Victorias Peak

Journal #35 March, 29,2009

We have made it to CHINA!!! I can not even begin to tell you how fast this trip is going. I do not even have the time to sit down and think about my life. Me and Meghan planned to just walk around Hong Kong and do some shopping and site seeing. I had my trust map and we were off. Our goal was to go to Nathan Rd because there were some good markets there. It took us about 45 min to get there and we realized that they were not markets. But that was ok because we got to see what Hong Kong was all about. It is just like New York City. Almost every corner reminded me of Times Square. Sky scrappers were everywhere and most of the people around us spoke English.

So since Nathan street was a no go we went to a jade market. I bought myself some jade earrings and Meghan bought her brother a chess set. Now she did not realize how heavy this chess set was. So we made our way back to the ship. I was quite proud of ourselves for finding out way, we are becoming quite the travelers.

After we dropped off our stuff we headed to Hong Kong Island. We took the Star Ferry there. When we got there we could not figure out what we wanted to do. So finally we went to a temple a couple blocks away. The temple's ceiling was filled with spiral incenses. The smell of the incense was really strong. We got to see how people worship their gods in these temples and even got to light some of the incense candles ourselves.

When we left we walked around for a little while and found an antique market. The streets were lined with shops and stands that had the most random stuff. At that point we decided to head up to Victoria’s Peak. This peak is the highest point in Hong Kong and the view is absolutely amazing. The bus ride was about 30 min and when we made it to the top we had to make our way through a mall. Of course we did some shopping and got some dinner. We got to the top and I was amazed at the site. The lights of Hong Kong are absolutely amazing. The color and movement of the lights are something that one could watch for hours. But it was freezing outside so we made our way back inside.

When we left we got on the double decker bus and got back to the Star Ferry. For the rest of the night we had planned on going out with some SAS students. We got ready and headed to Lan Kwai Fong. Now I must remind you that during this time in China the rugby championships were going on. So people from all over the world had come to Hong Kong to cheer on their teams. So when we got to bar street I was overwhelmed by the amount of people. Meghan said it was just like Mardi Gras. People were all over the place drinking, singing, dancing, and much more. People were dressed up in costumes such as super heroes, men in bathrobes, and much more. We made it back to the boat and got ready for bed, set our clocks, because I had to wake up at 5am for my trip to Beijing.

Love
Michelle