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
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
posted by Dany at 5:46 PM
2 Comments:
Mentre il vostro quotidiano è una continua, nuova e unica avventura le cui pagine sono interamente da riempire; il nostro è invece dettato dai soliti ritmi, suoni così tanto familiari da averci resi ormai sordi.......
A voi spiriti liberi, che come un serpente avete cambiato pelle per lasciare quì tutta la zavorra inutile, un abbraccio forte forte.
Mentre il vostro quotidiano è una continua, nuova e unica avventura le cui pagine sono interamente da riempire; il nostro è invece dettato dai soliti ritmi, suoni così tanto familiari da averci resi ormai sordi.......
A voi spiriti liberi, che come un serpente avete cambiato pelle per lasciare quì tutta la zavorra inutile, un abbraccio forte forte.
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