How to prepare Hong Kong

After almost 17hrs in planes I have reached Hong Kong. All I can say so far is that I love it. The one day I’ve spent here has been better then the complete Russia trip. But from the beginning:

My first stop was Beijing, but just for 3hrs, before I had to get on board again to fly to Hong Kong. Carrier this time was Air China. I get the feeling I’m doing Airline checks these years; it’s about the 20^th company I’ve used and still not finished. Anyways, flights were good and food was an introduction to Asia including seaweed, etc. Once in Hong Kong I went straight for my Hostel, where I got a 5m² room, no kidding, picture will follow. As it was already night, I just went out to see the nightlife. It’s amazing, all these super-colorful, blinking commercials, people everywhere, shops open till midnight. That is just so cool, so instead of just getting some food I went out for hours.

This morning I just walked through the city towards the waterfront. Once there I walked down the Boulevard of Stars, it’s like the Hollywood Walk of Fame, just with Asian stars. Then I took the ferry and went to the ‘real’ Hong Kong and finally took the 123 year old tram up to ‘The Peak’, the sightseeing mountain of the city. And the view from atop is just gorgeous. I can’t really describe that. Like the whole city. For me it is kind of a mixture between, Vancouver, L.A. and Cape Town, with Asian ingredients.

I stayed up there till it was dark, but in the meantime I went to see Madame Tussauds, again with mostly Asian characters on display.

Even if I couldn’t find any good words for the view at daytime, there are less for nighttime, so I just say: splendiferous. You can see some pictures at the end of the post. (Due to the weather they are not close to what you can see with your eyes, but one gets the idea ;-)). Finally I took the tram back down and walked all the way home through Kowloon… just a really good day. I can suggest everyone to get to Hong Kong once and stay a little while, there is so much to see and do here… I hardly have enough time to see what I want to see.

Plan for tomorrow is to go to Macau, if there is no storm coming up…

So, here are the promised pictures: