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UNITED KINGDOM | Wednesday, 19 March 2008 | Views [623]

Cold?... I cant remember who said it now, but a few people were worried that we weren't packing enough winter clothing. Upon arriving in Hong Kong, and ever since, we found it to be very hummid the heat was particularly obvious when we carried our 20kg rucksacks the 3miles to our hostel. Hong Kong is a bit like a big English/American city, its home to over 200 Mcdonalds'and the streets just seem to be constantly filled with thousands of people. The street signs are the same as they are in England, on account of formerly being ruled by Britain until the 90's. The roads are kinda laid out like they are in new york, I witness a few taxi drivers dirve into corners at like 40mph whilst going through a series of red lights. Cantonese food is pritty special, particualrly the barbecued pork, and the way they cook rice out here gives it the edge over the way we usually cook it back home. The day after we arrived we decided to head for the Bus station, which was straight forward enough. Then buy a ticket to Guangzhous, less straight forward. Especailly when you consider all the language we had learned was Mandarin as oppose to cantonesse (the predominant language in Hong Kong), we managed. As we crossed the chinnese border we went through Shenzen, which is just massive, skyscrappers everywhere. I actually cant explain the sense of scale you get from bombing it down the main highway through the city, of 10 million, its like some sort of futuristic meca. I dont suppose the chinnese call it the 'Shenzen special economic zone' for no reason.

Tags: backpack, british rule, cantonesse, china, culture, hong kong, shenzen, travel, western

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