After a light Indian snacks and chai we started out evening tour at the Tower Clock, close to Victoria Harbor, Hong Kong. There was a small park which looked like a kid’s play area but it was under maintenance. Of course, Chhavi wanted to go there. I had to convince them that even though it was possible to jump over the fence it was not done, they could see there was no one in that area. Then I dragged them to the Victoria Harbor.
For about five minutes they were speechless and just looked at the view. Then they started. They wanted to jump into the water from the pier. The elder one Vasu also declared, that after all she knew how to swim! With such ideas being floated around me, photography took a very severe beating. It was sunset time but I couldn’t even locate where the sunset was, at least not properly. I could see the general direction of the sunset and others going at it with their tripods. I hurriedly clicked two-three pictures but none of them are going to make it to the blog! Kids and sunsets don’t mix well, not in my case for sure! The brats also refuse most of the times to get clicked. So while they were engrossed in looking at the view, I decided to click a few pictures.
Then my niece pointed out this ship to me, “Look masi a pirate ship!” It was well spotted, I have to say. It served as the foreground for my subsequent photographs! But with kids jumping around and there was so much water everywhere to fall into, my attention was more on them than on photography. All of us were quite happy to walk around and then later take a ferry to the tram station for visiting ‘The Peak’. It was a beautiful evening, our first in Hong Kong. I hope there are going to be many more trips in the future with my double troubles!
wow sure does look like a pirate ship! btw the skyline is as beautiful as that of a Manhattan or Sydney.. really nice
Seeta I have neither seen Manhattan or Sydney 🙁
This is so much fun, Mridula! Been to HK & loved the Symphony of Lights there 🙂
Thank you Anita, the kids want to go back right away!
It certainly looks like a pirate ship. It must have made the kids’ day. As a kid, I loved anything that related to pirates.
Wonderful pictures.
Thank you Charuhas. It was indeed an exciting day for the kids.
What a fun trip with these two delightful girls.
It was for sure a fun trip Lady Fi.
Both are beautiful shots! Love the lighting!
Thank you Freda.
Lovely blue! You wouldn’t want to take your eyes of that skyline.
Thank you Niranjan.
Great pics, Mridula:)
Thank you Amit.
Ha, double-trouble make the shot so much more interesting! Really cute, and well captured.
Thank you Peter. 😀
Great click. I did a ferry in one of those pirate ship.
Avinash that would have been a great experience I am sure. 😀
Breath Taking shots. Why do you keep referring to the lovely kids as “Brats” 🙂
Because that is what they are Rama!
Lovely pics. You did manage to get good frames.
Thank you Indrani.
Love the composition of your photos.
Thank you Janice!
The view is amazing … perfect shot ..
Thank you.
Ha ha tell me about the bad combination of kids and photography! We were in Kudal recently – a beautiful village in Maharashtra. There were magnificent hornbills circling above us and they even sat on trees giving us the opportunity to click them… but between my daughter, the low light and changing lenses, I didn’t even get a blog worthy shot! 🙁
Ah I know and understand completely.