Love, love, love Hong Kong. The heat for one thing was incredible. Finally bliss to strip off and not have to wear thermals all the time, you need to wear a hat, sunglasses and sunscreen which would have been good if I didn’t have to toss it at the airport security point!
Our three nights here were fantastic with some excellent meals and just wandering the streets at night where the humidity was still at epic proportions. If you have been to a tropical location before you will also notice that most living bug-like creatures grow to epic sizes including their snails. I was quite thankful not to run into any spiders as I’m not a fan of foot sized creepy crawlies.
HK Disneyland was rather crap but I’m glad I can mark that one off my list of worldwide Disney’s to visit. Even Eurodisney was better. Just really lame rides in HK. I think they definitely go for cuteness and not thrill seeking.
Had a fantastic Korean meal as well as some delicious crab from a local, back street vendor. Still standing so that’s got to be good. Anyway, I would highly recommend HK. We stayed on Kowloon Island near Ya Mae Tai station and loved it. Three days just wasn’t enough time to explore. I wouldn’t bother with the evening light show on the water but the Walk of Fame is great around this area anyway. The cooling breezes off the water are lovely at night.
Getting to and from the airport is a breeze. Everything is so easy and air conditioned. I thought Germany was efficient. They look positively relaxed in comparison to the Chinese. The skyscraper homes were also amazing as were the chaos of people. Even though there are thousands of people surrounding you I was amazed at how respectful people are of keeping a personal space between them. Also, respectful of keeping their mobile phone conversations personal to themselves so you don’t have a constant barrage of mobile ring tones and screaming idiots. Everyone’s phones appeared to be on silent vibrate and then when they answer the caller doesn’t have some ridiculous conversation at the top of their lungs. Loving HK! The same goes for general conversations on the street and the flow of foot traffic. How can a city with a mega population just run so beautifully and be so clean! Amazing on so many different levels. I would visit HK in a heart beat.
Shopping wise -there is plenty of trash to be purchased but the big electronic ticket items didn’t have a cash price difference. We had done all the price shopping before coming here and really there were no major bargains. I did love the fashion sense though. Incredible individual labels if only I could get my western sized butt into any of it!
Any country that you have to catch a train to get to your plane gate, has to be an epic one to explore!
