Blogs from Lantau Island, Hong Kong, Asia - page 18

Hi All, Today was a fun day, even though the weather here is crummy. It has been foggy, rainy, and cool since i got here. But, even so I'm having a good time. Last night at the hostel a bunch of people from Hong Kong showed up to spend the night at the hostel and get up early to hike up Lantau Mountain to see the sunrise. Apparently, that's a popular thing to do. So, they were all BBQing and hanging out, so i joined in and it was a fun time. A lot of them spoke english well enough to have decent conversations. They all spoke Cantonese, but knew some Mandarin also. So, it was fun communicating in whatever language was best, usually english. They helped me with some logistical stuff about getting to HK ... read more

Right, in the "Blogging" world I am still in Hong Kong whereas in fact I am now in Australia so you'll have to bear with me as I am writing this from what seems like a distant memory. At some point in my trip I took a tour to see the Big Buddha on Lantau Island. We decided to take the tourist route onboard a Cable Car which stretches over land and sea. This gave me the opportunity to take some spectacular photographs of Hong Kong from very high up, or so i thought. The ride was a bit of a bust as fog covered most of Hong Kong as you can see from the photo. However it was still pretty cool to go so high and far in a surprisingly sturdy box. We arrived at ... read more

Nein, nein - so schnell komme ich nicht wieder. Noch bleib ich ein wenig! Doch endlich stand der Besuch am Flughafen an. Ich durfte nach einigen Sicerheitschecks in den Tower, und die Flugzeuge beim Starten und Landen beobachten. Natürlich war ich eigentlich da, um die Arbeit des Wetterbeobachters und des Vorhersagers kennen zu lernen. Doch die müssen ja auch immer mal wieder aus ihrem 360° Fenster schauen. :-) Außerdem durfte ich noch eine Runde auf der Außenbalustrade machen, und dabei die mal wieder für Hongkong typische nicht ganz so weite Sichtweite abschätzen. Viel spannender war der Tag allerdings nicht, war doch sonniges, ruhiges Wetter, wo einfach nichts aufregendes passiert. Schick euch bald mal ein paar Wetter Fotos! Bis dahin viele Grüße, Svenja... read more

When I got the news that someone I loved is gone, I wanted to honor him and my memories of him. I thought I might travel to one of the outlying islands surrounding Hong Kong, Lantau Island, and spend some time 'with' Mark. I am thankful we shared sunsets and sunrises, campfires, lakehouses and starry Texas skies, good Kentucky whiskey and Houston Astros games. I will be the same age as Mark lived when my journey comes to an end here--so, I want to make the most of the time I have on this journey--as he and the Buddha said "love it and let it go". Watch more sunsets and sunrises, gaze at more starry skies and stare into more campfires--for Mark, that was what this life was about. And when we're petty toward someone else ... read more

After another round of walking and sight-seeing we returned to our hotel for some brief rest. We had some Mickey pancakes with raspberries as filling and boy oh boy it blew me out of my sit. Then, we rendezvous with GOOFY at the lobby where we had some photo shoot before heading back to the park. Can't wait to be back soon........ read more