again!
So Hong Kong in a nut shell....walnut or Brazilian nut size of course! Ok so here we go, after landing we soon figured out that our bags had been put on a different flight for the way over causing us to have no luggage except the backpacks we were wearing for the whole first night. Being stuck in a sweater walking around in semi nice weather, like low 60's, and then having to sleep in jeans and a huge shirt you bought as your first souvenir is not that great. Luckily we were so tired we passed out right away and awoke to have our bags back with us the next morning. So now what did we do while there after getting our bags? Let's see, we went to a theme park that had lots of animals too and wondered around there, not too great BUT we did get to ride a ski lift type thing to the top of the park that had wonderful views of a beach and islands and the shore line below. We did some night market shopping by our hostel, which if I did not say already smelled of Indian food the whole time! haha The best part in the night market was all the little stands with little old ladies or men selling sex toys or sexy clothes! haha One of my favorite things we did was when we went to go see the worlds largest bronze Buddha. We stood in line for longer than an hour and then rode another ski lift thing over mountains and water for like 25mins just to get to the thing! It was really awesome, and after climbing around 300 stairs to the top it was incredibly peaceful and quiet and had an amazing view as well. I really did love that day, and it was the perfect weather too, 70s!
Another day we did some shopping at this street market called Ladies Market, AKA amazing market!! haha We are talking blocks of tent stand with all kinds of stuff like shoes, clothes, jewelry, souvenirs, purses, scarfs, luggage, etc. And EVERYTHING I bought there I paid almost half the asking price because you were able to haggle it all down.....awesome!! Another great thing we did was go to a little tiny restaurant, tiny as in like seats 30, and have some amazing dumplings! This place actually has a 1 Michelin star rating also and Anthony Bourdain went to eat at this place on his The Layover show! This place is so popular that Logan's dad had gone to wait in line at 9:30, it opens I think 10 or 10:30, and there were 60 people in front of him. He got us a number and we had to come back an hour later! They had these little biscuit type dumplings that were a little sweet tasting and then on the inside had BBQ pork.....YUMMM!! Now with all the walking we were doing my feet were KILLING me. I was either walking with my toes curled up or on like the sides of my feet sometimes because they hurt so bad. Luckily I had a great idea and then Logan was great enough to find a place and pay for us to get a foot massage. That foot massage was definitely a love hate thing that's for sure. On one side I hated it because the guy was so rough on my feet but on the other side I loved it because it felt so good after he would let up and when he was finished! We also rode a little old tram car up the side of a mountain to go to Victoria Peak, a great place to over look the city. Sadly it was pretty cloudy that day but we could still see pretty well, the view was really nice.
Ok now for New Years. Logan's dad had left that morning so after that we just wondered around and then went out to eat at this GREAT Mediterranean type place. The food was soooo good!! After that we found that it had cooled down a ton so we decided to run back to the hostel and get our heavier coats. We started out walking along the boardwalk so we could see the lights on the water and all, got half way and found that the police had it blocked off half way to cut back on crazy high traffic in the middle. Sooooo
Well that was our trip in a nutshell. Sorry if you think it lacked detail but like I said this is the second time writing this up so I'm not feeling the super long details. Everything since being back has been a big mixture of feelings for me with some things going on here. My mind has been constantly thinking over questions that I have. Most of the questions I don't like and some scare me but if I think too long about them they tend to drive me nuts so I try not to think about everything too much. I know you're probably wondering what "everything" is that I'm talking about and some of you know and others don't but I'm not going to get into it now. Let's just say a big change is going to be happening for me in March. That's for another time and a couple glasses of wine maybe. Just know that I'm ok and not to worry I'll continue to be ok, life threatening.
Hope everyone is doing good back home and if you ever plan a trip to Asia to do some traveling definitely make time to stop by Hong Kong, it's pretty great!!
Love to you all,
S
"You is kind. You is smart. You is important.”
― Kathryn Stockett, The Help
Hong Kong 2011
