Town
Created by shelle_smith
Tue 21/08/07 (day 1)
Thursday 23rd August
Our first day in Hong Kong has been busy. We went to Hong Kong Island and walked for miles. All up hill too. We were trying to find the longest escalator in the world - we did and it was nothing special, a little bit boring if I'm honest, but finding it was fun.
The Peak Tour was ace!
It was quite scary going up on the tram and the skyscrapers looked as if they are leaning in due to the angle at which we were going up the mountain. When we got to the top the clouds had covered the view! We had a photograph super imposed onto a backdrop of the skyscrapers. Sods law that when we got to the bottom the cloud cleared. I did get to eat a burger king in the clouds though. We also vistied the botanical gardens, SoHo and BoHo.
I was so tired when we got home that I went to bed and woke up at 1.30pm unable to sleep, sO we went out for a few beers as Hong Kong never sleeps. On the was home at 4am there was a amazing thunder storm.
I tried fresh squid and fish balls they were awful!
Tue 21/08/07 (day 1)
Saturday 25th August 2007
Yesterday I was poorly sick!!!! I spent most of the day in bed, but dragged myself out for the symphony of lights. It was absolutly brilliant! Basically music is played and all the buildings light up to it, it was fantastic.
"This spectacular multimedia display, already named the “World’s Largest Permanent Light and Sound Show” by Guinness World Records, has been further expanded to include 43 buildings on both sides of Victoria Harbour.
Today we have been to Lantau Island to see the bronze Buddha, it was unreal. You can't tell how big it is from the photos, but it was rather special. The bus ride home was rather special too, I thought I was going to die!
We have also been to see a 4 D movie and to the night market.
Sat 25/08/07 (day 5)
Wednesday 29th August 2007
Over the last few days we have done everything left to do in Hong Kong. On Monday we went back over to Hong Kong Island to see the racecourse and then had a meal on the famous floating Chinese restaurant. I order chicken, and it came just as that, with a head, beak and brains! I still ate it , but not the head of course.
Yesterday we visited Macau which was very different from Hong Kong. Alot more laid back. We visited the casinos, St. Austine Square and the famous statue of the goddess A -
Ma .
I considered doing a bungee jump from the top of Macua Tower, but decided to wait until New Zealand as it is bigger and I had a skirt on.
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we are now living here in scotland and planning to go back to hongkong on our way to australia to brake our journey and to meet again all my friend and to visit the tourest places icluding the window of the world in china.
As Sailor I been many times in Honkong
And net as the service man see HK from a diverend way
The service man who been there for yeaars or months
Agree I think That HK is a great city but I think HK know and
the time that it was a colony from the UK
A very diverend HK
I already sent a message to this address I worked in Hong Kong from 1995 till 1998 I forgot to add my Name is also,
Jock Nisbet. I am from Fife.
Indonesia is also a great place to go but not so much Bali as the Gillie Islands and Lombok, Lombok is how Bali used to look 30 years agao before commercialsation.Have a good one.