After an unscheduled, and may I say unwelcome break from our blog we are back! Due to Chinas communist government and foolish ways of attempting to keep the population mentally safe, our blog was blocked for the entire duration of our stay. This means that although we spent five while weeks in China, and done an absolute shed load of stuff, you're going to get it all in one giant blog post. Aren't ya lucky?!
Anyways lets get things moving by giving you a quick update on current matters. We are in Japan, Kyoto city, in a delightful place called K's House Hostel. We are happy and healthy as always, although not without incident and minor complaint. Things have changed a lot since we last met dear reader. We have become accustomed to travelling a bit more. We have spent time learning the languages and cultures of the countries we visited, unlike India and Nepal where we just saw the sights and moved on. We have met and talked with other travellers a lot, sharing stories, experiences and recommendations with each other and becoming fully fledged members of the backpacking community. We have upgraded! Currently our netbook is running Windows 7 Ultimate with 2GB of RAM. My phone got an upgrade to Windows Mobile 6.5.3 as well, not that many of you will care, but I'm just telling you this so you don't think I've fallen behind the times! We have also had a lot of fun and many incredible experiences, so why don't I tell you about all that good stuff then eh?!
We last spoke about Kathmandu, so I suppose Hong Kong would be the next place to talk about. Well where do I start? THE most incredibly clean city in the world. Technology drips from everything you see, but only where it makes sense. The buildings there don't come in a 'Small' or 'Medium', in fact you'll be lucky to find a regular 'Large'! Everything is vertical, but beautiful. The skyscrapers have become a part of the city's attraction, with a nightly sound and light show known as the 'Symphony of Lights' taking place on the waterfront each evening. This amazing display uses over 40 buildings on both sides of the river to illuminate the entire sky in all the colours of the rainbow. We stayed and watched this site from the 'Avenue of Stars', which is Hong Kong's version of the Hollywood walk of fame. I recognised a few names from various films, including the talented Yuen Wo Ping who choreographed a lot of the fight scenes from the Matrix and other "wire-fu" films.
Further along the Avenue of Stars was one of the sights I'd been waiting for. A glorious bronze rendition of the man himself, Mister Bruce Lee. This was without doubt the most popular sight on the Avenue, and crowds of tourists and locals alike lined up to have their photo taken beside the statue. I happily joined the activities, striking my best kung-fu/jeet kun do/karate stance for the photo. We even returned to see the statue at night when it is lit from all sides by the millions of neon lights that keep Hong Kong bright and vibrant 24 hours a day.
We stayed in Hong Kong a total of 9 nights, spending a delightful Christmas Day in Delaney's Bar. Aside from this, we saw the gorgeous Kowloon Park, a very large outdoor sitting Buddha and monastery, Victoria Peak, Avatar in 4D (yes, films in Hong Kong have an extra dimension added!), the Nutcracker ballet and I had my first taste of virtual drumming in months (good old Drummania in the arcades, ridiculously hard tho)! There is a lot I could say about Hong Kong, but that's all the time we have for today folks!
We should be updating here a bit more regularly than before now that we have access again. You can expect more on our shenanigans around China in the coming days.
As they say in Japan: May all your toilets be heated.
Slim + Tazz
awh man your photos were amazing looking, and I love that Engrish thing that Tara had ^^ Hong Kong is gorgeous, you guys are so damn lucky >.<"
ReplyDeletehow the heck does 4D work? *googles*
have fun in Japan !!!!<3