Blogs from Hong Kong, Asia - page 16

Beim Verfassen unseres ersten Blogeintrages sitzen wir im Flieger von Taiwan (Kau...) zurück nach Hong Kong, was im Umkehrschluss bedeutet - wir hatten bereits 12 aufregende Tage. Angefangen hat unser Trip natürlich beim Verabschieden unserer Eltern am Frankfurter Flughafen, bevor es dann 11 h in den Flieger Richtung Hong Kong ging. Dort sind wir früh morgens um 7 Uhr angekommen, was für den späteren Jetleg natürlich nicht gerade förderlich war. Nichtsdestotrotz haben wir erfolgreich die Metro zu unserem Hotel bestiegen und waren kurz darauf in Mitten von Hong Kong Island. Wir haben unser Zimmer im 22 Stock bezogen um anschließend einen kleinen Rundgang zu starten. Am zweiten Tag waren wir zunächst im Hong Kong Park, welchen wir mit den berühmten Straßenbahnen (Tram) erreicht haben. Im Anschluss sind wir nach Kowloon, natürlich ganz traditionell mit dem Boot. ... read more

The plane arrived in Hong Kong early after leaving JFK a little behind schedule. It was a full flight. Even Business Class was over sold leaving me no opportunity for an upgrade. I was content to stay in Premium Economy even though the food was sub-par. At one time the food service was pleasant in Premium but that has slid with the passing of years since Premium Economy began. I have two and a half hours to wait before my next flight which is to Chengdu. A friend is meeting me at the airport and driving me to the accommodations that I am not familiar with. It is a little farther away from the university than what I am used to. The movies on the flight were entertaining although I had seen some of them before. ... read more

Landing at Hong Kong is interesting as the runway is completely surrounded by water. We went through immigration without a word being spoken and were handed a slip of paper giving us permission to stay in Hong Kong until next April. All of the formalities completed, we exited into a huge concourse. Here we found out information about the trains and bought tickets for 100HK$ (~£8.50) for a return trip. The airport express took about 25 minutes and was a smooth clean journey. After about 10 minutes we emerged from the underground section to catch our first glimpse of the mountains, harbours and high-rise buildings of Hong Kong. It was hazy as the sun was starting to climb over the peaks. We left the train at Hong Kong Central Station and headed outside. The first thing ... read more

L'arrivée à HK était assez étrange. On a pris un train de nuit Guilin-Shenzhen et étions supposés gagner HK via un métro à Shenzhen. Étant donné le statut spécial dont jouit Hong Kong, le passage n'est pas si évident que cela. Contrôle des passeports et visas, changement de monnaie, on déambule entre les magasins duty free de la station de métro avec l'impression bizarre de se retrouver dans un aéroport. En arrivant dans notre chambre, je constate que ma tablette ne donne plus aucun signe de vie. Génial. Après avoir essayé tout et n'importe quoi, je me décide de commencer l'autopsie au couteau suisse. Tout se passe plutôt bien jusqu'à un léger blocage. Je force et constate que le blocage provient de la carte SD qui est toujours insérée, et qui est en train de se ... read more

We slept like angels. Angels who snore and have to get up in the night to pee. Awake at 5.30am and dozed for a good while before shaking ourselves out of our slightly jet-lagged mode and into 'let's get breakfast' mode. Plenty of variety at the breakfast place. Packed stuff away to have for morning tea, frugal as we are. Cheapskates as we are... Today, somewhere different so on the MTR to Hong Kong , off at the Admiralty stop and on the 260 bus to Stanley Bay. It took about half an hour to travel across the island to a relatively unpopulated and fresh environment on the coast with green-blue seas, golden sand beaches and trade wind-like breezes. The double-decker bus wormed its way around stupidly tight bends high above the water clipping trees on ... read more