Arriving in Hong Kong we were very excited (and a little bit pissed from our flight) to get back on the road and have a bit of a challenge again.  Unfortunately this challenge came far too soon.  Now Hong Kong has some of the highest property prices in the world and so accommodation is expensive, hard to come by and V small, so we were prepared for a box when we arrived at our new home for 4 days, however the wee on the floor (yes in the hotel) and disgusting bathrooms was a bit too much.  So, off to Mc Donalds we go to use the free wifi and desperately search for something else.  There are two notorious backpacker towers in the centre, Wee floor was one and so we went to the other, possibly the dodgiest looking block i have ever been in – V Scary and the tiniest room too small for two!  but we had to settle for the night with the hangover settling in – Challenge Number 1!

After finally finding an alternative accommodation (probably the best we stayed in for the whole travels) it was time to explore Hong Kong and get past the fake rolex’s, Handy bags and leather jackets constantly being touted at us.

Hong Kong Trams

First stop the longest escalator in the world – now i was imagining one non stop escalator all the way to the top of the mountain, but no, its a series of mini travelators so not as impressive as first thought but still a main sight seeing attraction!  This took us to an area called Soho, very touristy and set up mainly for the Ex-pats living in HK. 

Foggy view

Night View

Following this, a trip to the Peak for amazing views of the city, star ferry across to the mainland to watch the nightly light show in the city.  How very bizarre!  All the buildings with cheesy lights to very cheesy music and laser beams jetting from the top – I have never seen anything like it and probably never will again!  Food time and the bit we were most looking forward to (as you can imagine) , goose and sweet and sour pork followed by people laughing at us….not sure why and Hong Kong food was a hit!

Nige on the Avenue of Stars pre light show!

light Show

The Dim Sum hunt now begins, and my god we found it!  Maxims Palace, one of the few places that still has trolleys going around a huge banquet room serving dim sum – god it was good and the atmosphere was great and the very moody trolley ladies even put a smile on our faces.

Dim Sum

A trip to the Hong Kong museum and science museum was followed by an evening out with Nige’s cousin, Chris and his girlfriend Alicia. Was great to have someone to take us out in such a big city and the wagyu burger, jelly shots and great company certainly made for a great evening – thanks guys!

Nige and Chris

Jelly shots

A quick trip over to Lamma island finished our Hong Kong adventure with a walk over the island – with the majority of the view of a power station but was still great to get out of the city for a day and out of the manic-ness!  Hong Kong overall did us proud and got us back into the swing of things that we have ahead of us, great cheap street food, different cultures and some great sites…. off to Asia we go!

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