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Hi Everyone,
From the relative quiet of perth we headed to the madness which is Hong kong but we both absolutely loved the place.
The first thing you notice is the heat and the humidity and the next thing that hits you is just the shear amount of people everywhere all day and all night. We had treated ourselves to a hotel whilst we were here and were even more pleased to find we had been upgraded to a deluxe room, fab!! huge king size bed, flat screen tv, mini bar (not that we used it, overinflated prices) and our very own bathroom no more sharing for 4 whole nights.
We mainly just wandered and hunted for air conditioned buildings whilst we were here. We stayed in Kowloon and the views from here over to the skyline of Hong Kong island were just incredible, so many skyscrapers and at night they all have their lights on, its fab.
We ventured over to the island a few times and it was brill, got on their packed trams to Causeway Bay relaxed in Victoria park and nosed at the fancy hotel Lou's parents had stayed in. From there we wandered around yet more parks, for a packed city they have provided loads of parks to get away from the hustle and bustle for a while. We got on the famous tram up to Victoria peak where the views were even better than from Kowloon, you could see over the whole of Hong Kong, stayed there so we got the view in the day and in the evening, both views were amazing. Did more wandering around the narrow side streets and Wan chai, it is just madness.
On our last evening we went to the Temple Street night market after sampling more of the brill food they have here we tackled the stalls. There was so much stuff here could have bought loads and not spent a fortune but we are saving that for Thailand so we dont have to carry it all about. Instead we both bought ourselves a fake watch for 1.50 each, bargain!!! Matt was extremely happy though as he bought himself a birthday present from his mum (not to her knowledge yet) a 2GB MP4 for 20 quid and it actually works, even better.
Very sad to say goodbye to HK , will def come back and do some proper shopping!
Next stop singapore
Take care
Tatey and Lou xxx
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