HK reflections.

I realised that my blog has been basically all narrative and as any A-level teacher will tell THIS IS BAD. therefore ive decided to put up what i thought about Hong Kong itself. here it goes:

My first impression of Kowloon was exactly what i thought hong kong, china and asia to be. some buzzing metropolis full of neon lights, hooting cars and lots and lots of hawkers. after a very short while the calls of tailor, tailor sir. copy watch, copy watch started to piss me off and as a result we tended to spend the least of our time in kowloon using it only as a place to sleep cheap and eat cheap. Hong kong (the part of hong city on hong kong island) was a lot nicer. half the city was in the air as the cars were on the ground all the people walk around in skyways. teh buildings are pretty much all steel and glass, stark in contrast to teh depleted apartment blocks of kowloon. what we ended up liking about hong kong was the night life. all though lan kwai fung was a bit snobby, and wan chai was a bit prostitute laden, both provided jokes nights and stories to tell. the more rural parts of hong kong such as the south side of hong kong island and lantau gave a nice escape from the city enviroment and although where we went in lantau was a bit touristy (and it was a saturday so it was even busier than usual) it was nice to get up into the hills and have some clean air. Stanly, especially, on Hong Kong Island was a lovely retreat away from the hustle and bustle of the big city, just a sleepy little fishing town with a few secluded beaches.

overall hong kong was pretty cool, i recks.