Today I got to meet up with an old friend from Ballarat who is living in Hong Kong now. He showed me pretty much the whole city.
We started the day with a Michelin Star restaurant meal, which was delicious and actually pretty cheap (only about $30 for two people) and then headed to the IFC for an insanely tall building and an awesome view.
There were a lot of Filipino helpers on their day off lining all the best walkways just hanging out and doing each other's nails.
We then headed to a few local hot spots to check out the best clubs (even though they were all closed by day) and a cool local diner.
After all the craziness of that, we headed to the other side of the river to a park which was home to some awesome exotic birds, including huge Macaws and Flamingos!
I then got shown a cool, practically empty pier that apparently no one else knows about that had one of the best, unobstructed views of Hong Kong Island available.
Nearby, there was also a heritage listed hotel from the 1800s. The building itself was cool, but the trees really amazed me, growing up on the 3rd story balcony!
We managed to get a small sneak peak of the parade thats going to be on tomorrow at the waterfront, then caught the ferry back to the island.
We timed it just right to see a dragon and lion dance on our way to Time Square.
It was a really really awesome day. It was so handy having a local who knew what was going on!!
Tomorrow, Lunar New Year Day 1 xx