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Merry Xmas to you all……and a Happy New Year!
Right….well….where were we? Ah yes, Hong Kong! After another one of our favourite day-long train rides. We pulled up at the border and went through customs. We knew we were re-entering the civilized world because the first thing I noticed was a massive poster saying ‘NO SPITTING’, with a $1500 penalty. I can’t remember whether we mentioned it, but the Chinese’s favourite pastime is hocking their lungs up in front of you!
The City was exactly how we’d imagined it, a wonderful metropolis, the skyline that London’s old buildings never permitted in the UK. And to our immense pleasure the streets were called names like ‘Gloucester Road’, ‘Argyle Street’ and ‘Queens Avenue’ etc. We were staying in this nice hotel on mainland Kowloon. We started of with the essentials and went down the street to get some laundry done…..it’s the little things that give you pleasure traveling…..like a pair of pants that have not been worn inside out and upside down for a week! Once we were all showered and in clean clothes we went out to go see Hong Kong islands skyline from the harbour, it was amazing. It was the most impressive example of modern day architecture I have ever seen, the skyscrapers went on for miles. We were going to be leaving our group the following day so we went out for a meal at the local night market. When we got there we were shown the ‘Menu’….this consisted of a woman pointing at a table covered in live seafood, tiger prawns, crabs, fish in small bowls. Everything was live and if it had the ability to flip its way to freedom, on some sort of leash that kept it tethered to it gruesome fate!!! The meal was very tasty though. We have both said since leaving our group how much we enjoyed there company, and how we miss having them around.
One other thing worth a mention was that a woman came out and started chopping up live frogs about 3 metre’s away from our table. They proceeded to do the ‘can can’ for several seconds after the chop! We then headed to the island and got completely smashed as you’d of guessed. Let’s just say that the old ‘Hey Ya’ dance routine raised its ugly head…..those of you who get that joke you’ll know exactly what I mean. Those who don’t…If you’ve ever seen me dancing pissed to a tune I love, multiply that by ten and you get the picture! We said our farewells and then we were down to three, me, Chami and Rich. Rich had been traveling with us through China and as I so loved kicking his ass at pool (this is a complete lie…..he has beaten me every game since we met…….and as you all know I am a poo loser……so I will keep playing him until I beat him….if not……he will go the same way as the frogs!!!).
The next couple of days we spent hitting the shops and bars, basically checking out the city. The main site in Hong Kong is just the city itself and the harbour. We did go on the tram up Victoria peak and got some pretty spectacular views of the bay…..I got carried away….proposed to Chami……It’s going to be an autumn wedding! Our final main site seeing event was and I quote ‘The largest outdoor Bronze Buddha statue in the World’. The small flaw in the plan to see this statue was that we had a 14:00 flight the next day and it was Rich’s birthday that night. As you can guess we went out and got absolutely smashed in Hong Kong. I awoke with a mouth like Gandhi’s sandal at 8:30am having hit the sack at 4ish a few hours earlier. As you may know I am a lightweight, terrible at drinking but even worse the day after. We picked up our gear still pissed and ran down to the metro to go see this Buddha before our flight. This is where it gets a bit disgusting….you know when you feel like poo….and then you start getting the flow of saliva in your mouth that lets you know you gonna vom. This happened to me on the metro….I jumped off at the next stop…..and jumped on the elevator to try and find a toilet. Let’s just say I didn’t make it and spewed on the elevator…that’s a first for me! We then spent the next hour or so on the train and then a cable car to get us to the peak, where the giant Buddha was sat in all its glory. This is where it gets stupid. It was a baking hot day and we had all our gear on our backs. After we left the cable car we then had a 15min walk through a small tourist town to the bottom of the hill, then we proceeded to climb up a million steps to walk around this Buddha! Let’s just say that by the time we got there Charlie and I really enjoyed the Buddha…..yeah right……we nearly died in a drunken sweaty heap! We then rushed back down to get our flight and jetted off to Bangkok.
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