New Zeland

FINALMENTE CI SIAMO....
siamo arrivati questa mattina da HK verso le 10 e qlc...non domandatemi di essere piu' preciso...sono ancora troppo rico...tronato.
Cmq in dogana qui sono davvero tosti...hanno le palle quaDRE come si dice in gergo! Un sacco di domande su cosa ci fai qui...quanto ti fermi...che lavoro fai in Italia... ce li hai i soldi?? No, io ho Marienberg...Ah beh, allora passa pure mi hanno detto!
Poi si passa al controllo biologico...non si puo' importare cibo sfuso e devi dichiarare tutto...se sei entrato in contatto con animali negli ultimi 30 gg...quali paesi hai visitato prima...se ti sei portato dietro attrezzatura da montagna...oppure stivali da equitazione (come il sottoscritto)...devono sapere tutto, cmq lo trovo giusto...essendo un isola le uniche cose che possono arrivare te le "portano"!!
Ho pensato...le facessero anche in Italia un paio di domandine in piu' ogni tanto...mica farebbe male :-))
Adesso siamo in un ostello per la gioventu' in attesa di organizzarci...Marienberg, ho detto ostello e non BORDELLO ...no ribadisco la cosa...perche' so che sei un po' sospettosa :-))))
A presto allora!!! Un saluto a tutti....

P.S. FOR CHARLIE!! Thanks a lot to have written inside our blog, Claudia will reply to you soon I hope that everything is ok with you! Now we moved in New Zeland...anyway keep in contact!BYE

Ciliegina sulla torta!

Piccolo scorcio di HK...

IPERLANDO ...reparto frutta e verdura...filiale di HK

ECCOLI!!!...per chi credeva che non fossimo veramente partiti :-)))

...PRENDI 3 PAGHI 1 :-) Marienberg...pensaci!!

Ciao ragazzi....inseriremo una carellata di foto...tanto perche' vi ricordiate di noi!!!!!
D&C

...dalla Cina con furore...ma sempre con calma..tanta calma...

Salve a tutti....Good Afternoon everybody!!

...siamo approdati in Cina a Guanzhou... fico!! Caro il mio HK...qua le cose sono davvero diverse, ma dirlo e viverlo e' tutto un altra cosa, stanno costruendo come i pazzi...c'e una nuova classe che sta emergendo un sacco di investimenti dall'estero...pero' c'e' ancora tanta tanta poverta'!
Cosi' i prezzi si scontrano da un lato, se nei ristoranti popolari puoi mangiare in tre spendendo 6 euro e mezzo, dall'altra un caffe' in una catena occidentale ti costa 2 euro e sessanta...
Cosi' la forbice si allarga!
C'e' una cosa che pero' e' doveroso provare quando vieni...il MASSAGGIO! Incredibile quello che ti combinano...ieri mi hanno davvero "massacrato" pero' poi sei rilassato come un bambino!!
Ah...messaggio quasi personale per Fabrizio...la ChinaLogistic e' fantastica! Qui in bici riescono a trasportare di tutto :-))) Se mi mandate un e-mail vi spedisco a casa un fattorino completo di bicicletta...
La gente e' un po' "strana" mi sento sempre osservato come un MARZIANO...e sono molto meno sorridenti rispetto agli abitanti di HK, forse sono meno abituati alla multietnicita'...(spero si scriva cosi') ... quello che mi fa sentire come a casa e' pero' il modo in cui guidano...ci vedo molto Napoli in tutto questo...si rischia veramente la vita ad attraversare la strada! :-)) si passa col rosso... si parcheggia sui marciapiedi!! (quando si dice che tutto il mondo e' paese).
Quello che non e' cambiato qui (in tanti anni) e' l'uso della la vitamina B...(anzi forse e' cambiato qualcosa... ai tempi di Mao c'erano meno soldi e meno corruzione) ovvero per qualsiasi cosa tu voglia realizzare ti servono le conoscenze giuste...MARIA...ma sto scrivendo della Cina o dell'Italia?? Vuoi aprire un night ...tranquillo ti serve l'aggancio con la polizia....e beh altrimenti ti fanno sacco di problemi...se invece prendi la vitamina ...liscio come l'olio...vuoi lavorare tranquillo nella tua fabbrica?? beh allora devi trovare un posticino per il parente del funzionario...o del politico...e poi non fare caso se questo non viene proprio ogni mattina a svolgere il suo lavoro...:-)
...tempo scaduto per il momento...
ci sentiamo presto!
C&D ....sara' il nuovo marchio con cui invaderemo l'occidente...per chi vuole prenotare la maglietta mandate un email!!

