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Published: July 25th 2008
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Hong Kong
Finally someone else takes a photo of us! Hong Kong Dong
As for the title of this section, in Korean, "dong" means "area or district" where "ddong" means "poo", so we obviously mean, Hong Kong Area. We arrived in Hong Kong during a HUGE rainstorm. I thought it might die down if we waited it out under the cover of the subway entrance, but it just poured harder the longer we waited. We found where we
thought our guest house should be . . . only to find it closed up. So, in the pouring rain, we trudged around the streets of Kowloon looking for a guesthouse at just our price. Luckily, we stumbled onto a friend recommended guesthouse, and they had 1 room available! We took it, and so began our back packing in Hong Kong.
Peaking in Hong Kong
The next day, we headed for the major hot spot tourist area in HK, Victoria Peak--right after a brief visit to the United States Consulate for more visa pages in our passports. Our luck would have that the two were situated right next to each other. Nice. We took the Peak Tram up to the top, and we enjoyed a stunning view of the HK harbor--the same view
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How cool are these buildings? A view from the HK park. you will see in "Batman: The Dark Night". We took lots of pictures, and we walked through an exhibit of pictures that displayed early life in HK. After Billy met Bruce Lee--the wax version--we headed back down to eat some dinner and do a little market shopping.
Camera Cords, Lychees, and a Night Market
We were on a quest to find a USB that could hook to my camer and the computer, as we forgot to pack either of the two we already own. Luckily, HK has a great electronics market, and we found what we were looking for--only a mere $1.80 USD. We continued to look around the market as Billy picked up every flashlight convinced that we might need another small version of the one Cherrie gave him. He did find a very useful mosquito repellent sound/light keychain. I thought it was a dumb idea--if it really worked, wouldn't
everyone have one? Anyway, we didn't buy it . . . but there have been times that I wish we had . . . just to see if it worked! After that, Billy found several stands selling lychees. He had to try them all. We left the market with
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Old St. Paul's Cathedral--all that's left of it. 3 bags of lychees and one bag of cherries. Billy was feasting on the lychees . . . it was his favorite moment in HK. Following our electronics market adventure, we found a nice Chinese food restaurant where we had a delicious supper. The free dessert was sweet, hot blended goo. Something like a hot cereal only with no texture. One was a black seasame flavor while the other was a honey & walnut flavor. I see why they are free--not so yummy. After dinner, we headed out to the night market. It was really nice, but oddly like all other night markets in any other Southeast Asian country . . . lots of junk . . . lots of knock offs . . . lots of people . . . lots of loud music . . . but it was interesting all the same.
Hong Kong Park & 2IFC Building/Mall
On our last full day in HK, we went to the HK park. Here we saw a few beautiful ponds, aviary, and tree conservatory. The most interesting part was the aviary where we saw more different kinds of birds that are in the "bird game". We were able to
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Tasha and a canon at the castle fortress. walk through and be within a few feet of most of the various types of birds. It was pretty cool. Then we walked to the 2IFC building. This is the 6th tallest office building in the world--an 88 story building in the center of HK. You may have seen this building in such movies as "Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life" where Angelina Jolie did a flying squirrel dive off of the top to a boat in the harbor, or most recently, in "Batman: The Dark Knight" where Christian Bale, as Batman, dives off the top to a building nearby. Anyway, Billy was really excited to be there, because 2IFC tower is in the center of the exchange square in HK. He felt at home in this business mecca where they even have an Asian version of the stock exchange bull outside. We took pictures. Then we watched "Kung Fu Panda" in the 2IFC mall.
Macau: Churches & Casinos
We took a ferry to Macau from Hong Kong. We had no problem going through immigration--same country still need to go through immigration. We took a bus from the ferry station to our hotel in the center of the main town
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Billy in the fountain at Hong Kong Park. square. Oddly enough, our hotel was called "Central Hotel". It was only a few blocks away from major historical attractions. It was central, but it probably should have been torn down or condemned or called "Moldy and Musty Hotel". Luckily, we didn't spend too much time in this hotel. We had a lot to do around town. First, we went to eat at a quaint Italian restaurant in old Portuguese town called Cafe Tuscana. We had some delicious food there. Then we were off to find the Ruins of St. Paul's Cathedral. When we got there it was, in fact, in ruins. Only the facade of the building remained. We saw an old crypt and some artifacts as well. Overall, it was very interesting and super hot. We did a walking tour of Macau to see the most interesting cathedrals that dated back to the 1600s. That night, we walked through the casino district--all lit up and glowing. At night, Macau looks a whole lot different! The next day, we went to see Fort Monte. It was one of the key defensive positions when Portugal ran the colony. The fort was situated at the top of a hill. There were
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In honor of the Olympics. many cannons surrounding the perimeter, but they had only been fired off once in all their career. We went through a nice museum--nice, because it was HOT outside and the museum had air conditioning. Then we had to rush off to the airport to catch our flight to Kota Kinabalu in Malaysian Borneo. Catch us next time from the beach!
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Aubrey
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Hey guys, Lovin your stories and pictures so far! Not sure where you are right now but I can't wait to hear about it! We are excited to be out to Jeju on Sunday! Yay vacations! =)