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Dim Sum
Yes that is a spot on my chin... this humidity really is not doing my complexion any favours! Paul - After yesterday's cultural adventure we decided that before we left Hong Kong we needed to have Dim Sum. So for breakfast this morning we set out to have this famous Cantonese "buffet". Managed to find what must have been the busiest place in town. Massive queues outside but when we went to enquire how long it would be, we were taken straight to a table. I think she obviously mistook me for David Beckham. Or some other blonde haired celebrity. Brad Pitt maybe? Who can tell!
We weren't sure how many dishes to order so we settled on six. The waiter didn't look at us funny either when we ordered so we thought we were on the right track. Then came the food and it was delicious. Loads of little snacky foods all freshly cooked (almost) in front of you. Really nice way to have our last lunch in China. No hilarious food mishaps this time either other than the obligatory dropping of slippery food from chop sticks on to the table. Doh! I wonder how much food we have wasted being dropped from our chop sticks?
Headed over to HK island and went on the world
famous Peak Tram. Only I'd never heard of it. This world famous nonsense gets banded about a lot in China. Anyway the tram was like a roller coaster. Pulling you up 45 degree slopes which felt like they were vertical. Pretty cool way to reach the top of the peak though. Shame it was so misty though! That's why there are no photo's from the top. But we did take a photo of a cool bug for you all to look at! Look at the cute bug! Awh!
Ate fish and chips on the sea front to round off our China + Hong Kong trip. Also sold our Guide Books to a legendary crazy dude in a book shop. Brilliant. See you in Nam folks.
Laura - I really enjoyed going up the peak, but it was so misty you couldn't see more than 10 metres ahead. It was like a cold foggy day in Britain. Except it wasn't at all cold. In fact it was flipping hot and humid. Anyway, we walked around the peak and it was like a jungle - lots of trees and cool bugs. Although I wasn't overly enamoured with the amount
of spider's webs woven through the trees!
We bumped into a Swiss couple that we met in Yangshuo at the top of the peak and they persuaded us to walk through the mist to the very top. There really wasn't much point because we couldn't see anything, but we imagined how nice the views of the sea would look on a clear day!
After that it was another hunt to find somewhere cheap to eat. Well you can take the boy out of Grimsby.... Needless to say the chips by the sea was Paul's idea but it was very nice, and oh so British of us! Splendid! Shame there were no tea and biscuits to wash it down with me old chap! Well we ARE in a former British colony....
To be honest I haven't really had that much enthusiasm for HK. Maybe I'm just bored of big cities, or maybe it seems gloomy after the lovely countryside in Yangshuo, or maybe it's the weather. I don't know. It seems like a city you can only really get your teeth into, and enjoy if you live here or have lots of money. I think the skyline impressed
Paul more than it impressed me. It just seems quite grey and ugly after being surrounded by green peaks! All the buildings have this grey mist around them too, which makes them look quite ominous. It looked much better at night, the lights are pretty and reflect nicely in the water.
There are so many designer shops in Kowloon that you could be anywhere in the world, in fact it reminds me a bit of London. Nevermind, we leave tomorrow for another adventure. Maybe I wasn't very excited by HongKong becasue it didn't seem as much of an adventure. Even Yangshuo, as Western as it was, was brilliant becasue of the random villages we stumbled across. Plus it had crazy market stores - "Lady you want silk scarf? Beautiful silk scarf? Only 20 yuan! OK OK 15 yuan!!!". All of the Chinese we learnt (all 5 phrases) are useless here too because everyone speaks English. I miss saying "nee how" and "xiexie". I miss the language barrier! Part of me even misses the damn squat toilets!! It's been too easy here. I know that after Asia this is what it will be like in Oz, NZ and the US but I'm not ready for the adventure to end yet!
Bring on Vietnam! I mean it's a relief in a way, not having the language barrier, but it makes life a bit dull!
Flight is early tomorrow morning. Seriously, it is actually early. Not just our idea of early. We're gonna have to set the alarm for 6.30!!!!! I'm not sure how we'll cope. May your prayers be with us.
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Well your not the only two who have been on their travels - after the excitement of Cardiff (yawn) - well the football was boring, but Cardiff is a lovely city - we made our way to deepest Wales - well Pembrokeshire actually - seriously this is a beautiful part of our country and we almost overcame the language barrier - none of those welsh words even mildly resembes the English - met up with Rick )Jez's brother and his family and had two wonderful meals with them at the best hotel spot in the world - watching the sunset over St. Brides Bay - cant beat that. Have walked 25 miles of the coastal path and boy do I have blisters to prove it - enormous - anyway back to work on Monday - take care you two -dont tell me when your going rock climbing again - cant take the pressure.