Another week, more work and volunteering. More importantly, George arrived on Thursday night to draw his travelling to a close as Hong Kong was his last destination. Matt met him after work and they travelled into Hong Kong together, George spending most of the journey looking up at the views around him. See below for his favourite building!
On Friday Matt and George attended a ‘Symphony Under The Stars’ thanks to some free tickets from a colleague. A very sophisticated start to Hong Kong. Katie met up with friends and was later joined by George and Matt. We showed George LKF (night life district) and had a great view of the city from a bar a few stories high.
Saturday was much more action packed. We started off by going to the Peak by tram. We had a lovely peaceful walk around and took in the views across the city. After we showed George the Wet Markets (not for the feint hearted!) and went across to Kowloon which is much more crowded (and according to the film Contagion is one of the most densely populated area in the world) and a huge contrast to the Peak.
We went for dinner in Kowloon at a different Michelin starred restaurant to normal. One Dim Sum is known as the cheapest and best value Michelin stared restaurants in the world. Indeed, for 3 of us the bill came to a total of 80 HKD (a few pence short of £7). After this we headed to the night market which has everything and anything you could ever want.
After the market we met up with Jack and headed to the Ozone bar, the tallest bar in the world. We travelled up the 118 floors to the top. Although it was very impressive and very high up, Matt and I thought that the rooftop bar in Bangkok was hard to beat. However, the toilets in this bar were completely constructed out of marble which impressed me more!
On Sunday we had a lie in and later headed out to Lamma Island, an island not far off of Hong Kong Island. The boat trip took around 40 minutes and cost us HK$ 45 return. It seems a very popular route with tourists and locals on a Sunday but we diverted off the main route to a more secluded spot overlooking the sea. The view was lovely, only slightly spoilt by the huge power station attached to the Island.
Upon returning to Hong Kong Island we went out for dinner at Din Tai Fung which is a much tastier Dim Sum restaurant. Having 3 of us meant we could try out more dishes between us so we branched out from our usual dishes.
It was soon Monday morning and George headed off to the airport in the hope that his bag wasn’t over the limit and Matt headed out to work. I travelled across to Ap Lei Chau to volunteer at the Hong Kong Dog Rescue Centre. Upon walking into the centre I was greeted by about 15 very excited dogs. There are two centres, one on Hong Kong Island and another in the New Territories which is more spacious and green. At this centre there are around 20 small dogs. 15 are allowed to roam the ‘shop’ floor and 5 are kept in separate cages due to being bullied by the other dogs (not sure how that really works...). Anyway, it was a fun experience being able to play with the dogs and take them for walks. If I could adopt one, I would choose this one – very cute with a good temperament.
Tuesday and Wedneday passed with little to mention other than Katie’s trip to the Space museum and an Art Gallery. On Thursday Katie continued her volunteering work and Matt managed to get on an observation flight (Leaving at 4.30 pm I managed to get the seat in the jumpseat (that’s the 3rd seat in the cockpit) for flights to and from Vietnam). Needless to say he was happy when he got back!
It was Friday again before we knew it and we had officialy been in Hong Kong 8 weeks. Less than a third to go now. Katie did some teaching which was good experience and the highest hourly rate she will ever receive in her life!
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