Taalla taas, norttina ruudun takana.
Honkkari on oikeen siisti paikka, ihanat vihreet kukkulat joka puolella ja korkeita pilvenpiirtajia niitten vieressa. Tosin luultiin molemmat et taal oikeesti puhutaan englantia.. haha, on tullu jo monta tapausta kun meit ei ymmarreta ja on ollu hankaluuksia.
Saavuttiin siis lautalla maanantaina. Moni on kysyny tunnettiinko me maanantainen maanjaristys taalla mut ollaan varmaankin oltu lautalla siihen aikaan koska ei tiedetty mitaan ennen kun uutisista nahtiin ja tuntui kuulemma myos taalla. Taksilla tultiin meian hostellille ja siina oli jo eka ongelma kun taksikuski ei tienny tata katua vaikka ollaan tunnetulla paikalla. Samoin taksikeskuksen henkilo kenelle kuski soitti ei meinannu tajuta Paterson Streetia Raffin sanomana..;)
Hostellin alaovella soitettiin kelloa ja omistaja kolmannesta kerroksesta sano kaiuttimesta et tulkaa vaan ovesta sisalle vaikka se vahan tiukka onkin ja pakotettiin alaovi auki. Meita vastaan tuli aulassa kiinalainen vanhempi mies joka huus meille kiinaks jotain vihasesti niin kauan kun aloillamme siina seistiin..haha.. ilmeisesti ovesta ei saa tulla vakisin sisalle ja tarvitaan ovikoodi mita meille ei siis ikina annettu. Hipsittiin nopeesti hissiin ja ylos.
Se niista ekoista vastoinkaymisista. Kiinalainen temperamentti se vasta on jotain ;D
Honkkarissa ollaan tahan mennessa vierailtu mm. Disneylandissa. Makso paljon vahemman kun Japanissa eika tarvinnu jonottaa kun korkeintaan 10minsaa ja kerran vaan. Oli ihan huippupaiva siella, oltiin kun lapsia taas ;)
Hoidettiin meian Kiinan viisumi hakemus. Jonot oli hirveet ekana aamuna ja sen jalkeen ruvettiin miettimaan vaihtoehtoja kun piti olla hotellit ja lennot yms. Kiinassa valmiina et saadaan viisumi. Plaah, mika byrokratia ruljanssi se olikaan.
Sit kaytiin monessa kauppakeskuksessa, seka Kowloonin kaupunginosassa, missa on hirveesti sporttiliikkeita ja Ladies Fashion katu (kaak! sielta en lahtenykaan ihan tyhjin kasin..), nahtiin Clock Tower, Avenue of Stars-katu missa on kuuluisien nayttelijoiden tahdet. Tosin ainoita keta ma tunnen oli Jackie Chan.
Tanaan tehtiin reissu Peak Tramilla eli kukkularatikalla (vapaasti suomennettuna), Peak Towerille, mista on upeet nakymat alas.
Lisaks Hong Kongissa on siistit 2-kerroksiset ratikat ja bussit, paljon shoppeja, paljon ravintoloita ja paaaaljon ihmisia. Tarkotuksena ois viela kayda ainakin Lan Kwai Fongilla kattomassa kuuluisaa iltaelamaa. Sunnuntaille ollaan varattu junaliput Shanghaihin. 20 tuntia kestaa junamatka mika saattaa olla melkonen kokemus mut sen jalkeen ainakin tiedetaan mita se on. ;)
Tassa uusimmat juorunpoikaset meian reissulta. Tasan kaks viikkoa jaljella ja nyt se tuntuu jo "normaalien" ihmisten lomailuajalta ;D
Odotan kyl kovasti et naan taas teiat kaikki mut toisaalta se pahin koti-ikava meni jo ohi. (sanotaan et 4-5 kk pois kotoota on se pahin vaihe)
Ennen sita palaan viela paivittamaan blogia.
terkuin Norppa
English:
Hellou, Im back.
HK is very cool place. Lovely green hills all over and high skyscrapers next to them. We both thought people speak English here but it's not actually as common as in Singapore for instance. We've had many communication difficulties already, just looking for to mainland..
So we arrived by ferry on Monday. Many people back home have asked whether we felt the major earthquake in Sichuan but nope. I suppose we were still on board coz we knew nothing until it was on the news. And it was felt here, so the news say.
We took a cab to our hostel and the first prob was encountered when taxi driver did not know Paterson Street in English. He called to cab centre and let Raffi speak to the woman and she also had problems acknowledging the street even though it's pretty central. They got it finally and the next prob was on its way..
We rang the door bell and the owner on the 3rd floor answered through the speaker and instructed us to just push the door open. As we did so the guard on the lobby came storming towards us. He was older Chinese man and yelled angry in Chinese..ooops. You shouldn't push the door open, they have door codes there but nobody told us that and we got our part of Chinese temperament. ;D
So far in HK we've been to Disneyland which was blast. Lot cheaper than the one in Japan and we didn't even queue long to get on the rides! Great day.
The visa application for China we were to handle first thing. The line to immigration office was terrible each day and we had to come one hour before opening the next day. The whole applying is rather bureaucratic. You need to have hotels and flights booked etc.
We visited many shopping malls, we had a walk in Kowloon. There are so many sports shops in one part of it and also the Ladies Fashion street (wohoooo, someone did not leave empty-handed..). We also saw Clock Tower, the Walk of Stars where there are stars of famous people on the pavement, although I did not know anyone else except for Jackie Chan..
Today we took the famous Peak Tram to Peak tower. The views were great!
Besides they have these cool 2-storey trams and buses here, lot of different shops, restaurants and loooots of people! We're still planning on seeing the nightlife of Lan Kwai Fong before heading to mainland. We booked train tickets to Shanghai on Sunday. 22hours in a train must be something... but after that we know more.:)
These are the newest updates. Exactly two weeks and Im back home, we're back home that is ;) Now it even starts to feel like normal people's holiday period ;D Im really looking for to seeing you my dearest family and friends even though the worst home sickness is gone (they say 4-5months abroad is the worst phase)
But before returning Im still updating my blog.
Take care, Nora
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