After my trip from Macau I was exhausted and as soon as I checked into my hotel, I fell asleep. Once I finally woke up, I surveyed my surroundings to figure out where I actually was and decided to go check out the country.
First of all, I've never seen so much crammed into such a small place. Everywhere you looked you could see reflections of this. Even my hotel, which was the best one they had (top floor, corner) was tiny! It was definitely just a place to sleep and nothing else. Walking around the city, I got the impression that people tend to spend their time outside. There were tons of people everywhere.

The city itself I didn't find that impressive. There were buildings, buildings and more buildings. It is a city that has been built up instead of out due to geographical constraints I tried to take some pictures of the scenery, but they all turned out the same. There are two things to note in this picture. 1) Double decker buses, it goes with the saving space theme of the city. and 2) they drive on the wrong side of the road. It is a former English colony and the influence is still present. Unlike mainland China, people here actually spoke English which made things much easier for me even though I was expecting to hear nothing but Cantonese. Even the street names reflected this. Causeway bay, Russell road, etc. These are not typical Chinese names.

After exploring a while, I came across a meat market. This is not the same thing as we would expect in Canada, they actually sold meat. The funny thing was, it was all sold outside on hooks. No refrigeration, insulation or anything of the sort. I had to take a picture. I'd like to dedicate this photo to my vegetarian sister Tara. I could tell the meat was fresh, because out of the seafood, half of the fish were still flopping around. Another trick that I learned when I talked to someone was that when choosing your meat, take the one with the most flies. This is the freshest. If there are no flies on the meat, then it is past its prime.
Unfortunately I didn't get to Mount Victoria and I didn't get to take the starlight ferry as I didn't have much time in Hong Kong. I headed to the airport that this point. I loved the airport and it was probably my favorite part of Hong Kong.

It is right between the two runways and there are tons of windows so you can watch aircraft taking off and landing. Being the airport it is, there are also a ton of large aircraft to check out. I looked and didn't see any A380s. Too bad!
Well that is the end of my trip to China. Two months was a long time and I am glad to be home. I will be heading to Moscow in Russia for a week at the end of March. I'll continue my blog then.
Che Che!
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