Day 2 in Hong Kong started with an excellent buffet breakfast. For lunch in the Club Lounge, the feature was, of all the things. Spaghetti Bolognese. Not the standard SB, but good enough. Decided then to look around the environs of the Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong hotel, which is an anchor tenant with the newish Kowloon Station in West Kowloon, linked to a sprawling and grandiose shopping mall. Hard to find total costs, but perhaps $10 billion has been spent, and another $10 billion will probably be needed to complete the development. The International Commerce Center, which was built in 2010 with the Ritz-Carlton Hotel at the top, paved the way for this all. There is the old Hong Kong around the Peninsula and Sheraton hotels, but the West Kowloon Cultural District, with the tallest building and Kowloon Station, which opened in 2018, is already the Hong Kong of the future. A stroll around the outside. As we were about to leave, we noticed a free tram that took yo...
Our first day in Hong Kong began on the Ritz-Carlton Luminara, I went for a simple breakfast at Azur On the way back to the room, took a video of Hong Kong before sunrise. From my veranda, saw the sunrise over Hong Kong. Then a swift checkout through customs and immigration. Ritz-Carlton was so organized this time. There was someone accompanying us through the whole process and into a large van to take us to the Ritz-Carlton hotel. One final goodbye to the Luminara....I thought. It was a very short ride to the Ritz-Carlton. We got a Club Lounge room on the top floor, room 111620, which means we're on the 116th floor. Here is our view....of Hong Kong and the Ritz-Carlton Luminara. Luminara was there all day into the night. The Club Lounge is only a few steps away from our room. We had lunch and English tea. Noodles with Hong Kong Beer. Hong Kong during the day. Then, dinner. A few photos of Hong Kong at night. Hong Kong Island....