So I finished with Hong Kong and am now in India. I don't like spending alot of time on the computer when I'm abroad so my updates aren't very frequent...but I'll give you a few highlights from Hong Kong in this post and I'll get more detailed once I'm back in the states.
Hong Kong was amazing. I think I wasn't expecting much as it is a very developed place but I can so see myself actually living there. It's basically like New York but cleaner, a ton more blocks of things to do, extremely friendly people, and amazing food. The transportation system there is even amazing.Everything is so efficient and easy. Hong Kong is definitely an easy place to travel even if you can only speak English.
We stayed in the Chung King Mansions, which is an insane 16 story building that's just filled with hostels. We ended up with a really nice (and cheap) place at the Kyoto Guesthouse...there is much more to the hostel story that I'll get into later....but I highly recommend Kyoto Guesthouse.
The second day we got wander around the markets and eventually we met up with Edwin (a guy who was in our engineering program at Stanford). He took us to a great place for dinner...there were no English words at all inside haha. He then took us to the Ladies market where we were able to get amazing discounts thanks to his mad HK local skills. I got 50% off a bag!
The third day we went to the peak in central which was pretty good. We then walked down through a small botanical garden and ended up in the at a place that offered free tea lessons. I absolutely loved the tea lessons, it was one of my favorite experiences there. For dinner we went to a place recommended by Lonely Planet but it was kind of crappy...but then again I'm very picky with food.
The fourth day was my favorite day. We met with Mahalia friend's friend who gave us the best food tour ever. I can still taste the sushi now...it was that good. She's so amazing. I can't wait to go into more details about this day later.
The fifth day was a relaxing day and we ended up going to some sweet temples and ended the day with the sound and light show, which was pretty good.
The sixth day was Lantau island where we got to see Big Buddha and a fishing village. We had a small picnic at the top of Big Buddha...no big deal haha.
And the seventh day was heading off to the airport to go to Delhi....going to miss you Hong Kong!
Hong Kong was amazing. I think I wasn't expecting much as it is a very developed place but I can so see myself actually living there. It's basically like New York but cleaner, a ton more blocks of things to do, extremely friendly people, and amazing food. The transportation system there is even amazing.Everything is so efficient and easy. Hong Kong is definitely an easy place to travel even if you can only speak English.
We stayed in the Chung King Mansions, which is an insane 16 story building that's just filled with hostels. We ended up with a really nice (and cheap) place at the Kyoto Guesthouse...there is much more to the hostel story that I'll get into later....but I highly recommend Kyoto Guesthouse.
The second day we got wander around the markets and eventually we met up with Edwin (a guy who was in our engineering program at Stanford). He took us to a great place for dinner...there were no English words at all inside haha. He then took us to the Ladies market where we were able to get amazing discounts thanks to his mad HK local skills. I got 50% off a bag!
The third day we went to the peak in central which was pretty good. We then walked down through a small botanical garden and ended up in the at a place that offered free tea lessons. I absolutely loved the tea lessons, it was one of my favorite experiences there. For dinner we went to a place recommended by Lonely Planet but it was kind of crappy...but then again I'm very picky with food.
The fourth day was my favorite day. We met with Mahalia friend's friend who gave us the best food tour ever. I can still taste the sushi now...it was that good. She's so amazing. I can't wait to go into more details about this day later.
The fifth day was a relaxing day and we ended up going to some sweet temples and ended the day with the sound and light show, which was pretty good.
The sixth day was Lantau island where we got to see Big Buddha and a fishing village. We had a small picnic at the top of Big Buddha...no big deal haha.
And the seventh day was heading off to the airport to go to Delhi....going to miss you Hong Kong!
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