Hong Kong arrival

We arrived into Hong Kong about an hour earlier than scheduled at 3:30pm.
Once off the plane it was a longish walk to an Internal train that scuttled you off to the customs and baggage claim area. We joined the long que at customs and once cleared we got our luggage and were ready to hit the streets of a city that has twice as many skyscrapers as New York.
Once you exit the airport the very humid 30deg temp hits you like some one has just opened a very large oven door in front of you.
We had decided to take a taxi for the half hour ride to our Hotel as it was only marginally more expensive than the shuttle bus at $HK246 (around $NZ40). the old guy at the wheel wisked us off once someone else translated for him where we wanted to go. Along the way he started slumping more and more over the wheel and when he veered over to the other lane so much that they tooted him loudly, it was evident that he was most probably falling asleep, not a great feeling as you are zooming along at 130kmh. Thankfully we arrived safely at the Salisbury YMCA Hotel that is surprisingly very nice and upmarket. We got our room that is to have a partial harbor view and once the porters arrived with our luggage at our nice room we quickly un packed and decided what to do with the rest of the evening.
After a quick look around the Hotel and the swimming pool area we asked the concierge where a good local place to eat close by might be and headed out. Sheree had also heard about a harbor light show that started at 8pm and went for 13mins so we decided to see that first and eat later. We had a look around some of the shops and I found a camera shop and started discussing lenses with the sales man. It was not long before I was negotiating the price of trading in my current lens for the newer and improved model but could not agree on price and in the end he got angry with me so we left empty handed. What he had offered was a very good deal but I was just being stubborn.
We found our way down to the wharf area and managed to catch the last half of the light show which was amazing to see all the Skyscrapers come alive with lights and laser beams across the water.
I decided to return to the camera shop and accept his offer for the trade in and new lens. When we got there he admitted to being angry with me but was still happy to do the deal.
We found the restaurant the concierge had suggested and had a great meal for approx $NZ50 including drinks. We wondered back to the hotel on this still hot evening and realized that our room actually had no harbor view at all. I went down to the reception explained the problem and they offered to upgrade us to a full harbor view for the rest of our stay as from tomorrow.