Blinded by the lights - Hong Kong

Ok, so taking our last flight for quite a while, we arrived in Honk Kong to be "blinded by the lights" with some amazing views and scenery.

Checking into our hostel after a short bus ride from the airport, we quickly marched down the notorious Nathan road to try and catch our first glimpse of the symphony of lights. Walking at such speed, we were somewhat oblivious to our new surroundings, however we did stop for a quick meal and drink along the way.

Taking a bit longer than we expected, we finally made it just in time and were not disappointed. Some say that it is tacky and a bit 'disney', but having that opinion already in our heads, we came back several times during our stay and enjoyed the show every time! I mean the skyline and scenery here is just something else and then the fact we went through about a thousand shots trying to get a good picture! we weren't the only ones.

Over the next 3 days we managed to see pretty much everything on Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and in Stanley. Frequent Star Ferry rides and a plethora of sites later including, The Central Plaza, Exchange Square, Man Mo Temple, Victoria Peak, Statue Square and The HSBC building on HK Island; The Science Museum, Several shows of the Symphony of lights, Temple Street, The Ladies Market, Waterfront Promenade, The Clock Tower, and Nathan Road on Kowloon; and 2 visits to Stanley (one for the dragon boat festival), we had a busy time fitting everything we wanted to do in.

Such an amazing place, we would highly recommend Hong Kong to anyone, food was great, people fine, easy to get a round and plenty to see. Only thing that threatened to ruin the trip were the timely evening rain showers. Even then we managed to have some great fun navigating from place to place in flip flops and with no umbrella!

Sad that it went so quick, next stop is China (again) in transit on our way to Vietnam.

Seemingly Another day, another destination.