Blogs from Lantau Island, Hong Kong, Asia - page 9

The next day I got up early and took the MTR to meet Val at Tung Chung. I arrived a little early again and after waiting for a few minutes, I was in need of a restroom. The subway stations in Hong Kong made me a little crazy because there is no public restroom in the station. If you need to use the bathroom, and the station is next to a shopping center, you must go in there to look for the closest bathroom. I have a feeling this was done strategically to lure people into the shopping centers, and if you really got to go this is quite annoying. We took a bus to the Po Lin Monastery to see the Big Buddha. After arriving, we ate lunch at a restaurant in the touristy village ... read more

Day 6 - 31st January 2010 - Disneyland Our day started really badly, couldn't get any cash out of the machines. After Ratko spending a lot of time trying to sort it out, seems the ANZ stuffed up our travel card, so playing the move money around game & paying lots of fees to do it! Half our day was spent trying to get money! Finally arrived at Disneyland at 12.30! It was a warm sunny day and it was packed! We saw the Festival of the Lion King, The Golden Mickeys & the Grand Parade which were all wonderful. Had a couple of nice meals, well, desserts! The fireworks were awesome, then we hit the sourvenir shops. At the beginning of the day I bought my mickey ears and wore them for all the photos, ... read more

Day Twenty-Six - Speechless Giggling Gurls When the alarm went off at 3.15am it wasn’t welcomed in any way. We got up, woke the girls and checked out. A short walk over the Terminal and a straightforward check in was followed by some more ATM hoopla. Once sorted we got some much needed juice. Immigration was cleared quickly and after an hour in the departure lounge, we were brought forward to board. We walked out onto the apron where about six flights were boarding at once. People were confused despite being told which stand to board at and went in all directions. It was getting normal by now. Onboard they didn’t have our meal sorted, which was a bit annoying, but I don’t think we missed out on much. Once we landed and got through, we ... read more

HO HO HO Merry Christmas from China!! It’s Christmas Day and I’m sitting on a beach under a palm tree. Jodie and I arrived on Langtau Island yesterday, which is one of the Hong Kong islands. It’s about 25 degrees today so I think it’s fair to say it’s the hottest Christmas I have ever experienced. Every one is walking about in shorts and t-shirts, it’s so surreal. I am also surrounded by mountains and there are lots of scary cows wandering about the streets. Just now there is a little Chinese man walking across the beach with a sack of crabs. He looks a bit like Santa, except he has crabs instead of coal and a dog instead of a reindeer. I’m having one of my Chinese moments where I just sit, look around and ... read more

Well, first of all a quick recap, I spent the weekend pretty much sleeping, eating and drinking with not much inbetween, so began to feel like a sloth. Friday was a bit of a struggle as I only had 3 hours sleep in the morning, spent the day with my dad which was nice, although we went to a pub for lunch - The Aviator, Tung Chung - it was terrible. We were in the place for about an hour before they came to give us a menu and even thenwe had to ask for it despite sitting down at a table! We managed to spend about 2 n a half hours there. Then went on to Sham Shui Po cause dad needs some bits of electronic equiptment for what ever he is building... I think ... read more