PACIFIC COFFEE COMPANY

www.pacificcoffee.com/eng/home.php

Questo era il nostro posto preferito per fare colazione qui a Hong Kong, solo 10 min lontano dal nostro albergo...

Harbour View International House, Wan Chai

Great Hotel, friendly staff, clean rooms!! We would definitely come back to this hotel

pollo pollo pollo....

N O N N E P O S S O PIUUUUUUUUUUUUU'!! fra un po' mi crescono gli ali!!!!!!!!
E' molto difficile a salvarsi dal pollo se vai mangiare in compania cinese...perche' sembra il pollo non manca mai nel menu!!!
zuppa di pollo densissimo, zuppa di pollo meno denso, zuppa con pollo intero (ahh che bel aspetto!!:O)) e con pollo tipo maccinato (ancora piu' bello)
c'e' del pollo con salsa dolce o salsa piccante...pollo fritto o pollo cucinato a VAPOREEEE!!!

From Bratwurst to Sushi

here in Hongkong you can find everything and even more!!!!!!!!! there are little restaurants (HONEYMOON DESSERT)which only live on selling fruit desserts (mango soup, banana pancake, cocnut bean curd..and many more) and they sell so many that in the evening you'll have to stand in line outside these places for about 15 min until you can get a place to sit!!

and!!!!!! in the toilets they have waste bins that open by themselves, you just need to pass by the sensor with your hand!! what a relief!!!WOW!

ITALIANI!!!!

ITALIANI!!!
Adesso vi scrivo un po' di cose in madre lingua :-)
Comincio dai saluti ai numerosi accorsi per lasciarci dei messaggi...Marienberg...Enea, Laura, Valentina...grazie a tutti ...:'-))
Oggi si parte...gia' ci aspetta la Cina!!! Addio comodita' ...addio albergo stupendo ...addio cibo squisito... benvenuto grande punto interrogativo.... :-)))) Cmq vada ...sara' un successo!!
Appena sara' possibile inseriro' alcune foto...pazientate ;-)
A presto allora....
P.S. Alla mmitica Elvi....ti aspettiamo!

Times Square, Sherman and Conny

Yesterday (thursday, 23/03/06) it was raining almost all day...so we spent some time in Times Square shopping mall...it's huge and I think you can stay there more than one day and still have not seen all...anyways, I needed to buy a new backpack as the one I borrowed from my friend was killing my back and made me have nightmares only thinking of continuing to travel on with it!! Hurraaaaaaaaaaaaaaa I found one, thank's God and NORTH FACE haha!!
In the evening we met up in Tsim Sha Tsui with a really nice couple, Sherman and Conny, they are from Hongkong... we went to a chinese restaurant and once again had real delicious food!!
yasmin tea
steamed prawns (mmmhhh good!!)
vegetables with 5 sort of mushrooms
fried fishfingers with sweet chili sauce
eggsalad with crab meat
peking duck (mmmmmmmmmmmh sooo soo tasty, you could eat it every evening!)
steamed rice

After dinner we went back to Wan Chai by ferryboat (2,2 HK$ per person one way, incredible!!) and then stopped for a last cup of tea in one of the many coffee places here, this one is called PACIFIC COFFEE COMPANY (very similar to STARBUCKS) and offers 15 min free internet access when you purchase something to dring here...

Thank you Sherman and Connie for the georgeous evening, we had a great time and enjoyed your company so much!!

Chinese restaurant Wednesday with Tennie, Bonnie and Jessica

On Wednesday evening we have been to a chinese restaurant to eat REAL chinese cuisine!! I was very excited...and as we went there with some of Danys friends, they ordered for us aswell...so here is the menu:
cold chicken with mustard sauce
jellyfish salad
chicken soup
vegetables (broccoli with mushrooms)
fried tigerprawns in sweet chili sauce!! (mmmhhh yummy)
peking duck (served in a flat sort of bread with some cucumbers and sweet sauce, really tasty too!!)
mixed fruit
yasmin tea (wow, that is really good tea!!)

We had a lot of fun and ate really well, thanks again to Tennie, Bonnie and Jessica that they have brought us there, we had a real great time!

