Blogs from Hong Kong, Asia - page 21

30.10.2014 jutro grudzień, a dziś 26 stopni Celsjusza! Popłynęłam najwcześniejszym promem z Zhuhai do Hong Kongu. 70 minut i zupełnie inni ludzie- tam rewolucja parasolowa a tu pytam się taksówkarza dlaczego nie można już będzie jeździć w Zhuhai na skuterach. „Bo tak samorząd postanowił.” Mniejsza o to czy to dobra decyzja, mnie ciekawi czy w Hong Kongu na takie pytanie odpowiedzieliby „bo jest to niebezpieczne,” „bo samorząd uważa że jest to niebezpieczne” czy „bo tak samorząd postanowił.” Brak nawyku patrzenia krytycznego. Zabity przez marynowanie się w cenzurowanych mediach. Prom udekorowany girlandami sztucznych kwiatów. Mijamy wyspy i wysepki z wiaduktami wbijającymi się w kędziory zarośli, las czerwonych dźwigów i setki kontenerów MAERSK jak klocki lego. Cumuję na Kowloonie Morze po stronie Hong Kongu ma inny kolor. Lepszy. Wygląda na to że można tu pływać bez ryzyka... read more

Hello everyone Yesterday we went to Lamma Island, which is the third largest island in HK, west of HK Island. The island is a traditional fishing village; it is a laid back and multicultural community that has no cars! It was great to escape HK’s hectic city for some green trails with little sandy beaches dotted along the way. It reminded us of the Caribbean. We left about 9ish, we headed to central metro from our hostel, where we caught a £2 ferry for 30 minutes to Yung Shue Wan, Lamma Island. The trek was about 90 minutes to Sok Kwu Wan ferry terminal. On the way we passed two sandy beaches, a few market stores, a lot of sea life being sold, many pavilions and lovely views out to sea. Definitely one of the must ... read more

Hello followers, So today we are on Hong Kong Island!!! It's a small NYC really. Our plans for today are to visit all of Hong Kong islands main attractions. We started by heading to Victoria park, right next to our hostel. The park is situated in between all the sky scrapers and city buildings, the park includes a running/jogging track around the edge, 6 football pitches, about 20 tennis courts (including the Asia games main staduim and finally tai chi area which was packed. We then headed to the Hong Kong convention and exhibition centre, it was packed with a jewellery show and a HSBC award so unfortunately we couldn't see the main hall :( (one in rush hour 2), Still it was good to see and we also saw the Golden Bauhinia Square (which was ... read more

Coming Home: Hong Kong Yea! We are here in Hong Kong for another 2 days. We’re very excited to be “home” ;-) We like Hong Kong a lot and are very comfortable here now. The environment is safe and we know our way around the city pretty well. Today we’re grabbing up our Octopus metro card and heading across the water for Macau on mainland China. We’ve been told that Macau is the Las Vegas of China and that its revenue just surpassed Las Vegas. Thought we’d take a look especially since we are pretty familiar with Vegas... Macau is an hour jet boat ride away from downtown Hong Kong. Unfortunately we are way out at the big new Kai Tak cruise ship terminal so it will take us about an hour just to get to ... read more

Aventuriers dans l'âme (enfin on l'espère), équipés comme des randonneurs avertis pour le style, nous voilà enfin partis après plusieurs mois de préparation et d'impatience. Nous nous lançons le défi de tester tous les moyens de transport : train de Reims à CDG, avion jusqu'à HongKong puis jusqu'à Auckland ; à venir dans les prochains postes : van, bateau, reste à trouver un vélo, d'autres idées ? Comment se sont passées les 24h d'avion ? Bouffe, Pionçage et films. On a terminé dans un état végétatif. Un premier petit coup de gueule pour celui qui nous a fait profiter de sa fabrication personnelle de méthane après un breakfeast aux oeufs brouillés, vive la classe éco ! Une journée d'escale à Hong Kong, aéroport et alentours, pour rencontrer Nicole et Léon respectivement la tante et l'oncle de ... read more