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HONG KONG | Wednesday, 20 Feb 2008 | Views [423] | Comments [1]
Just kidding Mum! Actually if anything I arrived way too early. Dad had told me that its always better to arrive early, that way you can sit in comfort as opposed to the hectic rush if you leave it to the last minute. I find this to be true, but Dad ... Read more >
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HONG KONG | Tuesday, 19 Feb 2008 | Views [463] | Comments [2]
After the better part of a week in hong kong i now have everything down pat. I know where all the cheap noodle bars are, the cheaper accomodation as well. Can even use the bus system (kind of). Makes it kind of sad that im leaving tomorrow as i can finally ... Read more >
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HONG KONG | Monday, 18 Feb 2008 | Views [383] | Comments [1]
Still feeling adventurous despite the weekend disasters, I headed to Causeway Bay on the actual island of hong kong. The hostel i checked into was pretty sweet, even if hard to get to. The owner knew very good at english but couldnt speak it very well, and ... Read more >
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HONG KONG | Sunday, 17 Feb 2008 | Views [392] | Comments [1]
With no map, no chinese background and no idea, i decided to leave Guangzhou and spend the night at Shenzen, another big city on the way back to hong kong. I had seen a few of the things i wanted in Guangzhou, mainly the river but wasnt getting much ... Read more >
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HONG KONG | Saturday, 16 Feb 2008 | Views [353]
Caught the express train to Guangzhou, big city up in mainland china. China is a lot trickier to get into than hong kong, mainly due to the lack of english. On my arrival card it said "alien immigration form". When going through customs, there ... Read more >
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HONG KONG | Friday, 15 Feb 2008 | Views [485] | Comments [1]
Another early start to catch the ferry to Macau, a former Portuguese colony similar to Hong Kong. The ferry terminal was crazy, pretty much an airport – customs, visas etc. I had thought it would be more like the star ferry – pay and get on – but ... Read more >
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HONG KONG | Thursday, 14 Feb 2008 | Views [365] | Comments [1]
Today started early (7:30am) to find that no one else in Hong Kong is awake at that unearthly hour. The packed city streets of last night were now empty, with most shops closed and not a hawker in sight. Desperate for some breakfast, I wandered around ... Read more >
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HONG KONG | Wednesday, 13 Feb 2008 | Views [579]
Holy Crap! I’m in Hong Kong!!! About an hour into my flight I got a sick feeling in my stomach as I remembered about the second dose of oral vaccination I was meant to take this morning. The gut feeling might have been a bad omen but, as the vaccination ... Read more >
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