Panda Hotels Hong Kong

Tuesday May 23, 2006 My first trip to Asia begins in Hong Kong... and I must admit that flying into Hong Kong is quite a shock when you see the endless buildings and the beautiful harbour! Jerry - my new supervisor - picked me up and took me to the hotel. I am exhausted to say the least - from the 25 hours of flying - but so excited to venture out and experience life and business in Asia! Saturday May 27, 2006 Woke up at 7am feeling under the weather, so I slept a little longer... until noon!...

Had a great flight. We all had some sleep. Got to our hotel at 8am. It only took us half an hour to get thru immigration. We got the hotel shuttle to town and star ferry to hong kong island. Ethan loved the ferry. Took the tram to the peak for the view and then back to the hotel on the mtr. Had a couple of swims and now everyones starting to flag.

It's weird sitting in a new hotel pool with clothe lines attached old rickety apartments looking down over you. And it's weird sitting in a hotel business centre with people wearing facemasks all around you. Hong Kong is certainly a place very different from NZ. Walking down the street is also full of wonder with many different and weird foodstuffs for example huge dried mushrooms and long what look like bones.

Our first out of the country tour.

Rond 07.30 uur landen we op de luchthaven van Hong Kong en nemen alleen onze handbagage mee. Voor onze koffers wordt gezorgd, die worden netjes overgeladen naar het volgende vliegtuig, waar we vanavond mee naar Australië vliegen. Aangekomen in het Panda Hotel, ploffen we toch drie uurtjes op bed en gaan dan een dagtochtje Hong Kong doen. Hong Kong, "here we come!" We staan versteld, om zoveel hoge flat gebouwen te zien, een geweldige ervaring. Een bruisende stad met heel veel chinezen (typisc...

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I traveled to Hongkong all alone with only two pairs of shirt & pants, 1 underwear and a swimsuit. That was my first time to travel to Hongkong and I was completely ignorant about the place except that I had a few glimpse of Hongkong maps. After retrieving my very light luggage, I directly went to the exit area. My first idea was to board a taxicab and tell the driver about the hotel address. While thinking about it, wild imaginations flashed in my mind such as highway robberry, extortion...

The first thing I remember about Hong Kong is the bridge. We were on our way from the airport to the Panda Hotel and I remember crossing a bridge at dusk, stealing a glimpse at the fishing boats moored on the bank, and the graveyard of shrines and stone monolisks perched on a tiered hillside across the channel. The multi-leveled lifestyle specific to Hong Kong was evident from the window of our bus, as we snaked around hills, through tunnels, and merged with the street above, then up to a thi...