HongKong trip

Im back!!...2 days in HongKong...returned in one piece...definitely re-charged, if not refreshed!

I was going to blog my trip...but I think it would be boring considering how many of you would actually want to read which shops I visited and what I ate for lunch and how many kms I walked...so well here is a run through of my trip..and the snaps will follow later...

The trip: Flight to Macau..the most unexpected airport ever, a runway surrounded by the sea on either side...gorgeous!Ferry to HK...no sea sickness thank god..! Glad the ferry happened...the view of HK was brilliant...

HK: It's a lego city really...blocks and blocks and blocks..stuffed into any and every space they can find..an impressive and not so impressive architecture...a big british influence is very evident! Lots of old buildings...twisted subways...big showrooms...little shops...dirty streets...touristy shows..leaky air con's [hell yeah...it almost felt it was raining everywhere]..amusing hawkers and a definite love for mangoes! Hilly to a certain extent..the best part...the skyline! Absolutely breath-taking...brownie points and a basket of fresh red succulent strawberries to that!

Our hotel.. Ugly but reasonable, the owner talked too much[yes even I'm complaining!!], wifi which didn't work, lifts with staring people..
Upside was, it was clean, safe, and I was never there...period.

In a nutshell, we walked and walked and walked and walked...saw the touristy stuff, did the touristy talks, looked like clubbing tourists[maps and backpacks were difficult to conceal], shopped a little, spoke loudly and exclaimed at everything like tourists, went up the peak, had a tourist snap and dinner, came down the peak and walked around like tourists, saw the longest escalator [think in the world? errm duh] and commented on the lifestyle like tourists, not to forget got lost, asked for directions and ended up in a cab[like tourists], roped in a friend to show us around and embarrased the daylights out of him with ridiculous tourity questions...!

Next day, a ferry back to Macau and then the flight to Singapore..2 days with an average of 3 hours of sleep and a considerable amount of alcohol..needless to say we were snoring all the way back , zombies without a care in the world[apart from getting to our various modes of transports]..and thanks to a kicking noisy kid, with a big head and no manners, sitting behind us in the plane, the sleep was rather animated and unsatisfacory..yawwnn

Well...whatever said and done..it was fun...I can proudly say I'm more tired than I generally am on regular weekends..but it was worth every drop!

Gained: Leg ache, insomniatic head swirls, an empty bank account, another tick on my 'country's to be visited list', lots and lots and lots of random thoughts[ which i'll blog soon] and the taste of the best margarita's ever...the stylish glasses included...now smiling proudly in my kitchen cabinet:)