Blogs from Lantau Island, Hong Kong, Asia - page 5

Jour 4 : Lantau Island. Je suis le premier levé le lendemain, et, quand je quitte la chambre vers huit heures trente, ils dorment encore comme des grosses larves. C’est parti pour mon dernier jour : je marche sous un soleil qui tape déjà fort en direction des ferries, histoire de voir si je peux gagner Lantau par bateau, plutôt qu’en métro. Plus je marche, plus je sens la différence qu’il y a dans cette ville entre le jour et la nuit : aucun doute, elle est bien plus nocturne que diurne. Je finis par arriver aux embarcadères et trouve un ferry qui part pour Lantau dans trois minutes. La traversée me rappelle à la fois la navette de Marie-Galante, les cahics de Kalymnos et les vaporettos de Venise. Un peu fatigué, je contemple le paysage ... read more

I am writing this as we wait for our plane to board in Hong Kong airport, on our very last day of travelling. We are sad that it is nearly over, and cannot believe it has already been 6 months, but every day has been so different that it was always going to fly by. We had a wonderful two weeks in Taiwan, where the people are friendly, the transport is easy and nearly everything is in English as well as Mandarin. We got to practise a bit more Mandarin, and feel like we've mastered please, thank you, hello and the numbers! Most people spoke some English though, and everyone was enormously helpful, even when we didn't need it - pointing out when our bus arrived, telling the driver where we were going, showing us which ... read more

Well we awoke to a semi clear day outside and cars still bumper to bumper on the roads outside. Our window view is over the harbour and looking straight across to Kowloon. Our apartment is in a pretty good spot and close to the MTR (Train) and the ferryies to go up and down the harbour. We are about five mins walk if you want catch a ferry anywhere. The girls were up and Frankie was asking for brekkie so we got the girls and lil man sorted and worked out what we should do for the day. Abby’s dad had said if it was clear we should head up to the peak to see the view of Hong Kong but to me it was semi clear so we decided to head to Disney land which ... read more

Hong Kong is the sui generis of eccentric lifestyles. Talk about cramming into a train and a city that never sleeps and Hong Kong would most likely be no.1 on the list. However, an energetic city like this is not to be taken for granted. Among the crowds and craze, one can always find a characteristic about this city to fall in love with. I, for one, love the food, shopping and convenience this city provides. 90% of my diet is Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese. Maybe I'll try Thai tomorrow. I haven't chose to eat "Western" food because I need to savo(u)r every minute I have with homemade Chinese food. We do, however, have an electic choice of restaurant such as the Belgian restaurant I went to the first week I arrived. There's pretty good ... read more

(I realise my blogs are getting longer and longer, and this is not cool. I have started dividing the blogs into chunks, so if you start a story and get bored, you can skip to the next story in the next chunk. I will try to cut down in the future) Thursday brought about a little wind. In Hong Kong this is defined as a type 8 typhoon resulting in the closure of all transport, shops and general amenities. In all fairness we didn't feel it much in Clear Water Bay but from what i've heard Central felt it. With a type 8, comes the cancellation of all classes. We had a free day! First off i went straight back to bed. I had worked over twelve hours solidly the day before for homeworks and deadlines, ... read more