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today we're in Hong Kong home to one of the most
beautiful skylines in the world and there's no better way to experience it than to hop on the
iconic junk boat cruise along the Victoria Harbor and feast on some delicious dim sums
so we're now here at Central Pier 9 we are joining this day cruise called Aqua Luna
where they have a dim sum cruise around the harbor for an hour and a half we don't see
any signage for where we should be waiting but we do see the junk boats in front of us
so that's a good sign and they're heading towards the pier right now wow that's so beautiful I know
looks like a pirate ship funny you say that because the name of the boat is "Cheung Bo Jai"
which is the famous pirate in Hong Kong oh really yeah I wonder which one we hop on this one here
and then that one is called "Tai Cheung Bo" it's another one I think that ship is even bigger I think we
are boarding I see people walking down to the boat okay let's go we have to go upstairs I think so
so how I found out about this place is because when we were deciding to come to Hong Kong my
sister sent me a message and she's like there's this new cruise she wanted to
take her son on the pirate cruise but it's not really for us so I saw this dim sum cruise and
I really wanted to try it because it's so beautiful and I think we also cruise
towards one of the old fishing villages in Hong Kong cheers to a new experience
what is that our boat is here wow thank you that looks good okay
so I ordered a vegetarian menu and also the normal meat menu so this is what comes with it we have some
steamed veggies an egg tart with some pastries and a lot of different buns and dumplings on the
bottom row here also comes with a side of fried rice so dried scallop fried rice with egg white
and mine is egg white fried rice with truffle and vegetables okay let's try some of these
it's so like creamy and spicy the beef inside I'm
a Thai boy I'm gonna eat with my hands that's fine
it's so peppery yeah the wagyu beef like melts
in your mouth that one's really good let's try the spring roll
what's inside again some sea bream or sea bass there's fish in it it's good and
pickled cabbage yeah nice and sweet so these dim sums are classic dim sums but most of them have a
little twist to them like adding truffle adding beetroot swapping mushrooms using
wagyu so they're a little bit elevated because the company that makes this is called Dim Sum
Library and they're pretty well known for like higher end dim sums in Hong Kong
so the area we're coming into now is called Aberdeen and it's also called "Hong Kong Jai" in Cantonese
which means mini Hong Kong like small Hong Kong and a lot of people used to live in this area and
they live on the boats because they are fishermen families would live on these boats do everything
on these boats but then whenever there's a typhoon or bad weather they would come back into
this port area to hide from the typhoon so it's also known as like a typhoon shelter
you know where we are now yeah because there is the iconic convention center right here so
that means that is Wanchai and then Central is on the other side if we're back here that means
we're pretty close to returning to the pier now real quick we've recently gained a lot of new
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so what did you think of this experience I love it I think it's not too long as you said an hour and
a half is perfect and I've never seen Hong Kong from this perspective before so for this cruise
we paid 399 Hong Kong dollars per person which is roughly 50 US dollars and if you don't like
dim sum there are other cruises to choose from as well we will link Aqua Luna in our description box
below so if you are interested in doing that next time you're in Hong Kong you can go check it out
looks like we're back yeah can we go on to ferris wheel please let's check it out
you know that I have never gone on the ferris wheel before
wait i didn't know that we've done a ferris wheel ride in thailand didn't we
yeah but that was like a local very small probably 10 meters high at like the temple this one looks
epic I think it's like air-conditioned box yeah it is I wonder how much it costs let's go find out
how much is it
the observation wheel
20 dollars only oh that's cheap oh private ride is 160 dollars no one is here at this time of the
day so true it's like a Friday afternoon let's go I think we might be able to get our private cart
are you excited for your first ferris wheel ride very excited thank you thank you this way
have you've been on this particular one before
with whom my parents oh but probably like three years ago when it first opened and I think it was
more expensive I think they've maybe lowered the price so it's more affordable for people to go and
try it but I don't think they had all these little booths like food stalls and stuff around this area
it's like a mini festival almost yeah and I think it's here every single day which is neat
like there's like ice cream stalls and some food and there is an outdoor cinema in this area too
we're getting the private one I think so yeah because he only let us in
your first ferris wheel experience and you get this all to yourself
that's pretty amazing it would have been more amazing if they let us take off our masks yeah they
said we have to keep these on oh my goodness this is way higher than the temple one I took you know
how high this ferris wheel is no so it says this is 60 meters or 197 feet wow that's pretty high
but you know what the highest building in Hong Kong is the highest one is actually that one
over there called ICC and it is 484 meters we get to see the Hong Kong skyline from so many
different point of views today first right in the harbor and then now from on top
very nice very nice I really enjoy this
although I can hear the bolts making sounds
hey sit over here go go sit over there it tilts yeah you know what would have been more epic if the
bottom is all glass you would be so scared I know I'd be scared but it would have been
epic they're probably gonna turn this whole area into like maybe like a theme park like
a green area green area and theme park remember I mentioned that there's an outdoor cinema you
see all along that side oh yeah yeah I think it's quite expensive to book a little booth
thing just to watch the movies maybe we should do like a get together with our subscribers
and we rent this whole area and throw our YouTube on the big screen that might be a
million dollars yeah maybe maybe in two years we can afford it two years ten years maybe 20 years
we're back you know where the toilet is you need to rush
the toilet's over on that side
today was a great day and it's nice because we were able to escape the crowds a little bit like
being on the boat is a great way to enjoy Hong Kong without being in the crowded areas and I
get to check two things off my list I haven't done both the junk boat before and the ferris wheel
pretty awesome day hope you enjoyed trying some new experiences with us in Hong Kong today as always
thank you so much for watching and we will see you in the next one Have a Wonderflo Day bye