Hong Kong is full of surprises

After another wonderful breakfast – such great variety – we headed out to the Tai Tam Country Park. Hong Kong island has some fantastic walking tracks, although this isn’t really the time of year to take advantage of them. It was another 75% humidity, 32 degree day, and the first 5 minutes of walking was uphill – very steep up hill. Although it was easy for us in comparison to a lady we passed pushing her toddler in a pram!

The rest of the walk was down hill, which was great, and we had some lovely views.

After an exhausting walk, we headed into Central for lunch at the Luk Yu Tea House – one of the oldest tea houses in Hong Kong, and famous for its food, and old, grumpy waiters. It is a wonderful place, and I recommend anyone heading to Hong Kong to visit. The food really is great, the building has a lot of ‘old world’ charm, and although the waiters are old (apparently most have worked there for 40+ years) they are pleasant, although don’t speak English. The menu has quite a bit of variety, and is much more than the ‘standard’ dim sum fare. Contrary to reviews we had read, they do provide the prices now, and are not that expensive.

Having spent so much time walking around over the past 3 days, our feet and legs were tired. The hotel advertised the Foot Joy Club, offering reflexology and Chinese massage. We thought we would treat ourselves, and headed in. It was fantastic – just what we needed. Starting with a warm footbath, we each had a shoulder and neck massage, followed by reflexology (foot massage). The experience was wonderful – if you’re in Wan Chai, head on in – it’s located behind the Cosmopolitan Hotel.