Blogs from Kowloon, Hong Kong, Asia - page 90

Well, after months of preparation, stress, planning and more planning, we finally set off on our long-awaited (and long!) honeymoon on October 25th. After some emotional (and alcoholic) goodbyes over the previous few weeks, we set off for Hong Kong. After a smooth overnight flight, we landed the following morning and transferred to our hotel in Kowloon. The Eaton was a lovely hotel to start our trip - smart and elegant, close to everything but slightly removed from the action, and overall a perfect base from which to explore - good work Finbarr! Hong Kong itself turned out to be a fascinating introduction to the Far East and a good mix of east and west. There aren't an overwhelming number of specific sights, which means that you can enjoy wandering around and taking everything in without ... read more

Just a quick one today peeps as we've only been in HK for 2 days and thats been long enough. We caught our flight from Guilin (no upgrade to 1st class this time though) and arrived in Shenzen an hour later. What a chuffing palavor the border crossing is! We caught a cab to the boarder where we got our passports stamped for exit then realized that we need some HK dollors to pay for the bus.....opps! Now you would think that there would be cash points the HK side but oh no and there is no way of getting back through if it hadn't been for a friendly little man who swopped our Chinese Yuan for some HK dollor we would still of been stood there like a couple of prats now. We then got ... read more

We arrived in Hong Kong after a lovely bus journey, which even stopped half way at a nice hotel for a full Chinese meal, probably our most authentic meal as we sat at a table with the other passengers all of whom were Chinese. Not bad for 13euro! On arrival in the city we got the subway to Nathan Road where we had booked a hostel in Mirador Mansions. We managed to locate our hostel which was one of many situated in the building. We were then informed that they didn't have any room for us, despite the fact we had a booking. So they offered us a private double bed room instead of the dorm room we booked, too tired to argue we agreed. We were then led by a Chinese girl back down to ... read more

There are a serious amount of Chinese people here. I mean, there's ALOT. They are everywhere, just hangin out, minding their business. I'm constantly pushing through them or rushing past them. I still have to work on my push. I get really excited when I see white people. I feel like we should hang out, or be friends, or date casually or something. Sometimes I try to get close enough to hear them talking and see what kind of accent they have. I. am. A. Loser. But seriously I think the reason they put me at ease is because I know there is someone else out there who is maybe not so sure of their surroundings either. Today I finally earned enough gold stars to be granted the right to go out BY MYSELF. It was ... read more

Hi Everybody! I believe that I have died and gone to heaven with Hong Kong. Most people know how much I like to shop! If I stayed here for a year, I couldn't go in all of the shops in this town. I tried to make a start on them today. We are staying in Kowloon in a great location! Walt and I had read about this hotel in our Military Space A book and realized that we were elgible to stay in it. It is rather old but is clean and well run. The Peninsula Hotel is one block down and the Sheraton is across the street. I can walk to the harbor dock, several museums, and many shops. Tomorrow, we hope to ride across the harbor on the Star Ferry, ride the tram up ... read more