9.13.2010

ORIENTAL EXPRESS


17 HOURS OF TRAVELLING, ON AN ALREADY JET-LAGGED STOMACH WASN’T THE BEST. BUT ARRIVING IN LOVELY, LOVELY, HOT HONG KONG MADE EVERYTHING JUST THAT LITTLE BIT BETTER. A FABULOUS TRIP OF SIGHT-SEEING, TEMPLE-VISITING, BARGAIN-HUNTING AND ORIENTAL-FOOD DEVOURING WAS THE PERFECT TWO-WEEK CHASER, TO THE PREVIOUS FORTNIGHT’S TRIP. THOUGH I’VE BEEN TO HONG KONG BEFORE, THIS TIME WAS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. GOING ON MY OWN WASN’T SCARY BUT EXCITING, AND BEING SHOWN AROUND BY MY FRIEND (A LOCAL) MEANT I SAW THE PROPER CITY HIGHLIGHTS AND DIDN’T MISS OUT A SINGLE SIGHT, SHOP OR DELICACY. I BANTERED WITH THE MARKET-HOLDERS, TOOK THE TRAM UP THE PEAK, GORGED ON DIM SUM AND OVER-PHOTOGRAPHED THE CITY AT NIGHT. TYPICAL TOURISTY THINGS THROWN IN WITH EXTRAS OF JUMPING OF JUNK BOATS, LEARNING TO MAKE SUSHI, GETTING MERRY ON FREE CHAMPAGNE AND HIKING TO EAR-POPPING HEIGHTS AND LEG-BUCKLING LENGTHS, MADE MY 2 WEEKS AMAZINGLY UNFORGETTABLE.
 

1 comment:

  1. hey your pictures are amazing! i love the shorts ;] looks like you had an awsome time, you have to teach me how to make sushi!
    catch up with you at uni, now following you ;]
    xx Winnie

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