Hong Kong - Day 2

Glenn's first whole day in port was spent mostly shopping. Glenn wanted to buy a new suit and in Hong Kong you can get a custom tailored suit for pretty cheap and it is made in 4 days. Some people even got custom uniforms made because it is cheaper than buying them from the Navy and they fit much better. Glenn picked out a medium grey merino wool for his suit. Here he is at his fitting, the day after we ordered it. It's a fitting, hence the one sleeve and partial suit. After we picked up the suit though, Glenn said the pants were the best fitting pants he's ever owned. Most of our squadron went to see Bowen Wong. He's been making suits for sailors for over 50 years back when American sailors would come through Hong Kong on R and R from Vietnam. He had pictures and lots of stories to tell us.

After the group of us had ordered suits, Bowen took us to lunch at a nearby Dim Sum restaurant. It was probably one of my favorite meals of the trip.

It was nice to have someone who could read Chinese order for us, but also explain how to eat each item. With this sauce or that sauce, or make sure you eat it all in one bite, etc. He was doing great until dessert when he ordered us sweet red bean soup (cause we are from Japan we must love red beans...). Like I've said before, I don't mind it, but I don't understand how beans and dessert come together. Glenn seemed to like it, but I wasn't a huge fan.

After lunch we headed over to Mariane's jewelry shop. Another VAW-115 favorite. Glenn looked at watches for awhile and I looked at some rings. Glenn picked out a $4000 Cartier watch. Sorry baby, maybe when you make Commander. :) I didn't find anything at first, but Glenn told me to keep looking. What kind of husband insists that I buy jewelry? Mine, I guess :). I ended up with three stackable rings and I love them! One is like the ring on the top in this picture and the other two are like the one on the bottom (but smaller). They look like one ring when I wear them together, but this way in the future I can get a different one (or more :) ). Thanks for the early Christmas present, love!

I should really start writing down what we do each day and where we go to dinner but I cannot remember. Oh wait, I remember now. This was Friday and we also had a Hail and Bail on Friday afternoon. We are saying farewell to two Liberty Bells and over the last couple months we have welcomed 4 new Liberty Bells. We had drinks and food at an Irish Bar in Wan Chai and then headed to Kowloon (mainland) to go to Aqua Spirit, a bar on top of one of the many skyscrapers. We had good timing because we got there just in time to see the light show. Every night at 8 pm, the buildings light up in different colors and have lasers and such shooting off the top. It was fun to see from the same height as many of the buildings.

We had drinks and more food and squadron good times. When Glenn and I started getting tired, we headed to the Temple Street Night Market which was near by. I don't necessarily recommend going to a market when you are intoxicated, but we did make it out with some fun although interesting Christmas gifts. Get excited, Blair. :) Another great day in Hong Kong! It is such a fun and international city. You could find almost any kind of food you wanted, shopping galore, everyone spoke English and Chinese, neat places to see and things to do and it was easy to navigate. What else can you ask for?