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| not a bad view for 25p |
WHERE (less detailed): CHINA-ish. China marks our passports with a “left the country” stamp. This in addition to the fact that Facebook is now accessible makes us wonder if anyone bothered to tell China we gave Hong Kong back ages ago.
DAYS: 98-100
WEATHER IS: hot, nice and hot. T-shirts in December. Nothing like it.
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| shorts in December |
TEMPERATURE IS: 22-28 degrees
PEOPLE ARE: a mixture. Thanks to our cut-price accommodation (Chungking Mansions) we are pulled back into the world of annoying, obnoxious and overbearing Indian hawkers. But others extremely nice, and best of all they’re considerate enough to put English signs everywhere, on street corners, in shops and on menus.
FOOD IS: excellent, possibly because for the first time in months we know what we are ordering.
A BEER COSTS: not sure but a cocktail and glass of wine in the uber-swanky Aqua bar overlooking Hong Kong harbour (another great GoToJo tip) cost £16.
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| (bar)room with a view |
HIGHLIGHTS/LOWLIGHTS: the look of unbridled joy on Rhaani’s face after she is finally reunited with a western style toilet, complete with toilet paper....”This is the most amazing place in the world”, she cries at being able to knowingly order grilled chicken....the ridiculous Hong Kong Harbour light show. If anyone has ever turned a light off to “do their bit for the environment” know your actions have been pointless. In 20-mins Hong Kong creates a carbon-footprint larger than the one you, your family, everyone you’ve ever known and will know in life... the afterlife... purgatory...could possibly leave. And it's a shitty show....the 25p Hong Kong ferry....Paul starts to salivate like a Pavlovian dog after his first sighting of Pick’n’Mix in 3 months....a fruitless search for multi-coloured obviously fake Rolex Watches (another dud Weelian Tay tip)...the magnificent view from our “Mansion” flat - and the landlord told us we’d been upgraded to a family room which had a window! The 45 degree angle’d cable car to the Point....
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| home sweet home |
INTERESTING FACT: Hong Kong is so considerate that you can actually check luggage at subway stations the day before you fly out and then casually trot to the airport the next day.
DAYS SINCE PAUL SHAVED HIS HEAD AND HIS HAIR STILL WONT LIE FLAT ON ITS OWN (monkey boy):60
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| hardly the light fantastic |
THINGS LOST: nothing to add
UP NEXT: JAPAN: land of the rising sun and a million vending machines.
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