Blogs from Hong Kong, Asia - page 14

Well actually day 1 minus a bit. We have been dropped off at the Parkroyal at Melbourne airport by Stephanie so we can meet our early flight time on Monday morning. All good with room, lovely views of the car park - no matter, here to sleep, not peep.... Now day 1 dawns. Up at 0500 to do the 2 hour bit for a 0745 flight. Wander into the international terminal at 0545. Up to the business class line - yeah baby, now it is real. Only 4 in the queue. Gotta love that. Bags checked all the way to Nice then the kicker, plane is 1 hour late due to late arrival. Bugger, could have slept a bit longer. Oh wel,, into the Cathay Pacific lounge. Hmm, tiny teensiest lounge but had the goods for ... read more

Hong Kong:sta tykkäsin, koska siellä oli siistiä ja hypersuperultrabra julkinen liikenne, vaikkakin vasemmanpuoleinen sellainen. Kallistahan elo kyläpahasessa vaikutti olevan. Huoneeni tai pikemmiten koppini hostellissa maksoi kaikista eniten koko Aasian reissun aikaisista luukuista samalla ollen pienin: käteni ulottuivat vaivattomasti seinästä seinään. Siisti majapaikka, eipä siinä mittään.Kävimme yhtiskää näköalapaikalla, paitsi Hanna ja Matti eivät tulleet ihan ylimmälle tasolle, josta näkymät olivat kerrassaan hurmaavat. Eipä moista maisemaa aiemmin ole tullut töllättyä. Pilvenpiirtäjät tuntuivat muuttuvan eläviksi, huojuviksi, matomaisiksi olioiksi, koska katselin niitä hyvin jyrkästä kulmasta. Pääsimme kukkulalle raitsikalla, jossa kaikki matkustajat istuivat, koska kipuamiskulmamme lähenteli 90 astetta. Seisomapaikkalainen olisi tippunut takavaunun peräseinään kohtalokkaasti lässä... read more

Iz Ljubljane do Hongkonga Svoje dolgo pričakovano popotovanje sva začela z letom iz Ljubljane do Münchna in od tam v Hongkong. Količino prtljage nama je uspelo spraviti pod 2 x 23 kilogramov. Ker je tudi 23 kilogramov oblačil, opreme za kampiranje in drugih nujnih reči težko tovoriti sem in tja, sva bila vesela, da bo prtljaga do končne destinacije potovala sama od sebe (ali bo tja tudi prispela, bomo še videli). Potrudila sva se, da sva pri pakiranju ročne prtljage upoštevala vsa mogoča določila - za zdaj nama niso še ničesar vzeli. :D Let iz Ljubljane do Münchna je bil hiter in miren. Letalo je bilo razmeroma majhno, tako da sva prave leteče velikane videla šele v Nemčiji. V Münchnu sva nekaj malega pojedla in nestrpno pričakovala nadaljevanje poti. Čeprav sva se malo bala navigacije po ... read more

No, I am not talking about the New York City. In the past, I roamed around the lower and upper Manhattan in odd hours in the night with my friends and Suman, my future wife. We circled in the Central Park, hung around in the Greenwich Village tasting their famous onion rings, landed in the dark alleys of Harlem in the middle of the night. Yes, those were my fun days from the yesteryears. And that’s when we came to know that the New York City never sleeps. But I am not talking about the New York City here; that’s the story for another day. It’s another city that stands in the opposite side of the globe, and I found it also never sleeps. You got it! It’s Hong Kong. I was flying to Hong Kong ... read more

Hey Guys, So to those of you who haven’t read my Japan Blog entry yet, after coming back from Japan I found out that I couldn’t use my visa to reenter China again, thus starting an almost 2 week-long stay in Hong Kong. In the following Blog I will describe my struggle of getting a new Visa but also how I met a bunch of awesome people with whom I celebrated Chinese New Year and adventured Hong Kong. After I learned that I couldn’t reenter China at the port of Zhuhai, I was sent back to Hong Kong late at night. Extremely tired and worn out I stumbled through Hong Kong after exciting the ferry. I had no clue where I was and my phone wasn’t working. After wandering around for an hour, looking for a ... read more