Day 49 6/11/2014

We took advantage of a lie in after our late night and then caught up on some admin before heading over to Kowloon early afternoon taking the Star Ferry across the harbour.   The legendary fleet of electric-diesel vessels provides a great way to see the skyscrapers and jungle clad hills of HK Island and must be one of the best value cruise at $2 (c16p).  We walked along Tsim Sha Tsui East promenade trail, only recognising Bruce Lee along the Avenue of Stars.  It looks like a lot of land has been reclaimed over recent years and the Peninsula Hotel, which Diane recalled was previously at the harbour front, is now someway in land.  We thought we'd treat ourselves to a drink at this legendary landmark but we were a bit disappointed by the rather dark interior with no view so after taking advantage of the facilities headed to the Inter Continental, which looks like it's floating on the river, and enjoyed a drink in their huge glass fronted bar with magnificent views across the bay to HK Island.  You certainly pay for the view, a glass of rose and a beer were nearly £20, the most expensive of our trip so far.  We waited until dusk to see the neon lights come on before heading off to walk through Temple Street night market.  This was a bit of a disappointment full of tourist tat and unlike Diane's recollection of food and birds (perhaps this was somewhere else).  HK has been cleaned up a lot since the outbreak of Bird Flu and maybe this was another thing to go.  One of the good things is that hawking and spitting in the street is now banned.  We'd picked out a restaurant to go to for dinner in the Lonely Planet guide and as is becoming the norm weren't able to find it (there was a huge amount of building work going on and it may well be that it's been knocked down).  So we headed back towards the pier and enjoyed a nice meal at a Chinese restaurant which had a combination of Beijing, Shanghai and Sichuan food.   On the way back we sat on the top deck of the ferry enjoying the wonderful night view of HK Island, lite up by hundreds of neon lights.