Hong Kong Day 1 16 May 2009 Our time in Hong Kong began the instant we walked through customs the way the next two days unfolded. Kathy’s friend Su, running towards us with open arms of welcome and excitement, despite the fact that she herself had only just returned from New Zealand on the very Read More »
My first breakfast in Hong Kong consisted of an egg and cheese sandwich on toasted wheat bread. I cannot express my shock that such a western style breakfast could be found in a random little restaurant around the corner from my hotel. Even in Shanghai and Beijing last year, only specifically western-style restaurants seemed to Read More »
My third day in Hong Kong began with a similar breakfast as the day before…although Dr. Allard was busy checking his e-mail at the hotel so I had to try and order for us, since none of the others speak any Mandarin or Cantonese. Well, I don’t know any Cantonese, and our waitress was one Read More »
Dawn broke as we were flying over Kazakstan 6hours into our trip from London having been routed over the Baltic and down through Moscow. The skies stayed clear as we passed over what seemed endless desert and the into the northern edges of the Himalayan massif and then acroos to Chengdu and Hong Kong. It Read More »
80% of people movements in Hong Kong are by public transport. It is difficult to believe wen you see the smog which spoiled the views for the duration of our stay. There are a huge number of busses and smaller Public Light Busses and Taxis which clog the streets with commercial vehicles all day. Then Read More »
Being situated on the 39th floor in the ‘executive club’ was great – the views were stunning although you had to be on the Avenue of the Stars to get the best view of the Syphony of Lights. However Lynne just loved the lift bingo. You get in the car and wait to see what Read More »
Tai Tam Country Park is about a 8-10 minute bus ride from my apartment in Stanley. It is one of four country parks on Hong Kong Island and it is the biggest. It covers almost a fifth of the island. Tai Tam means “big pools” in Cantonese, referring to the reservoirs. The two main trails Read More »
Finally got some sleep last night. Even though it was only about 5 hours I felt so much better! Kong and I started off our day by heading off to the south part of Hong Kong Island. It was a lovely drive with winding roads and ocean views. First stop was the Stanley Market area. Read More »
4:45pm (hk time)出門口, 3個人2個大篋+2個拖篋+2個背囊… 何其狼狽…….. 落街打的去藍田,再轉a22, 沿路超大霧,有d樓係見唔到頂囉~~ 有d雲/霧郁得好快, 有d就郁都唔郁, 好似成幅相擺左o係度咁~~ 搭搭下車都幾眼訓zzz…….. 不過冇耐就起身影相lu~~哈!! 5:20pm開車,6:1xpm就到機場 gate H, 去到唔見有人bor~~ 坐埋一邊,周老師兩夫婦同佢地個女到左~~ 之後先發現有好多學生已經到左坐埋一邊~~ 可能佢地仲早過我地到!! 以航個counter真係森嚴d!! 去到已經見到有幾個荷槍實彈既保安,仲有隻狗~~哈!!! 都幾得意ga~~i mean隻狗!!! counter就圍起哂, 有幾張檯放o係度for d staff-翻開哂我地辛辛苦苦執好既行李……. 6:5xpm齊人,成group人要一齊排隊過d staff(以航人,唔係香港職員, o係呢度問完會上機既人一大輪之後就會同我地一班機過以色列, 確保冇人搞事~~) 1個或者幾個咁問…. 好彩可以痴住daddy同mami,咁daddy係領隊,主要就問佢喇~~ 問左好耐…耐…耐…半個鐘都差唔多…. 問我地果時同時間後面有人問仲輝,聽到佢d問題都幾難答咁…. 問完我地佢地幾個staff就圍埋一齊”夾口供”…=.=” 佢地一路問就一路寫低d pts….睇下我地d野可唔可信…… 問我地果個男仔好搞笑~~ daddy答佢每一條問題之後,佢得一個反應:”um…i understand.” 要記住佢問左好耐….問左無數咁多條問題,佢就講左咁多次”i understand”!!! 之後就陸續問其他人…. 結果18個人7:45pm先完成”問話”同check in手續……成粒鐘都黎喇…… 不過因為以航其實都幾”虧欠”我地~~ (搞咁耐機票結果要遲兩日出發>.<), 所以一直都俾左唔少”小恩小惠”過我地~~哈!!! 好似搞掂左”問話”同check in之後,佢地叫我地8:30pm返去gate h, 會有人帶我地去登機~~又派多左好多小冊子俾我地~~ 45min去食野~~去左食”味千”,同daddy再買少少野就要上去lu~~ 齊人就由一個地勤帶我地去登機~~好順利咁過左關,去到候機室~~ Read More »
