Hong Kong and China

Hong Kong
Day zero: 03/20
20:00 Arrive in Hong Kong. Bing picked us up.
22:00 We met up at Kowloon hotel to have drinks.

Day one: 03/21
8:30 Scott and some of his friends are going out to go buy suits. Vic is working and T is ironing. Scott's friends told him they were going to meet to buy suits at 8:30 am. I think scott didn't believe they can wake up that early because they just called him and said they were waiting at the lobby and scott just woke up.
12:00 Hong Kong Harbor
15: TST
18:00 Mong Kock

Day two: 03/22
T is ironing.
Today was a long day.
Dim Sum: It was really good
Hong Kong Harbor: Very nice. It was during the day. I took some nice pictures
Stairs that went up a hill and you pass stores and restaurants as you go up: It was very nice. It was tiring because it was humid.
Some bar: We had beers and some appetizers.
Victoria Peak: Group split up. James, T, Tiff and I go to Victoria Peak. It was during night time. It was foggy so it wasnt that clear. The tram ride was cool because the building was sideways. I took pic of bruce lee.
Dinner at cheap dirty restaurant: It was good food and cheap. We ate noodles with wonton. We ate the beef stew that we get at cupertino. Then we went next door and ate the steam egg thing. I ate the yellow one which was mostly egg yolk. Very rich but probably bad for my cholesterol.
James old place and elementary school: James got nostalgic.
Kowloon Park: That was nice. It is very big. It has nice swimming pool and maze. We walked and I was tired.
Hong Kong Harbor: We got nice pics of cityscape at night. Actually it was ok because it was foggy again. It was nice because it was not crowded and some people were playing violin. We walked and I was tired.

Day three: 03/23
T is ironing.
Taichi at Avenue at the stars: We missed the taichi but I took some
good pictures. It was very foggy.
Congee: We ate congee for breakfast. It was good. The portions were big.
Big Buddha: We went to see this. It was foggy. The ride up with the
tram was nice. I took some good pictures.
Hong Kong Harbor: It was better this time. Skies were clearer and everybody met up.

XI'AN
Day Zero 03/24：
T is ironing.
接机送高新香格里拉 (Xi’an Airport Pick Up, Flight: CZ6989 - Departing at 13:40pm, Arriving at 15:45pm), Group dinner (not part of the tour package) hosted by Bing’s Family
2 1/2 hr Full body massage for 100 Chinese RMB

Day One: 03/25:
T is ironing.
09：00西安香格里拉（高新）接客人 (Hotel Pickup)
10：00接客人参观城墙（40）碑林（45）钟鼓楼广场 (Visit City Wall , Stone Forest, and Bell Tower Square - price is parentheses)
12：00午餐 (Tour Lunch- will be simple and local :)
13：00乘车赴市内 (Heading to other part of city)
14：00参观大雁塔（25）(Visit Big Goose Pagoda)
15：00游览大唐芙蓉园（68）(Visit the Tang Dynasty Garden)
17：00观看歌舞“大唐歌飞”(Watch a traditional Chinese Dance - Dream of the Tang Dynasty)
18：00晚餐西安饭庄小吃宴后返酒店休息 (Dinner – Traditional Xi’an food – Chinese Burger, Lamb soup, etc.)

Day Two: 03/26:
T is ironing.
09：00西安香格里拉（高新）接客人 (Hotel pickup)
10：00游览兵马俑（90） (Visit Terracotta Army – Watch the Mummy 3 as homework assignment ;)
12：00午餐 (Lunch- will be simple and local)
13：00游览华清池（70）后返回西安，(Visit the HuaQinChi Empress hot spring garden, http://www.hqc.cn/en/index.asp
15：00参观大清真寺（20）鼓楼回坊街 (Visit Muslim Quarter)
17：30晚餐德发长饺子宴 (Dinner - Dumpling Banquet)
19: 30参观大雁塔Fountain (Watch the Water Fountain Show at Big Pagoda – where Scott proposed to Bing, subject to weather)
21：30返酒店休息 (Return to the hotel)

Day Three 03/27 (for those going hiking on Huashan mountain)
T is ironing.
07：00早餐后赴华山一日游（240）(After breakfast, head to Mountain Hua Shan)
09：30缆车上华山参观 (Take Cable Car up to the Mountain Hua Shan, North Peak)
19：30抵酒店 (Return hotel – Dinner not included)

Day 4 03/28
T is ironing.
Scott's wedding
09：00 Attend courting ritual at Brides home. tea ceremony with brides and groom's parent.
14:00 Smoke cuban cigars. They were legal in China and cheap.
16:00 Wedding Dinner reception

Day 5 03/29
T is ironing.
15:00 Take bus to Airport
17:00 Take plane ride to Shenzhen
20:00 Take bus to Hong Kong
22:00 Arrive at Novotel Hotel in Hong Kong

Day 6 03/30
T is ironing.
12:00 Check out of Novotel hotel and go to airport. Hotel is close to airport
15:00 Leave Hong Kong and fly to SFO