My stomach was a little off, but not enough to keep me strapped to the bed or the can. My pace slowed, but I continued to explore Hong Kong. In retrospect, I actually saw most the sights on my "to do" list without ever needing to work at my itinerary.
I
spent the morning looking out over Victoria Harbour. The vantage point I
found happened to be a walkway outside the Hong Kong Art Museum. Though I
hadn't originally intended to visit any museums, this seemed like a nice
alternative this morning. So I headed in, on a studious prowl for art styles
I wanted to imitate.
By far the most striking piece for me was "Girl on Ox" which I surreptitiously copied with my paint and pencils (surreptitiously because I wasn't sure how the museum would feel about my jar of black ink, one spill away from their immaculate carpet). The painting was a cool example of how to convey something quickly, yet in detail, without having to record every insignificant detail in anal precision. Bold black brush strokes with a few carefully executed fine details convey a girl sitting on an ox without having to draw the whole ox.
The museum filled several hours of my day, and when I was done, the time was right to change into nicer clothes and cross the street for high tea at the Peninsula Hotel. As promised, the midday leisure of a cup of tea, the dainty finger sandwiches and petite sweets, and the string quartet playing Western classical favorites from a balcony above, recalled days of colonial extravagance past. Past? I guess we just have new extravagances these days. But I must agree that the Peninsula remains a must-see on the tour of Hong Kong.
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