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Published: January 10th 2009
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Day 1/2/3 - Hong Kong
So after 28 hours you can go from Devon, PA to Hong Kong. We wake up at 2:30AM only to be greeted at 4AM with a blinking "CANCELLED" screen. In true fashion, Stephanie flipped out and went into panic mode while Genevieve was the smooth operator "Michael Jackson soudtrack playing in the background". We eventually got a flight to HK via Chicago but that wouldn't happen for another 4 1/2 hours later. Stephanie's cherry was popped when she got to ride in her first double decker plane. The flight was uneventful other then we got hardly any sleep and there were no individual tv's.
We finally arrived in HK around 6:30PM, but didn't get to our hostel (in Cheungking Mansions - Kowloon) until a little after 8PM. We had our own private room but it was smaller then a walk-in closet. Tired as hell we weren't too get bothered by it.
P.S. there was hot water.
The next morning we hopped on the Starr ferry (which was quite cheap - $0.26) to head over to HK island. The views were spectacular just a bit hazy. The city was quite well built with loads
of above street walkways. Our fist stop was Sheung Wan market. Just to name of few of the things we saw - live frogs, half of a goat w/ the head attached, shark fins, and live poultry being slaughtered. With that being said we decided to hold off on lunch for a few hours. Next we headed to the Man Mo temple - with tons of incense burning and people offering food and fruit onto alters. Among the food was chicken wings and coffee. We continued to walk around HK island with its hills until we got to the escalator that runs down in the morning and up in the afternoon. We braved our first true Chinese meal - noodles with beef, but only ended up just eating the noodles and opted out of the "beef". (and yes quotation marks are needed)
After what felt like discovering "unchartered territories" we head to Stephanie's old work - Ralph Lauren to see her co-workers. The office was in Kowloon Bay - a bit off the beaten track for tourists. Two co-workers - Rachel and Alin took us to Sai Kung which is truely off the beaten path for tourist. It was
fisherman's town and smelled just like that. They literally sold the catch of the day right off the boat. Prawns were trying to escape but the fisherman were to quick to grant them their freedom, swooping them up with their nets. We even saw a runaway eel escape the grocery bag and cause havoc in the streets. Rachel and Alin we're more than amazing for showing us around the area and even treating us to dinner!! We headed back to our area in Kowloon and walked about a mile thru Temple Market - which sells just about anything you can image. Therefore, "Land of Knick-Knacks" was born. From toenail clippers to CK underwear to flashing buttons of Mickey Mouse can be purchased here. Our feet tired from endless walking, we head back to our closet - I mean hostel to end the day.
Next morning we decided to walk around before heading to the airport since we had a few hours to kill. Unfortunately, Stephanie's watch was set to NYC time instead of HK. So we only had about 1 hour to kill. Luckily, we made it to the airport with just enough time. Again, Stephanie was freakin' while
Genevieve was chillin'.
We had the scariest ride from Hanoi airport to our hostel, But more about that in our next blog.
Love and kisses
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Lizzy B
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So exciting!!!
Hey Stephanie...and Genevieve, too! I'm so excited that you two will be blogging through Asia. That way I can live vicariously through you as I read about your adventures. It already sounds amazing. can't wait to hear more! xoxoxo, Liz