Hi all. We arrived in Hong Kong on Wednesday 13th after a decent flight and were met by Jen at the airport which was great, after not having seen her for 9 months..
Happy Valley Racecourse was the venue for our first outing and it was cracking. Having not long gotten off a long haul flight, the huge buzzing crowds, bars and food outlets under the floodlights was a slightly surreal experience. A few HKD lighter, a few beers heavier and a good catch-up with Jen & Dave we headed back to their apartment for a decent kip........then someone opened the Jagermiester.......with two door cinema club blaring and quite a few shots later we were joined by the neighbours who were less than pleased and as we found out some days later wanted to call the police!!! Oops....
Jen & Dave live in a very local area of Kowloon called 'Kwun Tong', where Dave is the only 'Gwi-Low' in the village. We took a short stroll through the park on our first day and got a lot of stares from the locals. The next few days were taken up by strolling around the streets of HK, taking in the atmosphere, the markets, lots of drinking in lang-kwai-fong, the mid-levels, soho and knutsford terrace. As with most Asian cities, HK is awash with bright lights at night and together with the heat, traffic and bustling crowds just walking the streets is interesting in itself. One thing we will say tho is...'No, i don't want a very special tailored suit!'.
On Thursday evening we were taken for an eight course banquet chinese meal by Jen's mum Mabel near Tsim Sha Tsui. We struggled with the cold jellyfish and duck feet, but managed to try both, although seeing daffy ducks webbing meant only the toe was possible... Went to a great bar at the top of a skyscraper with easily the best view of any city bar we have ever been to. Then took in some local dining around 3am at the Dai Pai Dong near Jen and Dave's apartment for some of the best Dim Sum we have had, with Nina wanting her favourite 'Sing Jut Gung', and ordering the chickens feet accidentally!
The next day we discovered a classic video i'd taken of us standing outside the Dusk 'till Dawn bar at 2am, Nina's dancing and singing to the chorus of 'Tragedy' had us laughing all day.
Next destination Bali...
