The concrete monster tall buildings welcomed us in the gateway back to Asia, wow, it was 6 month ago since we left this part of the world, and now we are back on our way to explore China.
Worse than Sydney, worse than Auckland, this busy metropolitan showed us how stress life can be, we feel so tiny here among the endless crowed and huge buildings, Hong Kong seems to be a one giant Shopping center with thousands of thousands of people rushing restless from a place to another like there is no tomorrow ...
We start our journey here on the wrong side of the road, after 12 hours flight we got serious jet-leg, but we couldn't catch up with the sleeping after we found out we have to change our plans for the trip. The Olympic Games which are suppose to start this summer in China messed up almost every aspect of the journey here, apparently the Chinese don't want so many tourists to come inland so they started to strict the rules for visa for foreign passport holders.
Now we have to present our flying ticket out (which we didn't have and needed to go to EL-AL offices) and we can apply for only 30 days visa, that means we have to spend our month in China, cross the border to Myanmar (Burma) and come back for another 1 month to China.
We are staying at a place called Chungking Mansion in Kawloon district, the cheapest rooms in Hong Kong and you can understand why when you get here, everything here is so narrow and small, our room looks like a tiny cube - bed with 4 walls, the toilet and shower are approx 1 square meter long and the feeling here is sleazy.
We got a little help with "KEHILAT ZION" - Jewish community which is funded by Jewish businessmen, we felt a little bit like home, when we arrived they celebrate Pessach second holiday, a nice refreshment to suddenly eat Matzot and Hummus.
Victoria Peak:
Known as Hong Kong's most conspicuous landmark, The Peak is also the residential yearning of most of the population. It is located on Hong Kong Island, and tourists usually go there by tram (small cable train) during sunset time.
Victoria Peak is a good location to view its night scene. Being 554 meters above sea level, Victoria Peak is the highest point within Hong Kong and occupies the western part of the island.
When it gets dark you can view Hong Kong's big buildings lightened with variety of colors, that's something to wait for.
Big Buddha:
Also known as the Tian Tan Buddha, it is the world's tallest outdoor seated bronze Buddha (34 metres tall and weighs 250 tonnes). The statue is located near Po Lin Monastery and symbolizes the harmonious relationship between man and nature, people and religion. It is a major center of Buddhism in Hong Kong, and is also a popular tourist attraction.
Science Museum:
We spent a whole day in this interesting place, it is wonderful place for kids who would like to expand their knowledge about electricity, magnet, the human body, energy producing and much more, also adults can learn some few things with examples and interactive games of the issues.
We are on our way to Beijing now, our train suppose to leave at 15:15 PM today and we will arrive to the capital 25 hours later, it has been a while since we hop on a train in Asia ...
See you in China...
Have Fun,
Efrat and Yoni.
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