It started like most other holidays; me waking up a few hours later than I originally planned (to my defense, I was out celebrating Canada’s Day the previous night, but I digress). So originally, Richard and I were to meet up before 8am for the flag raising ceremony in Wan Chai before heading out to a random island for a morning hike. We ended up meeting up for lunch at Central instead.

With a few hours to kill, we headed up to the peak via tram where Richard made a wax hand mold of Spock’s classic Vulcan greeting.

“live long and prosper”

After some wandering and photos, we headed indoors to the plaza to stock up on some liquids before the walk down The Peak.

The appropriately named “Sky Terrace”
unintentionally funny?

On our way down, we passed by The Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens and took a detour inside.

Taking our time to snap a few shots of the caged animals including these interesting photos of two Giant Tortoise having sex. Actually, it more more like rape, as the turtle ontop would give a few thrusts, pause, and then give a few more. During the pauses, the turtle on the bottom would slowly crawl abit before stopping. Then crawling abit more.

Next stop, Hong Kong People Reporter protest/demonstration/march whatever you wanna call it.