hong kong!

day 0 ~ touch down

Touch down in Hong Kong @ 6pm ~ where the ridiculous pollution actually made the sunset incredibly beautiful! The flight was relatively painless, I annoyed Panu with my chatter, and then promptly fell asleep so thank goodness the boy still likes me!

Once checked in to our hotel, we headed straight out to my most favouritest eating place of all - Tsui Wah! - in the heart of Causeway Bay.













Stocked up on unhealthy goodness, we wandered around Causeway Bay, ducking and weaving between little chinese people, before crashing from jetlag... and the fact that it was probably 5am in Sydney time.

day 1 ~ hong kong island

up and awake @ 6am! Big day ahead... Panu the planner man thinks we have unlimited hours in our day (and unlimited leg power!)... anyway, we gave it a shot starting with...

more food! *haHa* followed by...

1. a walk through Hong Kong Park - peaceful, serene, beautiful greenery right in the centre of this bustling city.

2. taking the steepest tram up to The Peak, so damn steep that the buildings all look wonky. scary!










3. being big kiddies @ EA Sports World! Hours of seriously high tech gaming!!

*we're big nerds*

4. travelling up (and walking back down) the world's longest escalator, like seriously, it goes through about 3 suburbs! it was fun though and we managed to see some of the real HK, so to speak, along the way.

5. wandering from Sheung Wan to Central to Wan Chai to Admiralty (yes, lots of walking), doing touristy things like visiting Statue Square and holding the Lion's big paw for good luck *heHe*

6. after a very quick rest, off to dinner with my favourite rellies...

7. took a ride over to Kowloon to view HK Island from the other side. Also managed to check out HK's Star Walk (like Hollywood!), full of statues and bronze stars with little hand prints. Oh, and hugged a big gold bar for more prosperity!



















8. and finally, back on HK Island for some partying with my cousin Jane and ofcourse, Clara! Can't say I partied too much though. After such a massive day, I crashed out at 2am, which in my defence is 5am in Sydney!










And that's the end of Day 1! I need to post this entry now otherwise it will forever live in fear of never being seen! Stay tuned for Day 2. and 3 and 4 and 5.