HKok

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Hong Kong is huge. I wore myself out because I decided to walk everywhere and also skipped too many meals. My hips were sore and my stomach ached at times. It's easy to shop and I spent too much money, but I figured it was the only shopping I'd be doing for sometime, certainly the only H&M I'll encounter for a while. I had been aiming for Victoria Peak on Hong Kong Island, but after hours of walking, I was too tired by the time I crossed over on the Star Ferry. So I stopped in Lan Kwai Fong, a watering hole for expats and visitors. I chose a place called The Keg because they had free peanuts. An Aussie named Joel chatted me (a Seppy) up there, and convinced me to go to a swanky cocktail bar, instead of the Hong Kong Brew House where I had planned to go. We drank US$13 cocktails and US$9 beers and chatted about all the models and poseurs we saw. Eventually I got out of there.

The next day I made better use of the metro and did manage to get to The Peak, which offers a nice view of the city. I didn't eat until 10:30 at night, partly because I felt guilty about spending too much money the first day (although I did drink a shitty expensive coffee in the afternoon). I found a perfect restaurant at 144 Queens Rd Central with a large serving of noodles and pork for fairly cheap.

Also, the first night when I just arrived I met a German named Michael who had the year off from being a police officer. He had a deal worked out where for 3 years he received 75% of his pay, then on the fourth year he could take off and still get paid the same amount.

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Photos

Bamboo Usage
typical

1st streeet i saw
and i wasn't pleased to have even more difficult walking ahead of me

Ah Shan Hostel
recommendable

Comments

[seanlaurence]

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WOOWWW!!!!!! Tremendously Gigantic Huge Insane City As Far As The Eye Can See? Ohh Yesss Pleasseee!! You know how much I love gigantic cities and this looks like one of the most giganticest! I am impressed! very very, very, very, very impressed. I love the streets, where do the cars drive? are there walking only streets or something? coolll!!!!

[1050]

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Oll Korrect! The place is huge and packed in tight like ice cubes in a tray. So very huge and also quite large. Streets are narrow, and sometimes they are like the one in the pic with steps, so those ones aren't for driving, but a lot of others can be driven on. I don't think they drive on that street in Lan Kwai Fong, that's all walkers and wheelchairs. So where do they drive? On the left!