When it is organizing a trip as long as this, it is best to make a list of places that for anything in the world you want you to lose and the city of Hong Kong, was one of our big bets during the #Asiapara3.
We had really wanted to, we didn't want to miss the chance to feel trapped between its spectacular buildings, admire its magnificent skyline with views of Hong Kong Island, considered by many to be one of the best views in the world. Or fail to walk us through the Avenue of the stars. Photographed with his idol of youth, the great Bruce Lee, was the great illusion of father Octavio.
After a long and hard month touring China, suffering from the strong heat wave suffered in the country over the past 60 years, to reach Hong Kong, was like a breath of fresh air.
Describing Hong Kong is a pleasure. Despite not get rid of the rain, nor heat, rest, everything worked properly. The streets were clean, full of educated people that respectfully keeps the row to get on the bus, not smoke in areas where prohibited and traffic, although intense is ordered. Perhaps for this reason, it is not surprising that Hongkongers, though Chinese, don't want to know nothing of its neighbors from the rest of China. Despite being one of the cities visited by the Chinese, to the top, not its disorderly way like them too and sometimes little respectful Act, so coexistence between them often is not as warm as it should. To you as a result of having been a British colony, Hong Kong is a multi-racial, multi-cultural city with an interesting mix of the Western with the Asian, as well intertwined are who make it a very interesting, very cosmopolitan city.
Even with the accommodations we are lucky, had told us other travelers sleep in this city was little more to do it as in cans of sardines, since rooms that rented were extremely small. As well, in our you could not miss, but despite its small size, it was well distributed and had a small bathroom with shower. Austin Inn is new, indeed, was new when we were and it is very cheap. We wanted to move away from the classic Mansions, filled with buildings of old and dilapidated hostels. This is located in the District of Jordan, in the Kowloon area, a few steps from the street, a quiet location surrounded by local restaurants and shops, something like very little tourist.
During our stay in Hong Kong, we walked a lot, climb the longest Street escalators in the world, went through the Hong Kong Park, climb to victory Peaks to enjoy the best views of the city, went to City Hall and kick us Sheung Wan.
Toured part of the Kowloon peninsula, we kick the downtown area, we passed the street markets of Tsim Sha Tsui, toured the walk of stars, the streets and markets of Mong Kok, where by the way, we spend a nice evening having dinner in the company of our friend Javier, author as well as blog Chicharrero by Hong Kong, another of the days are left with our neighbour Luis Islanderblog travels around the world that was traveling in the area along with two friends more.
As it kept raining, one day it occurred to us approaching Star Terminal bus station ferry, get on the first bus, which appeared and go on aimlessly. We didn't know where we would take, but comfortably seated on the second floor of the bus, facing the large window and without getting wet we decided to get to his last stop, more than one hour took us travel. This peculiar way we had the chance to pass through areas and neighborhoods all tourist but just as exciting for the traveller. The end of the journey was in a typically working-class district, in the high part of the city, filled with small shops, shopping malls and surrounded by humble houses, schools and kindergartens. As if it were three more honkoneses, we had the chance to live the daily life of the inhabitants of this magnificent city.
Álvaro, with its inception in the pre-teen, flip it in Hong Kong, everything what looked liked, everything was called attention, high buildings, scaffolding of bamboo in building facades, narrow alleys full of different types of markets, double-decker buses and London, the skywalkers linking commercial centers of different avenues between if, stunning sports cars circulating on the streets or parked in the windows of shops, etc...
Under our watchful eyes, the young traveler enjoyed everything that put him ahead. He repeated again and again that last!, I love Hong Kong!.
Walking cities, intersperse us with its inhabitants, or visit its most emblematic corners are practices that we love to carry out anywhere in the world. Hong Kong, did not leave indifferent any of the three.
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