Saturday, 26 January 2008

Hong Kong, take 1

Tsim Sha Tsui station

Hot Pot for two


Double decker trams




Kowloon Waterfront (Hong Kong island in the background)



Hong Kong is definitely our favourite city so far because it is such a lively and diverse place. It is crammed, pulsating, and full of cool bars, cornershops, and restaurants; a real Mecka for cityslickers. It is a place hard to define, best described as an Asian melting pot with lots of western spices. The world's most free economy has bread a city full of hardworking people, commerce, and futuristic architechture but there is inevitably an always present flipside to that coin given the history and intermingle between Great Britain and China.

There are beautiful green hills coming in from the airport and the landscape changes with the islands. Only one our from the city there is a sandy beach (Repulse Bay).

We currently reside right in the heart of Hong Kong, Kowloon Island, with either the subway or the Star Ferry transporting us to Hong Kong island south of Kowloon.

We have been very unlucky with the weather but we are still giving Victoria Peak a try today. Speak soon.