Blogs from Lantau Island, Hong Kong, Asia - page 7

Habe heute erst mal ausgeschlafen und den Schlaf nachgeholt, den ich auf dem Flug nicht hatte. Leider ist das Bett genauso lang wie ich, was ein paar Probleme mit den Füßen nach sich zog, da ich Bauchschläfer bin. Aber dafür habe ich schon eine Lösung gefunden, quer mit den Füßen auf einem Hocker :). Vielleicht sollte ich noch ein Wort über das Badezimmer verlieren, dass auf EINEM Quadratmeter, Toilette, Waschbecken und Dusche vereint. Es gab keine Abtrennung zur Toilette und dadurch sah das ganze Badezimmer nach dem Duschen aus wie nach einem Tsunami. Hauptsache es gibt warmes Wasser. Heute hatte ich einen Ausflug zur Insel Lantau geplant. Dort gibt es auf dem Gipfel die weltgrößte Buddhastatue im Freien. Mit der Metro kommt man schnell und günstig hin. Die Metro ist bislang die beste, die ich auf ... read more

If you don't feel you have one inside of yourself, or rarely venture there, monasteries and, the true temple of God, nature, these serve to lead us to the eye within ourselves, that is ever present amidst the storm that is the human mind as it is connected to the flurrying world. After many months in the storm of Shanghai, which at times I did and at times could not ride, I finally had a time to vacate, not only my body but my mind, from that cancerous city. I was so intent on getting to the metropolis of Hong Kong only to plunge into its national parks, its hills that rise o'er the ocean about, into relatively pristine oceanated skies. But on the crowded, stinky, 2nd class train down, my foot got nailed by some ... read more

It's the last full day of Chris and Roisin's stopover in Hong Kong. Come to think of it's the last full day of what has been a fantastic experience. The day started like the previous one - temperature in the 70s. Chris and Roisin have decided to visit Victoria Peak. It's taken Chris many months of persuasion to convince Roisin that she really wants to do this. As the evening will close at 8pm with the world famous laser symphony of lights across Victoria Harbour, it was pointless to go back to the hotel in between times so it was going to be a long day. One observation that Chris has noticed is that the Chinese like to join things onto other things! Every building seems to be joined to another building by either an underpass ... read more

Day 8 - My week in hotel ended today. Packed up and moved to the youth hostel. What it lacks in facilities, it more than makes up for in the view. It's on top of Mt. Davis. Day 9 - Took the tram from Kennedy town to Shau Kei Wan, the full length of the line. Tried some street food, turned out to be battered assorted vegetables but there's no way of knowing until you take a bite. visited the museum of coastal defences (military) and took the bus to Shek O, a lovely seaside village but a hairy bus ride there, narrow windy mountain roads, flat out on a double decker bus!!! Day 10 - Another memorable journey, on a glass bottomed cable car to the worlds largest buddah, 34 metre high bronze figure, followed ... read more

Hong Kong! No Mumbai this time..the new route was via HK. Great opportunity to see the place at the same time as catching up with Alex that I met in Tofo. I stayed with her and her family in Discovery Bay on a boat! Very nice and cosy. We walked and walked, saw the typical streets, hustling and bustling asian big city, the fancy dress street(hilarious!), the cute little trams, the worlds longest escalator, the worlds biggest outdoor bronze buddha, lots of tacky shops, lots of nice shops, lots of british pub kind of places, great shopping malls, pret a manger!, lots of boats and ferries. We had some lovely food and we attended Alex's mum's pink fizz night to raise money for breast cancer. I was also very surprised to read on a menu in ... read more