During my stay my hostel was at the infamous Chung King Mansions. This is a complex of four builidings at the foot of Nathan Road a short walk to the kowloon harbour to view the hong kong island skyline and take the star ferry across. Its reputation is so bad with the locals even my friends from hong kong said they had never set foot in there.The complex is four high rise towers connected by a ground level shopping arcade. Every floor in each tower is a private g...

My flight back to Busan was a strange time of 2.30am saturday morning, which meant I had to get to the airport by friday midnite for check in. Luckily the hostel had let me leave my backpack all day after I checked out in the morning instead of carrying it all day.I started chatting to kill some more time as it was only 7pm. There was a nice filipino lady telling me how she was worked here for 17 years. I told her I have many filipino friends in Toronto. Then I l...

Next I took the ferry back across to hong kong island to get some lunch end explore the north side of the island. I remember there was a halal pizza place at the ferry terminal, but now when I went to take a look, their jumbo pizza for $40 HKD ($5) was actually only really the size of a cd case so I wanted something more filling.Instead I got a chicken kebab for the same price including a drink. Then I went across on the elevated walkways to statue square. There ...

Last nite I was disturbed in the night by noises in the room. I've had two bad experiences with mice in the room and I thought this was about to be my third. I turned the lights on but didnt understand where a mouse could come from as the room was sealed.After a while I heard noises coming from the airvent above my bed. I left the lights on and eventually they moved away. So now I had to leave the light on all night as the room had no windows and was essentially ...

Koreans like to celebrate new years in their own unique way. A popular event is to goto the eastern coast to watch the first sunrise. There are many sunrise festivals taking place along the eastern coast http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/SI/ SI_EN_3_6.jsp?cid=1437741An interesting one is on the coastal city of Pohang. This city is famous for building a giant hand in the sea open upwards towards the sky. At the right moment it can be seen to be grasping the sun ...