After missing our connecting flight, we had a nice sign just for us to guide our way. Such service. |
I was so relieved to have made it that my half-conscious sleep deprived brain could not comprehend the midget sized room I would be staying in before checking into the seemingly grandiose apartments the next day. Hong Kong King's hotel was needless to say not fit for a king, unless you are lord farquad and like sleeping on concrete. Though my first impression of Hong Kong hospitality was thwarted slightly, I was amazed by the architecture of this truly skyscraper kingdom. The buildings are so close together that the allyways are just barely big enough for one person to squeeze through. As we wandered through Wan Chai, the area where our hotel was located, I could not believe the number of little shops selling everything from fresh pig thighs, i-phones, herbal medicine to fresh fruit and puppys/kittens. While wandering we were almost run over multiple times as the value of life for a pedestrian does not out rank the rush of taxi drivers and cars alike (no I am not stupid and know when to cross the street but it is hard to get used to looking right and then left rather than the other way around).
Even the bar's are backwards here! |
The cleanliness of the MTR, despite the vast amount of people is somewhat a microcosm of the city itself. I have never seen a city so picturesquely placed against the backdrop of lush green hillsides and mountains and although the air is a little smoggy, the streets themselves are astonishingly clean.
The peninsula hotel |
LKF was absolutely crazy. I have never seen so many bars and clubs in one area in my whole life, not to mention the number of party-goers. It was as if the USC row had gone wild and international times 1,000 people. I was still in a daze from my lack of sleep but the intense energy kept me awake long enough to see a Hong Kong celeb and a truck ghost ridden by 20 people all at once. Cannot wait to explore tomorrow with the rest of our group... loving every minute through the exhaustion!
Great blog, Claire! Keep the posts coming!
ReplyDeleteMEOW MEOW POUNCE. i miss you :) maybe ill get to reading the text, the pics rule, the food looks 'good'ish you look foxy hahah ! im trying to decide if i wanna blog for rome, MAAAAAHHHbe! anyways looks like youre loving HK cant wait to hear stories in the end of summer
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