Blogs from Kowloon, Hong Kong, Asia - page 92

Hola people,thought it about time to update.I now know how Marty Mcfly felt when he stepped out of the dolorian,Ive lost a complete day and its messing with my body clock big time.Landed at about seven in the morning,although i did think the pilot was gonna come up short and ditch it in the south china sea.I could actually see the faces of the fishermen as we flew over them.This place is absolutly amazing,i love it.Its non stop.So with nowhere to stay and my belly growling i caught the train to Kowloon,where i wanted to stay.After asking the driver for a decent but cheap hotel i settled on one right on Victoria harbour,the view from my room is amazing. Spent the first day just having a wander around,getting the star ferry across the harbour and the ... read more

So nun wäre der Anfang wohl gemacht. Ich bin halb um die Welt geflogen und wohl behalten hier in Hongkong angekommen. Naja, dies ist nun schon bekanntlich zwei Wochen her. Eine neue Umgebung, viele neue Leute - daraus ergeben sich stets neue Unannehmlichkeiten, aber auch Überraschungen und Freuden. Der Anfang - fremd in einer großen Stadt als Dorfpomeranze wie ich - mag schwer sein, aber ist bei vielen hilfsbereiten Leuten, wie ich sie hier getroffen habe, schon längst vergessen. ... read more

I have finally gotten my pictures from Hong Kong. I thought Hong Kong was great, so big and alot cleaner than dirty ass Taipei. I got there very late on Saturday night so really didn't have time to do much. However I did walk around and take a few pictures of my surroundings. The place was so expensive it was ridiculous, everything was more expensive than Taipei. I stayed in a really crappy hotel room for about 45 USD, it was worth maybe 8USD. Anyway on Sunday I got up relatively early and made my way over to the harbor. The view is amazing, especially at night, to bad none of the pictures I had of it turned out. I went to the art museum which was less than stellar, the contemporary art selection was HAIR. ... read more

Oh my gosh, it is SO muggy here. I tried to prepare myself but wow! Only just found an internet cafe and don't think i can dowload any pictures yet so will try to do that over the next couple of days. Have just visited the Avenue of Stars - which is quite cool. I have a picture of Jet Li's, tried to get one of Jacki Chan's but was being bothered by someone - not sure what about, I was trying not to listen. I saw the light show last night. It was amazing. I can't believe they do it every night. I have taken some pictures but they haven't turned out very well. I tried to book a harbour tour but unfortunately there were no places until Saturday and I leave on Friday. Met ... read more

The taxi ride?? PHEW!!!! We had booked the taxi bus for 8am, at 8.15 Andy asks when it's coming the response to this was 'later'. Andy: 'when later?', 'later'. Luckily, for them, it turned up a few minutes later and we still had half a bus to pick up. We had heard about bad drivers throughout Asia and how they put their faith in Buddha, but this ride took the micky! The driver even went to the shop, but to disguise this he shouts 'airport', but there was obviously no one waiting and we were already late! So after a hair raising drive through the hectic streets of Bangkok (melissa was saying her prayers) we arrived safe and sound at the airport, still shaking, for our penultimate flight to Hong Kong. The flight took just under ... read more