14/8/25
Endless pouring rain, rolling thunder and impossibly intense strikes of lightening water weren’t even the reason we hunkered down all morning. Frankie wasn’t feeling well and was sniffling a lot. Hong Kong had hundreds of 7-elevens selling oat coffees. Perfect, but the guy just poured the milk on cold. Tepid bleakdom.
Forced to check out at noon we simply strolled in the rain to our next hotel. Soaking in the atmosphere of summer life in Hong Kong. But we did buy a disgustingly cheap umbrella fairly quickly.
For some odd reason the next hotel had a flight simulator but also free water and coffee. We indulged in a brief bit of bed rotting before heading to the Ahmisa buffet for their ‘tea time’ pricing. A lull in the afternoon meant it could be had for $79. It wasn’t just that we were feeling unwell, the buffet was rubbish. Cheaper because they just stopped putting as many dishes out and we were cleaning up the dregs. Paling in comparison to Vege Tiger, we were reminiscent.
Hong Kong metro was confusing. Rather than only using side by side tunnels for opposite line directions, they were sometimes above each other. Anticipating the awful weather we’d booked the Space Museum the day before. Built in 1979, the iconic dome was near the waterfront. Upon entering we went straight into the base of the hemisphere to visit the cosmos. Far from being family friendly, the excellent exhibition not only detailed the Coriolis effect, aurora borealis, light refraction, Doppler effect and causes of comet visibility but also had fantastic interactive visuals to explain. Much of it was potentially far beyond the understanding of the young kids, who instead ran about mashing all the buttons, while their mothers took pictures of them “doing science”.
The upper part of the dome housed a huge projector with 3D films. We’d book a show about the arctic. Exceptional footage, BBC Earth of course. Soft bullshit on climate change: ice melting causes sea rises. Oh, and without summer sea ice people can’t ride their dog sleds all year long. Tragic stuff. More saddening was the children who talked all the way through ignoring the opportunity to learn about the circumstances of their own demise.
We had time to take a quick look at the ‘space exploration’ section. An experiment allowed you to wind the wheel to perform the electrolysis of water, creating hydrogen. Then launch a small rocket. Very exciting stuff! Still raining outside we hurried back to our hotel. Sadly we were both now feeling a little unwell. Maybe sleep would help?
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