23 June 2012 – Too much Asia
Arrived in Hong Kong, I had to find a place to stay. As all the hostels were fully booked because of the Dragon Boat Festival, I had to go to Chungking Mansion (recommended by Lonely Planet as a cheap place to stay). Chungking Mansion is a big building with a market on ground floor, which one has to enter to get to the elevators. These elevators bring you to dozens of guesthouses. The guesthouse I’ve chosen wasn’t that bad but the market on ground floor was a bit weird. After 10 hours flight and some hours running through Hong Kong to find a place to sleep, I slept very well.
24 June 2012 – Nan Lian Garden and Ten Thousand Buddhas
I started my day finding another hostel. The Chungking Mansion was an experience but enough for one night. Luckily I found the Yesinn in Causeway Bay, one of the shopping areas on Hong Kong Island. A very nice hostel where I felt much better and booked in for the next 3 nights.
Since Hong Kong is more than just “one” city, there is more to see than the city centre. Honk Kong is actually some islands whit more to see than only the skyline. For instance, some temples and a lot of golden buddhas.
The Hong Kong Lightshow
But there is of course, the world famous skyline, the worlds best what I’ve heard, lit by some spots and coloured lights every eventing for 10 minutes. Not too bad but I expected more after I’ve seen vivid in Sydney.
25 June 2012 – The Big Buddha
Rio has Christ and Hong Kong has Buddha.
26 June 2012 – Peak Tram
In Honk Hong there is any public transportation one can imagine. Tram, cable car, bus, metro, train, taxi, ferry, what ever you like. Today I tried the peak tram to see the city from its highest viewing point. Not too bad and very, very steep!
27 June 2012 – Leaving the city!
Before I will finish this post, I will tell you some of my impressions of Hong Kong. What a crazy city! Not only the skyscrapers are high, the humidity and density of people as well.
People
Sometimes I felt like in between ants. Once I thought its raining since some women opened their umbrellas but actually it was just the sun they protected from.
Cars
As you might now, Asia is currently the biggest market for nearly everything. They consume a lot, have money and like to show off. While walking through the streets I felt like visiting a car exhibition, luxury German cars wherever one’s looking.
Food
Actually I wanted to try a lot of Asian food but finally tried only some. These pictures were taken before I tried it, afterward I usually felt a bit sick. Luckily, I didn’t have to puke in a booth on the street what would have been awkward.
However, the Chinese fast food was quite good and my chopstick skills became better.
What a kick-start to Asia….
Next stop Taiwan…
