Hong Kong - Day 5

I always hate the last day in port. You know the goodbye is looming all day, but you still try to enjoy yourself. Sometimes I think it would just be best if they had to be back on the ship around 10 am rather than midnight. It just makes the whole day difficult, but I suppose I'll always take one more day with him than not.

I was staying with Laura and Barry the last night again, since Glenn had to be back on the ship so we checked out of out hotel in the morning and then had brunch. In hindsight, I probably should have just kept the hotel room so that we would have somewhere to hang out and take a break during the day, but instead we had to keep ourselves entertained all day.

First we went and picked up Glenn's cuff links and suit and then headed to the Hong Kong Museum of History. The Museum has 8 different sections on different parts of their history. I only recommend the last two- post WWII. The first 6 sections made no sense and jumped from the formation of the earth to the Chinese dynasties to making shrimp paste. Glenn and I decided they gave every employee the job of researching something, anything about Hong Kong and then placing their plaque and artifact anywhere they chose. We did like the tiger though (Glenn is scared, can't you tell? :) )

After the museum we headed to the Hong Kong Botanical and Zoological Gardens after a quick snack and glass of wine in a prime people watching location. The gardens were free and fun to wander around a park in the middle of such big skyscrapers. Surprisingly, Hong Kong is a leader is breeding endangered animals and had a large primate area. My favorite were these guys, I forget what kind they were, but they loved to swing from the top of the cage and the little baby was holding on tight.

There was a sign on the fountain that says "No Paddling". Does that mean in my canoe? Hence my awkward pose, I'm paddling in my imaginary canoe. Hong Kong does a much better job, in general, of posting signs in English, that actually  make sense. I suppose that's because everyone speaks English. I still want to know how I get the job of being a copy editor in Japan.

We strolled through the park and enjoyed a sunset together before heading to dinner and saying our final goodbyes. Good thing I'll be seeing him soon. Goodbyes are the worst.