I'm not sure that you could get much more of a culture shock than what we have experienced today...having spent the past few days relaxed by the riverside, unwinding with a beer and good company in Laos it was rather a shock today to land in the busy, busting, modern metropolis that is Hong Kong.
Dumping our bags in our closet...sorry, i mean hostel room....on the 8th floor of a building in Kowloon we descended to street level to pound the pavements and investigate our surroundings. A bit of exercise and some fresh - well, ok, not so fresh really - air helped to clear the cobwebs bought about by too many hours spent on buses and trains...it only took 28 hours it took us to get to Hong Kong from Vang Vieng via Thailand....!
Our wanderings this evening took us down to the tip of Kowloon where the lights of the immense skyscrapers of the Hong Kong skyline shimmer in the water of the beautiful harbour. nothing can really prepare you for the sight of a majestic city's skyline I find...but Hong Kong likes to surprise its visitors with a special little show to make this city stand out against its contemporaries of the likes of Manhattan, london and Sydney. A spectacular light show, choreographed to music, plays out every evening at 8pm. As we watched from the Kowloon side of the river the buildings on the other side, resplendant with global brand names galore, came to life with neon lights ablazing and lazer beams lighting the foggy night sky. All i could think was 'imagine if you were working late in one of those buildings....how annoying if your office light kept going on and off for the show...!'
First impressions of Hong Kong for me? exciting and vibrant. Im looking forward to exploring and am glad we have a decent amount of time to spend here...I have a feeling we'll find a lot of cool things to do!!
Stay tuned.xx
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