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Hello!
I've only got 12 mins left online so gonna try and tell you what I've been up to since I got here yesterday.
Got to my hotel in HK around 3pm and caught up with Lisa was really nice to see her after feeling so emotional at the airport!! Lisa was having her last day with her organised tour group so a friend of Nicola's called Kiki who is from Hong Kong came to meet me and we had a great day and of course many a vodka was consumed!
First of all Kiki took me to the ladies market and I got a rather nifty watch for $16 which is like a quid! (told you I wouldnt forget to get a watch mother... I've taken a photo for evidence!), there were so many things i would have brought if I had any room in my back pack which is already soooo heavy! Any of you that have been on hols with me know I like to go to town on the cheap funky jewellery! Ok confession I couldnt control myself much longer so I brought two pairs of earrings that were only about 50p!
Then we went to Temple Street night market and had some noodles it was nice but I wasnt hungry as it was boiling! I think the lady was offended that I only had three bites... anywho... then we went to watch a light show by the Harbour which is free I think they do it every day on all the big commercial buildings its really cool and I have some pics! Oh forgot to mention we stopped for a cheeky vodka redbull to perk me up first! Apparently I was only about 15 feet away from Lisa's group but I didnt see them there by the time we realised I was on the ferry to the main island lol!! The ferry was nice and relaxing and a good way to see more of the big buildings here. We headed to the main nightlife spot think it was called central... its a bit like soho! We proceeded to have a few drinks and I talked for England as you can imagine! Was really nice to gossip away with Kiki, she is lovely girl and we are meeting on Wednesday for ladies night... free spirts all night whoop!
Better go cos internet nearly going! Will write more before I leave HK!
P.s - fun fact - bars are open till 6-7am here!
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I'm back!
Had a great day today with Lisa and Anna we took the tram up to the Peak area which is an area really high up in Hong Kong with great views and shops etc! Found a Bubba Gump resturant themed on Forrest Gump so we obviously stopped for some photos :p This is all out on the main Hong Kong island, we got the star ferry back to Kowloon where we are staying.... our hostel isnt too bad but still prefer my hotel from the first night! Me and Anna are thinking of getting some Indian food tonight fingers crossed for no dodgy stomach tomorrow ;-)
I've just finished having a walk around the Victoria Harbour with Lisa we walked up the "Walk of Stars" which is a bit like the one in Hollywood I think, we got photos with Jackie Chan's star and Jet Li. There are some pretty lanterns up around this area because they just had a festival here.
We are hopefully going to see the Big Budda and Disneyland tomorrow - a friend of Kiki's might be able to get us in for free which would be fabulous for the old back packer budget!
Also I'm pleased to report Lisa likes taxi's too! yay! Although I promise we have been walking near enough all day!
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Today (23rd) we went to disneyland for free :) but all outdoor attractions were closed because of the typhoon warning, then we queued forever for the winnie the pooh ride (geeks!) went on that had lunch and the park closed because the warning got worse (gutted!) we also missed out on getting the cable car to the big budda today because of the weather - had my bottom lip out a bit today haha :p we've just bumped into lisa's old china tour mates in the internet cafe (nothing else to do due to weather) so we are all going for dinner in the Hard Rock Cafe so not many events to report today!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MUM! You might get a surprise later! XXX
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Hey thought id update you on the last bits we did in Hong Kong -
We went for dinner at the hardrock on tuesday night - was really good - we went with three boys lisa knows from her china tour who are all really nice - we should be seeing a couple of them along the way - Michael and Christian actually came for drinks with us Wednesday too when Kiki took us to a bar for ladies night which was really good fun - great music etc - ive put some pics up for you of that.
all in all i had a great time in Hong Kong and was sad to leave esp as Kiki is so much fun and we could have stayed out longer if we had more time ah well there is always London for you to visit again Kiki!!! Me and Lisa did a good job of trying to convince Kiki to come to Thailand with us lol we'll see!
xxx
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