-1024x864.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_1499-750x633.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hong Kong is very organized.  We are impressed by how everyone lines up systematically to board the bus or train.  Markings on the floor show the way.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_1540.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-377 size-full\" height=\"4032\" width=\"3024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_1540.jpg 3024w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_1540-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_1540-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_1540-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_1540-750x1000.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Nighttime is especially colorful!  Scenes like this are around every corner!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_1510.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-378\" height=\"4032\" width=\"3024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_1510.jpg 3024w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_1510-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_1510-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_1510-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_1510-750x1000.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We are happy to have visited this vibrant city! Early Wednesday, we&#8217;ll head for the airport to make our way to our next stop&#8211;Chiang Mai, Thailand!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s our final full day here. The weather is cooler and the air quality improved. A wrong way bus trip and a kind local who got us back on track took us to Aberdeen Harbor. The small harbor is busy with fishing boats and fun to see&#8211;a serendipitous stop. The correct bus took us to &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/2018\/01\/23\/around-hong-kong\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Around Hong Kong!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=379"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2762,"href":"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379\/revisions\/2762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}