5 Days in Hong Kong

From Shenzhen to our hostel in Hong Kong it took approx 45 minutes on the metro. We stayed in the middle of the city, at a great location for little money, looking at the hotel prices in Hong Kong.

Still it is way more expensive than mainland China, so we restricted our stay to 5 days.

We were staying in the city center, very close to the Avenue of the Stars and the ferries to the other islands. At night the skyline is filled with lights of high buildings and billboards.



Hong Kong = Shopping... especially electronics. So no wonder Matthew and Robin ended up buying a PSP and we bought a small computer as the one we have is about to fall apart.

Don't get a shock.... we stayed in the 'famous' Chungkung Mansions on Nathan Road.

The outside looks terribly, on the picture you see the front of the building. But... renovation has just started, so there is hope...

The inside is fascinating. On the ground floor there are many small shops going all the way to the back of the building. Super slow elevators go up at least 17 floors, the whole building is filled with small hostels, restaurants and who knows what other kind of businesses. Together with people of many different nationalities, loads of boxes are moved in and out of the elevators all day long. It was not difficult to connect with the Indians, Pakistani, and Africans of many different countries. We ended up eating Indian food most of the time :-)  

Hong Kong is not only a big city, there are islands with beautiful scenery. We took the ferry to go and have a look.

We visited a nice fishing village.

And we visited the big Buddha.

Our stay in Hong Kong was really nice, we checked out loads of stores and a night market. The metro system is really easy and Matthew and Robin were going around on their own as the city is really safe.

On the 'downside', we have never seen so many tourists as we have seen in Hong Kong!!