Hong Kong Day 2!!
Trip Start
Jun 05, 2008
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Trip End
Jun 14, 2009
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Sunday, June 8, 2008
After spending last night watching Wales v South Africa (in the Irish bar...of course) we awoke to find that it had finally stopped raining!!! Yay!!! It was still very close though and stifling hot to the point that we were walking through the hustle and bustle of the streets of Kowloon soaking wet anyway. We seem to be the only people in this country with sweat glands. Sticky!!
We decided that, as it was not raining, we were going to make the most of our time and go do some sight seeing. The main form of transport in H.K is the MTR (tube), not sure about you lot but this is a daunting task on the London Underground for us, let alone wandering around under the streets of H.K without a blinkiny clue which direction you're meant to be going in.
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Supergirl and Superdude were more than up to the task tho and we finally managed to wing it and get a train to "Shat in" or Sha Tin as the locals call it. Five stops later and we hop off the train and head to.........no...not a pub... IKEA!!!!We don't even have a house!!
A wee and a hot dog later we braved the crippling heat and humidity and headed to the 10,000 Buddha Temple. As you can imagine, climbing 417 steps was not a pleasant experience for two unfit individuals like ourselves. This place was pretty impressive but 10,000 Buddhas? They must've hidden 9000 of them pretty good. The ones we did see were awesome though. There was a certain feeling of discomfort among the locals with our presence, as they seemed to be there to mourn the loss of their ones. We're puffing, panting and sweating profusely with a little too much booby on show from Katie!
Half hour later (boring), we're on the tube and heading back to Kowloon.
From here we venture out and hop on a ferry to H.K island, the island where the Symphony of Lights takes place. Very different experience to Kowloon, equally as busy and confusing but relatively hassle free i.e
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. nobody trying to sell you "copy rolex, copy handbag,cheap tailor sir" every 2 minutes. After yomping for about an hour or so we eventually found Soho (it's only a five minute walk in a straight line from the ferry!) PHEW!!! PINT PLEASE!!! This was quickly followed by 2 of the world's biggest burgers ever, check the photos. We thought these burgers had finished us off for the day (Katie's very nearly did cos it was basically a raw mince sandwich....nice!) however, we found a lovely spot outside a trendy bar to enjoy a few glasses of wine and watch tourists scratch their heads as they pass us for the tenth time, only heading in a different direction. We told you it was a confusing place!We eventually stumbled out of the bar (literally for Phill - Who put that step there?!), headed back to the ferry (5 mins walk) to entertain some very giggly chinese ladies with a camera and begin the dreaded walk up Nathan Road to the horror hole, that is Mirador Mansions. Home to us....classy joint!!
It was a lovely day and a perfect way to end our stay in Hong lovely Kong!!!
See you in Singapore dudes xxxx (if we make it to Macau!)
