Enjoying my leaving gift.

I took a photo of the outside of the hotel from a night out with friends the night before our staycation.

When I left KCIS, the staff collected money for a leaving gift for me, and knowing how much I love travelling, they used the money to get me and Peter a one night's staycation in the Four Seasons Hotel in Central. This is a very expensive hotel and not one us cheapskates would normally stay in, so it was a very lovely splurge for us.

We turned up at the hotel an hour early in the hope they would let us in a bit before our official check-in time which they did. Our room had huge windows and a fantastic view over Victoria Harbour. The Four Seasons Hotel is in the IFC Building and is located just behind the outlying Island ferry piers. This was very convenient for us as we arrived here by ferry. From our room we could watch all the ferries crisscrossing over the harbour. We could also see the West Kowloon Cultural District, which I visited a few weeks ago, and the Tsim Sha Tsui Waterfront.

Our room had an extremely comfortable king-size bed, table and chairs, an in-room safe and a pull out minibar fridge. We also had a kettle and a coffee machine. The bathroom was huge, nearly the size of our flat. It had a bath and a walk-in shower.

Our room.

Our Room.

Our Bathroom.

Peter in our room.

Peter in our room.

Selfie in the Room.

I had to make us jasmine tea as we had a pot, two cups, jasmine tea leaves and a full set of instructions.

Passing junk on the harbour.

Ferry Terminals and Tsim Sha Tsui Waterfront.

Ferry Terminals and Junk.

Ferry Terminals and West Kowloon Cultural District.

Ferry Terminals and West Kowloon Cultural District.

After enjoying our room for a while we had a bit of a look round the hotel. As you would expect it is quite beautiful in parts.

View from the lobby.

In the lobby on the twenty-first floor.

We kept passing this big hotel window.

Entrance to Spa.

Spa.

Spa Shop.

Christmas Tree.

Christmas Tree.

Orchids.

Orchids.

Then we decided to go to the hotel's infinity swimming pool. There are actually two pools here: a non-heated lap pool and a heated infinity pool. Today was the coldest it has been in Hong Kong all year - 14 degrees with an icy wind coming off the harbour. Nonetheless, we decided to go for a swim. We opted for the heated pool, which was beautiful but still fairly cold. It's wonderful for taking photographs and looked lovely even on a gray day.

Looking across the lap pool and the infinity pool.

Across the pools from a different angle.

Looking across the pool.

Peter in the pool.

Peter in the pool.

Both of us in the pool.

We were constantly given free teas in a variety of different flavours such as apple or ginger. I loved the ginger one.

Pigeon by the pool.

View from the pool.

View from the pool.

The package we had included HK$780 towards food and drinks or spa treatments. We decided to buy our own drinks from outside and use the money to have room service in our room. I headed out to buy a lovely chilled bottle of white wine and some beers. On the way I stopped to take a photo of the lovely pawn shop sign near Central Market lit up at night and some general shots of Central at night.

Pawn shop sign lit up.

Central by night.

Central by night.

I also wandered back down to the pool at night to take some photos of the harbour all lit up. We had a great view from the room, too, but some of the photos had too much reflection.

View from that big window at night.

Nightview across the pool.

Nightview across the pool.

Nightview across the pool.

Nightview across pool.

Pool Sculpture and Harbour View.

Pool Sculpture and Pool View.

Pool Sculpture and Harbour View.

Nightview across Victoria Harbour.

Nightview across Victoria Harbour.

Nightview over Victoria Harbour.

Ever changing colours on view across Central.

Ever changing colours on view across Central.

Ever changing colours on view across Central.

Then, back up in the room, we called room service and ordered one Indian butter chicken with cumin rice. This came with a popadom, mango chutney and cucumber raita. We also ordered a cheese board. This had about eight different kinds of cheeses, bread sticks and a variety of different breads. And last but not least we had three scoops of ice-cream: two vanilla and one pistachio. This came with a selection of berries and fortunately included raspberries, which I absolutely adore. I think this is only the third time in my life I have ever had room service in a hotel. The other times were in Bangkok and Dubai. The food was brought on its own table which was wheeled up to our window and we sat and ate while watching the sound and light show flickering across Victoria Harbour - absolutely divine. Furthermore, when we had finished everything, including the beer and the wine, we only had to get from the window to the other side of the room in order to go to bed. Haha!

In room dining with a harbour view.

Cheese board with bread and pickles.

Happy with my glass of Oyster bay.

Indian butter chicken with cumin rice.

Berries and ice-cream.

The weather had been overcast and cold on our first day, but on our second the sun was shining and I could take all the views again but under blue skies. Yippee!

Blue skies over the view from the room.

Blue skies over the view from the room.

Is this one of the bridges I was looking at the other day?

Breakfast was included in our room rate and we could have a la carte breakfast in the lobby lounge or buffet breakfast in the Argo. We often find hotel buffet's have food that is freezing cold, so we were tempted by the lounge, but the Argo is new and very fancily decorated so we decided to go there instead. This proved to be a good idea. The food was not cold. It was tasty. The staff were friendly and the restaurant was very photogenic. Who could ask for more?

In the lobby lounge.

In the Argo.

This is us enjoying our breakfast.

The pork and spring onion wonton were excellent.

I like crispy bacon, but this was so crispy you couldn't cut it without it exploding everywhere. You had to pick it up in your hands.

Dining room decor.

Dining room decor.

Peter had ham and cheese omelette. I had mushroom and cheese omelette.

I could not resist the salmon and tuna.

Inside the Argo.

Inside the Argo.

We needed a postprandial nap after breakfast and then we went to the swimming pool again, but this time under blue skies. I decided to be very brave and try the non-heated lap pool as well as the infinity pool this time. It was pretty exhilarating. After swimming there for a while I returned to the infinity pool and it felt like I was stepping into a warm bath by comparison.

That window again under blue skies.

The harbour under blue skies.

Peter swimming towards the harbour.

View across the pools.

Blue skies over the pool.

The pool under blue skies.

Peter in the pool under blue skies.

At the ends of the Earth.

Us in the pool under sunny skies.

Sculpture and harbour views.

Sculpture near the pool.

The sun is bouncing off this sculpture.

This time when we came to swim we copied everyone else and arrived in our hotel dressing gowns. This really saves getting all your clothes wet.

Peter in his dressing gown.

Me in my dressing gown.

All too soon, it was time to check out and go home, but it was a great break. Thank you everyone who contributed to it.