After a very heavy weekend in Tokyo it was time to leave the land of the rising sun (and I saw quite a few sun rises I can tell you) and head for Hong Kong. I think by the time I got to the airport on Monday morning Id been awake since Friday morning with a total of 5 hours sleep. I was a zombie. It was quite funny to go to the club departure lounge watching all the suits slurp coffee and read their papers, while Im there with bags under the eyes tucking into my thrid bloody mary of the morning. Got on the plane and kept the bloody marys flowing. 30 minutes into Charlie and the Chocloate factory and I was fairly pissed and my body called a time out. I woke up as we landed with headphones halfway round my head. For those of you who have said they were keen to try Japanese food all I can say is that the best meal I had in a month was on the plane to Hong Kong!
Ah Hong Kong. Its quite a relief from Japan to be honest. The food is a lot more normal and everything is in English so its a lot more easier to get about. English is the second language here rather than in Japan where its something thats attempted. My hostel is pretty much slap bang in the middle of all the action. Each morning all the WTO protesters go past our street shouting and whislting. It said on the news that 'Its all a bit of fun and everyones invited to join in'. Ha! Looking at the news reports the Koreans lost the plot and started charging the police until they got the pepper spray out and put them in their place. 'Just a bit of fun'.
So Hong Kong is pretty mentally busy. Lots of bright lights and people bustling around. Its right by the sea so you get some lovely whiffs of sea air now and again. You also get whiffs of intense sewage and some quite horrible cooking too (Ive gagged on 3 occasions walking down the street). Not a great deal to report really. Have been to the peak where a tram takes you up a near vertical track and you get some spectacular views over all the skyscrapers. Went out for some drinks and found a russian bar where they make you put on all these mink coats and then chuck you in a freezer where all you can drink is Vodka. Nice idea but the novelty soon wore off after I could no longer feel my feet. Went to sleep for 17 hours after that night (think I had some catching up to do).
Hopefully off to DisneyWorld at some point and maybe go to the Horse Races as well before Bangkok on Monday. I hear its 28C over there. I hope its warm wherever you are ;)
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