Thursday, September 18, 2008

A Day on the Town

There are simply too many things to write about today, so I thought I would just post a link to the photo album with some of the pictures.

The day started out with us having breakfast and heading right out to Ngong Ping Village to see the Buddha and take the Ngong Ping Cable Car. Of course, one of the main attractions there is the Tian Tan Buddha Statue.

The entire adventure was a lot of fun and we learned many things about the local culture during our outing.
The rail system is simply amazing. It was very easy for us to find it and to use it. We had one transfer along the way.
The trains are fast and very efficient. We did get to see that they are heavily used during rush hour with a mixture of business people and school children. Being MBA students, we of course discussed why rail in Texas and the U.S. is not as heavily used or developed.
The rail ride was a lot of fun and was a mixture of underground and above ground. People watching was also part of the adventure.
Getting on the cable car was also just as easy. We also enjoyed giving Lee a hard time since he was not that fond of the height.
Lucky for him (and all of us), we did not meet up with Peter yet (see below). You see, Peter told us about a little incident with the cars that frankly would have had me on edge if I had known.

The cable car ride was a long one, but the scenery was great. Make sure you take a look at the photo album and you will see many of the pictures.
I have to tell you about Peter Hoi. James Ellis contacted him on our behalf before we left on the trip and Peter wanted to meet up with us. I can tell you that meeting Peter has been the highlight of my trip so far.
He met us at the Hotel with a van and a driver and took us to Dinner at the American Club. He was a wonderful host and full of knowledge about Hong Kong. We discussed too many things to list here and he helped us understand the culture much better.








Peter is the Regional vice President of Gulfstream and really understands this part of the world. Thanks Peter!

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