Caritas Oswald Cheung International House Hong Kong

... the same charm as a 25 year old woman that it had as a 5 year old girl??

We found the hostel with only a little bit of trouble. The directions said that it was in the middle of a mobile phone store, so we found the correct mobile phone store (more like a multi-level indoor phone market) and searched... and searched... and searched. We just couldn't figure this one out! As we were scratching our heads in the middle of the 3rd floor of the mall ...

... I believe, had I not become involved in a Gay Rally and a Citibank Protest, one after the other. However, I’ve never been involved in either before, so I didn’t really mind too much. The queue for the Peak Tram was quite large and pushy, so who’s to say I’d have made it in time anyway. Somehow, once I got there, I managed to be the FIRST ONE on the tram. I even took a picture. I was at the very back, but the difference is I ...

... front "the kid" was nowhere to be found and there was a lady working instead. Grace decides to stay outside the shop (not enough room for three people at once) while I go in and kindly ask the lady if I could speak to "the kid" who works there, as I hold out my iPhone. I didn't even get to explain why I was there or what my problem or question was when all of a sudden, the lady behind the counter turned into a full fledged Dragon ...

... strange as we needed this passports to be done for our train trip. And we needed 2 tickets as well...Time is running out here!! So after 3 hours of walking up and down Hong Kong and by that time we could have had 17 suits and 34 fake Rolex..watches, we decided to get back to the Mansion and check out something online. Well, as the 2 blind backpackers just wanted to go inside of the Mansion, we saw a huge sign across the streets.." China Travel Advisors....Visa and Tickets" We ...

... in the Kowloon district and we decided to head over that way. As we did so, we became enamored by the jewel Hong Kong inherently is.

In order to get to Kowloon we had to first cross the Victoria harbor. This harbor is one of the most beautiful I have ever laid my eyes on. Around 80% of Hong Kong is protected forest which remains largely uninhabited. When one crosses the harbor the lush greenery forms a gorgeous contrast against the shiny metallic ...

... land UIT ging een stuk voorspoedige dan een aantal weken geleden het land IN. (afgezine van een medisch formulier in verband met de varkensgriep. Gelukkig hebben we de afgelopen 7 dagen geen verschijnselen gehad van diarree -duh, het is China-, geen koorts -wel eens verbrand geweest?-, bovendien hoefden we NOOIT te hoesten -wij slapen niet met de aico aan-. Ons nieuwe hotel in Hongkong is helemaal geweldig! Terug bij af. Een ...

... several hundred steps! We also saw a baby making the climb on his own, with the help of his parents, we didn't stick around to see how far we got..! The views were amazing from the top. We hopped on a bus again and hopped off at the beach. Oh, the beach. A white sand, gorgeously long beach, virtually deserted except for us! We ate our picnic Subway sandwiches, splashed in the waves n drew characters in the sand! We made our way back to Hong Kong and continued our meticulously ...

... to the baggage carousel our bags were off. Drew some money out of the ATM and then got some scrolls made in Chinese writing as the airport were doing it for Chinese New Year (tomorrow). We decided to by a travel pass for £30 as it wasn't much more than it would cost us to get to the hotel and back, and it also gave us unlimited travel for 3 days on the tubes. Jumped on the train to Kowloon station and then there was a courtesy but to the hotel. Unfortunately ...

... erg bewonderenswaardige Chinese slangenkindertjes. En toen was het weer tijd voor afscheid. Helaas!! Nu heb ik er weer een week opzitten en volgen er nog vijf waarin ik zeker genoeg te doen heb. Eerst veel opdrachten en wat tentamens, en dan ben ik 4 december al klaar. Dan ga ik met Thea, en misschien ook met Blanca, naar Thailand om daar nog even de nodige zonnestralen en energie op te doen voordat ik de ernstige kou tegemoet treed. Tussen de bedrijven door wil ik ...

... my friend, who asked for it one-time in Cantonese, but the same item was quoted to me for HK$180 when I asked earlier. 'Fleece the tourist' treatment... it's something I hated most.

Some of my friends wanted to do some shopping, so I and a friend, who was into photography also, decided to wander around Central. We took photos of the Star Ferries at Central Pier, the Aqualuna (张保仔) batwing junk again and trams, which were ...