Hongkong

We landed in Hkg just after 4pm yesterday and made our way to Hotel in Wan Chai which is on Hongkong Island – for those who don’t know – Hongkong is made up of 2 main islands – Hongkong Island and Lantau Island, plus the New Territories on the mainland. Wan Chai is near Causeway Bay which is an upmarket shopping area. Wan Chai itself is a former Red Light District that provided ‘services’ for G.I’s in the Vietnam War but apparently has resurrected itself into a nice little shopping and eating area. In fact, most of Hongkong was fishing villages and hovels until last century which would account for the now futuristic cityscape that has sprung up very quickly. We are hoping to go on a tour of Hongkong Island tomorrow which will give us a bit more info on this fascinating place. We were very tired by the time we got to the hotel yesterday, so had dinner in the hotel restaurant before hitting the hay. The hotel is quite nice, but we are back to 4 of us in 2 beds in a rather small space! It’s always hard work eating foreign food when you are tired – you feel like something comforting and familiar – but the noodle dishes with veges that we thought would be okay for dinner were kind of gross and slimy with vegetables that none of us could name and only Chris and I would eat.


Today we caught the shuttle into Causeway Bay, only a short drive away but the hotel has a free shuttle. The weather is pretty yuk – smoggy, misty and raining so it feels kind of like we are on the set of Tokyo Drift – misty, wet, dark narrow streets filled with tiny shops, neon signs and millions of people and round every corner huge shopping centres. Kind of surreal. A quietish day today, Jordan is pretty tired so we had dinner while we were out – we found a CPK Restaurant – the same one as we went to in L.A – for dinner, so that was easy and headed back to the hotel. The weather isn’t clearing up till Saturday, even then I don’t know if we will see the sun, but there is certainly plenty to do and see so we will keep you posted!