Final Field Program - University of Virginia

HKG02 HONG KONG ISLAND ORIENTATION (1000-1500 Thursday, 11 November) Minimum 18/
No Maximum (PRICE: $36)
View all the highlights of Hong Kong Island on this orientation—a must for all first-time visitors to the city. Depart
the port via motorcoach for a tour past the city’s famous landmarks and history. Begin with a ride up Victoria Peak,
Hong Kong’s best-known attraction, for a panoramic view of the Hong Kong city skyline, Victoria Harbour,
Kowloon and the surrounding islands. Pass picturesque Repulse Bay, an upscale residential area with a resort-like
atmosphere, en route to the famous Stanley Market, a popular market along the sea where you will join bargain
hunters from around the world as they haggle with shopkeepers for clothing, accessories, souvenirs and knickknacks.
(Box lunches from the ship will be provided.)
HKG03 HISTORICAL HERITAGE AND CULTURE OF HONG KONG WITH LUNCH (1000-1530
Thursday, 11 November) Minimum 18/Maximum 37 (PRICE: $54)
This tour begins at the Hong Kong Heritage Museum. Built in the architectural style of traditional Chinese
courtyard houses, the museum is a structure joining 12 different exhibition halls—each a treasure house of relics of
the history, culture and arts of early Hong Kong and the nearby South China region. As the largest museum in Hong
Kong, it features a wide selection of exhibits, such as the colorful Cantonese Opera Hall, as well as first-class
Chinese art. In addition, the museum runs a number of themed exhibitions that frequently rotate.
Following the museum, enjoy a poon choi lunch at a Chinese restaurant that boasts a more than 70-year history in
Hong Kong. Poon choi, which is popular among villages in the New Territories, is a custom of eating food
communally that originated about 600 years ago. Also known as ―basin feast,‖ poon choi is a traditional type of
Chinese food served in wooden basins instead of porcelain or metal. It is composed of many layers of different
ingredients and is eaten layer-by-layer instead of mixed. This traditional basin cuisine is quite oily but delicious and
is often served during religious rituals, festivals, special occasions and wedding banquets in open areas of the
villages. Since the 1990s, poon choi has become popular among urban dwellers and can be enjoyed at many
Cantonese restaurants in the fall and winter or on special occasions throughout the year. Today, poon choi is
considered a Hong Kong culinary relic, said to capture the distilled soul of the land and although most lifelong Hong
Kong residents have heard about poon choi, many have never tasted it.
HKG04 LAMMA ISLAND AND FISHERFOLK’S VILLAGE (1000-1530 Thursday, 11 November)
Minimum 25/Maximum 30 (PRICE: $99)
Enjoy a cruise along Victoria Harbour past some of Hong
Kong’s most famous landmarks, including Hong Kong’s tallest
building, Two International Finance Centre (Two IFC) and the
award-winning Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
along the Wan Chai waterfront. Visit the Shau Kei Wan
Typhoon Shelter where local fishermen moor their fishing
boats and witness the firing of the legendary Noon Day Gun at
Causeway Bay. Continue to Lamma Island—Hong Kong’s
third largest island—for a local seafood lunch followed by a
visit to the Lamma Fisherfolk’s Village. Located at the Sok
Kwu Wan, the village shows its local fisherman’s traditional
culture. Learn about Hong Kong’s marine fish culture and
fishing industry, including how to raise the top gallant and put up sails, cast the net to catch fish, repair the net and
fix the fishing boats. Traditional fishing gears and fishing boat models are also on display in the village.
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