Symphony of Lights

Hong Kong is home to a famous light show, where the buildings along Victoria Harbor (HK Island side) light up every night to music. It took me a few weeks, but I finally got to see it this past Friday night.

My friend, Kat, had to go into the Central to get her HK ID since she is here for a year, so I went in with her and we decided to check out the light show later that night. We ended up wandering around HK Island and along the piers for a while. We also wandered into the grocery store and found a lot of American products! We found and purchased Tostitos and Cheetos. J It was a nice reminder of home.

We met our friend Anna at the train stop for the light show and ventured over to the harbor. We found seats against a railing and relaxed for a while before the show started. There was some guy performing music and karaoke and he started singing The Doors at one point.

The Symphony of Lights started at 8pm and is set to some Cantonese music. It was established by the HK Tourism Board and last about 15 minutes. Friday night was kind of foggy, but you could still see most of the lights. It was a nice show, definitely a tourist thing, and something we decided we’d see again in December, but nothing too spectacular.

After the show we were all starving and craving American food. We walked about 15 minutes to this nearby strip of restaurants where we decided on a small little Italian place. But not before walking by the famous Peninsula Hotel. It's a famous hotel in HK known for it's high tea. I plan on going there some afternoon before I leave for the tea. Dinner was a bit pricey but it was worth it. When we sat down, the hostess handed me a wine list- it was so weird knowing I could order something alcoholic legally.  During dinner it started down pouring as well as thundering and lightning. It was great. We walked backed to the MTR station in the rain as well as back to school after the commute back.

The Peninsula

Where we had dinner.

And, it’s been raining ever since…