Claudi and Dany

Lantau Island

In HK for breakfast a latte macchiato and a tuna sandwich, there are plenty of awesome coffee shops (not only Starbucks and pret a manger) and coffee here tastes soooooooooooooo good!!!
PUBLIC TOILETS: CLEAN!!!! yuhu!!!
LOCAL PEOPLE: VERY FRIENDLY and SO HELPFUL!!!
Today we took the ferry from Pier 6 to Lantau Island to visit the giant bronze Buddha statue.
It was a 30 min ferry ride and another 30 min busride from the harbour of Lantau Island (thanks to our driver which we used to call "little Schumacher" as he drove the 56 seater bus uphill and downhil as a race car ;o)) It was well worth it, the Buddha statue aswell as the enclosed monastery are beautiful!! Coming back from the island we went to "Tsim Sha Tsui" to meet up with Danys friend Sandy...we were early and so we took the time to have a look around there...it's a real busy area, packed with shops and people, neon lights and indian streetsellers and it's hard to walk on the sidewalk as there are just too many people walking and others who definitely want to sell you something (Marion remember Tijuana???)...in the end we "escaped into a shopping mall (because way less crowded) and waited there until it was time to meet with Sandy. And then there she was, a really lovely young lady, we were very happy that she could manage to meet with us!! We went for dinner in a vietnamese restaurant which was not only beautiful in furniture but also offered an excellent cuisine!! Never ate rice steamed in a real coconut before...mmmhhhh yummy!! I think at some point the waiter felt really pity for me, as he came up to our table and brought me fork and knife...the others had already passed on to the main course while I was still trying to catch the broccoli from the starter plate with my chop sticks :o))))))))
By metro (only 3 stops from Tsim Sha Tsui and 20 min walking) we went back to Wan Chai where we are now to write a little bit in the blog...

Claudia

Leaving Treviso for Hong Kong

Hi,
we have arrived in Hong Kong this morning, everything is fine (also the wheather!!), the flight time from Frankfurt was 10,5 hours (as estimated) and there was no delay! Our hotel is in Kowloon, close to the Harbour, Exhibiton and City centre are within walking distance (OHH CHEESE, sounds like I copied it from a guide book:O))) but I did not!!
I'm already curious to see the huge bronze buddha statue on Lantau Island...meet up with Dany's friends from here and taste real chinese cuisine!!

Byeeeeeeeee Claudia

Travel preparations

HELLO, THIS TIME IT'S ME - CLAUDIA- WRITING!! HURRA, IT'S WORKING (DANY SHOWED ME HOW TO DO IT!!:o)
DID WE ALREADY TELL YOU WHEN WE ARE LEAVING? ON SATURDAY EVENING FOR FRANKFURT AND ON SUNDAY EVENING WE ARE FLYING TO HONGKONG... I'M REALLY EXCITED AS I HAVE NEVER BEEN THERE BEFORE...
LAST WEEK WE HAVE BEEN TO GERMANY (OH MY GOD THERE WAS SOOOOO MUCH SNOW!! INCREDIBLE!!) TO GET THE MISSING TRAVEL EQUIPMENT WE COULD NOT FIND SO EASILY HERE IN SUSEGANA AREA AND SO AS USUALLY WE GAVE OUR CONTRIBUTION TO THE GERMAN ECONOMY BY BUYING BACKPACK, TRAVELTOWELS, LOCKS, FAST DRYING CLOTHS ETC.... THERE.
TODAY ALSO DANY'S LONG EXPECTED PASSPORT HAS ARRIVED!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YEAHHHHHH!! WE ALREADY THOUGHT IT WOULD NEVER MAKE IT ...THE ONLY "THING" WE CAN NOT FIND AT ALL HERE IS FOREIGN CURRENCY...WE DESPERATELY TRIED AT LEAST 12 BANK INSTITUTES TO GET HK-DOLLARS AND NZ-DOLLARS, BUT NO CHANCE...NONE OF THESE BANKS CAN PROVIDE THESE CURRENCIES, NEITHER TRAVELLER CHEQUES...FOR THE ONES WHO ALREADY KNOW SOME OF MY STORIES FROM ITALY PLEASE ADD THIS ONE: ON FRIDAY MORNING WE FINALLY FOUND A BANK WHO SAID THAT IT COULD ORGANIZE THE FOREIGN CURRENCY AND NOW GUESS WHAT!!?? THIS MONDAY MORNING THE SAME BANK SAID THAT IT IS NOT POSSIBLE ANYMORE AS BY THE TIME FROM FRIDAY TO MONDAY THE HAVE ELIMINATED ALL FOREIGN CURRENCIES EXCEPT US-DOLLARS!! FUNNY, EH!?
NO WORRIES, THANK GOD WE HAVE VISA!! YEAH!
I HAVE TO GO NOW (I'M IN AN INTERNET CAFE AND SOMEONE IS ALREADY WAITING FOR THE COMPUTER;o)
WRITE WRITE WRITE...OTHERWISE HOW CAN WE REAMIN IN TOUCH???????
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