Mind Your Head

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Well. It's a whole different world on this side of the world. Can you believe they drive on the wrong side of the road? 😉

Just Kidding

But seriously.

So, despite the fact that I am, in fact, a college graduate, I was unable to successfully add hours and time changes and such and so my layover was twice as long as I thought it would be. 12 hours instead of 6. Which I thought was going to be just horrible. And yet, it turned into a whole nother trip. Hong Kong is just an absolute MEGA city. It is huge. I thought Philadelphia was big, New York City was big. Nope.

I took a shuttle from the airport and ended up in this huge mall. Prada, Coach, Dolce and Gabana (sp?); the whole nine. Not a normal priced store in sight. And here I am, filthy, smelly, exhausted walking around looking for some Pier to head off to Lamma Island. I didn't exactly fit in. But I guess that's cause I'm just a dirty hippie at heart.

Lamma Island was an interesting endeavor. Being in the shadow of such a metropolis I expected it to be nice and clean. With beautiful beaches. Al fresco dining. Bikinis sans speedoes.

It turned out to be a very poor island. A couple of villages and the definite "don't make a wrong turn vibe" immediately struck me as so different from the city I had just left. Within a 30 minute ferry ride, I ended up on an island with no streets, not a single car, a ton of rusted-up huffy bicycles and a ton of locals. When I found the first beach it looked amazingly refreshing. And then I got closer and it was, well, dirty than anything I've ever seen on the jersey coast. And there were more than a handful of speedoes.
I took a dip because I thought, shit, when will I REALLY swim in the South China Sea again? (probably never...I hope I don't get sick) 😊

Anyhow, it was a wonderful introduction to Asia all in all. Poverty meets metropolis meets village meets locals meets tourists. This place is quite intense this far. I only arrived in Kathmandu last night and spent the majority of the evening intoxicated so I don't want to talk too much about Nepal just yet. These pictures from Hong Kong are all I have to offer so far. And this little tidbit...

Mind your head.

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Photos

Hong Kong
Nothing too much here, really.

Hong Kong
The more things change, the more they stay the same

Lamma Island
Hung Shing Se Beach

Lamma Island
No problem they can't fix

Lamma Island
da beach. south china sea

Lamma Island
Bird's eye. It was an extremely steep hike in very humid weather but the view was worth it.

Lamma Island
There were two villages on either side of the Island. I took the ferry from Hong Kong to Yuk Wuen and then left from here, Suk Whan. The fishing docks were very interesting.

Lamma Island
Tin Hau Temple

Lamma Island
Back to Hong Kong

Hong Kong
This isn't even an 1/8th of the city. It was a monstro-city.
get it?

Comments

[Jennifer Painter]

I love this blog already, Meg! I feel like I can live vicariously thru you : ) Stay safe! Don't take too many herbal remedies.

[Brady Nordfelt]

I LOVE HONG KONG
Didn't you just love Honk Kong. It was a favorite of Erika and I when we were there.