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Thursday 25th september - day 35 -
Nanning - Hong Kong
A 20 hour train journey later from nanning we arrive in shenzhen - which is on the hongkong boarder. We take a metro to liuhu and then walk and cross the boarder which is just a passport control. Once in hongkong we are now at luiwo station. from there we take the hongkong metro - with 3 changes until we reach the hostel in causeway bay - causeway ooks like a well off shopping area and is chocker block with people.
we find the hostel after asking for some directions and its pretty nice. We are roomed with an australian guy called joe and an american guy called mario. Theres also the hostel cat lurking about for any attention it can get.
We decide to get some food and.then head to victoria peak for some city views. We get a set of tacos which are well deserved after 5 weeks of noodles - they dont dissapoint either.
joe accompanies us and we take the metro to central and then a taxi to the top of the peak for a pricy $120. The tram up to the peak was even more.
Once at the peak which contains a.large.shopping centre, he begin the walk around the peak. Its already dark and we end up climbing uphill for 20 minutes (theres nobody about and it looks like a pretty dodgy route) or so to the viewpoint at west peak. The view is slighty obstructed by another peak but it still offers a great view over hongkong at night - the city skycrapers illuminating the bay and islands.
we chill at the top for a while and are treated to the disneyland firework display in the distance.
on the way back down im scared s***less by a a guy setting up camp for the night on a bench. We walk round the other route back to the main part of the peak - which is quite obviously the path we should of taken initially. The panoramic view is amazing - sprawling city lights and buildings streaching for miles.
Once back at the main peak we catch a bus back to admirality then causeway for $10.. why didnt we just get the bus the way here!
The hostel cat cries to get in our room when we are back, deciding to call her claudia..she gets into bed with joe and parks her arse for the night.
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