We finally made it to a PC after all this time!We've spent 4 nights in Hong Kong and 2 in Macau. We've walked about a million miles in these two cities and have really packed a lot in to our time here. We're now in mainland China in Guangzhou and taking it a bit easy before our big tour of China.
We got into Hong Kong around 10:30pm so we didn't make it to our accommodation until 12ish. We decided to book cheap accommodation in Hong Kong as it is so expensive - A little too cheap though as we entered this dodgy looking building full of shady characters. After climbing into a small lift, designed for 4 people but capable of accommodating 20 quite easily, going up 14 floors and walking the plank (quite literally) we were into our salubrious accommodation that made our apartment in Adelaide look like the Taj Mahal. a room that fit a double bed (snugly) and a toilet that also doubled as a shower. It was clean and tidy and you don't get anything in Hong Kong for $40 that's any better so we decided this would be our home for our stay in Hong Kong.
For the next 3 days we cruised around Hong Kong and did all the touristy things like the Victoria Peak Tram, World's Longest Travelator, saw the light show, Temple St Night Markets, went to a cool jazz bar called "Ned Kelly's Bar", Ferry to Lamma Island. We also went to church while there and fortunately they spoke english - the pastor was actually Australian!
Then it was off to Macau for a 2-day stopover where we caught public transport (bus) with varying degrees of success but we eventually got where we wanted to go. The touristy stuff was pretty cool in Macau - we went to a Museum (boring and our feet hurt from all the walking we'd done), Senado square (really cool - must see in Macau), Casinos (Lisboa, Wynns, Sands, Venetian). The Venetian is huge and replicates Venice identically (I can't back this up as I've never been to Venice) it even has canals inside the casino! Went to a fishing village for a lazy lunch and finished it off with a superb egg-tart (macanese specialty). To end our time in Macau we both got hair-cuts. It was quite an experience with an extensive shampooing session, head massage and expert job done...all for $10 bucks each, they probably felt I got a poor deal so they threw in a massage for me, Miriam was quite sore about this for some time....That's all for now on what we've done - there's a bit more on the China side but I'll leave that for another post. It's really hot over here which all of you know suits Miriam perfectly. The food is great and really really cheap. Miriam's been a little bit squeamish with some of the food - especially the "8 sumptuous delights" menu item I ordered in Macau (it wasn't that bad). I haven't been real adventurous yet (waiting for other people to be around for Miriam to go out with while I'm sick) but I did try chicken foot last night (Miriam wouldn't let me order the steamed snake and scorpion dish)
That's all for now - Now that we have the use of a PC (My Uncle's) we'll be able to post more frequent and less wordy blogs.
6 comments:
Yay! You obviously made it past the Great Firewall of China!
I squeem at your food choices (as in squeemish), but I want to hear all about them anyway (I won't be able to stop the squeemish facials).
Cheap asian accommodation can be *very* interesting... especially bathrooms... good on ya.
Hi you two,
great to hear from you by phone tonight.
Seeing you can't see your blog I thought you might like to know that the photo of you 2 sideways is huge. You can't see it all on the screen. The others are great but perhaps a little small.
It sounds like you're having a great time. The Hong Kong accommodation sounds similar to our experience in Bucharest, only our 2nd try wasn't so seedy.
I don't think snake and scorpion sound too appetising.
Bye now, Love Mum and Dad
Waiting for all the cheesy tourist photos you told Jeremy about ...
Sounds like you're being well entertained by both the food and accomodation.
Tim, Jeremy and I went for 16km hike yesterday. We took a Japanese assistant from school. She'd been in Aust for 2 months and hadn't gone for a bush walk yet. We managed to see a massive 15 koalas! (including two babies) We told her this was VERY unusual ... and that she probably would see that many during the rest of her trip (or life!).
Keep having fun : ) - Kate
hey Guys,
Good to hear you are having a fabulous time - miriam, we will print out the photo of you guys and stick on the back of your chair so that we don't miss you so much!!!! Brad, go forth and try all the local delicacies, I'm sure you won't get sick (not sure if dog is white or brown meat?....)Can't wait to read the next update.
Love Nicky
xx
sounds exhausting but, i guess, exhilirating for you too. :) i'm so with miriam on the snake & scorpion dish! :P
sorry to let you know that putting photos in blog headers is a fun process...not...however, it's nice to see the picture even if it doesn't fit! ;)
Hi
Why on earth would you try chicken foot? Isn't that just bones, skin and toenails...
Anyway, have fun...Still haven't *stolen* your laptop yet...but I will!
Ash
Post a Comment