Still Hong Kong!

So, last time we had just arrived, or almost, and now, all of a sudden, we are leaving Hong Kong tomorrow! Going to Macau, the Las Vegas of Asia.. And no money to gamble away, luckily! Haha!;)

We have had a great time in Hong Kong, this place is really like no other place on earth, it is som diverce and so mixed and so on and so on, it never ends surpirising, I guess.

We lived for a week on Hong Kong Island, in Sheung Wan, near Soho, on a guys couch, really great, the couchsurfing-thing, I recommend it to everyone! What a great way to travel! And not because it is free to stay, but because you get to know local people, which means you get to see the place from a different angle, it is amazing! We hung out with our host if we wanted to, or we stayed at his place just watching tv. And we used his kitchen, making dinner, wow, and we ate bread and cheese everyday, loved it! Then the time came to move on and move out, and we moved to another couchsurfinghost, and spent one night in Shek O, a tiny village on Hong Kong Island, far away from all the tall buildings and all the people! It was maybe 3000 inhabitants, two beautiful beaches and a lot of illegal houses, so small it was unbelieveable, but there they were. If it wwsn't for couchsurfing, we would never have seen that part of Hong Kong, that's for sure! And when we arrived there, late at night, we saw a rare sight, a whole lot of fishing boats, lighting up the ocean, fishing for squid! Amazing!! Our host had only seen it two times, and he has lived there for a year! His house was tiny, so we only stayed for one night, and then we moved on, to Chungking Mansions, a place in downtown, I have never seen so many people in one place!! If I should compare it to something, it must be Gronland in Oslo, except it is not an area, but 5 or 6 giant bulidings linked together, with a lot of cheap hostels and apartements, which makes it a colorful place to stay! And that brings the best food and the brightest smiles;) And it is not too expensive, as the rest of Hong Kong, but we still can't afford to stay here longer.. And just in the neighbourhood is a hotel, which used to be the most expensive in the world.. Wow.. That's some building! And they have a telescope in each room! To see the night skyline of Hong Kong Island, have some great pictures, will upload on Flickr anytime soon.. This is some city..
And it is true, you really can buy everything here, it is crazy, if we had more money, I would have bought a whole lot.. Glad I haven't, cause my backpack is heavy enough! ;) But you should see the cute dresses and the tops and tshirts and skirts and stuff, and they really have everything.. I want to go shopping!! We have to leave tomorrow, before I start spending money.. No shopping. Final.

We have spent two days on two different islands, yesterday on Lamma Island, an island without cars! Just like Ihla Grande, remember, Marit?? Lovely;)
We found a beach and settled for some hours, ate watermelon, and I even went for a swim!! So now I can add SouthChinaSea to my lakesandwatersandoceansIhaveswimmedin! Kristoffer didn't swim.. Why? I don't know, it was lovely! Think he was too lazy to be bothered.. Or something, ask him;)
Today we went to Lantau Island, but it turned out to be very expensive, cause they doubled the prices on Sundays, don't know why again. We went to see the worlds largest sitting outdoor bronze Buddha statue, but then we couldn't afford to go to the beach and back, as we would have spent more than 100 HK dollars on bus on one day, and that is way over budget, so we wnt back, and did some windowshopping.. And visited another temple, which was free:) Would rather see the 3 km long beach than the Buddha, but we didn't know when we went, so.. It happens, just the way it is! Have to find a beach somewhere else, think we can manage!

Now we're drinking coffee and enjoing free internet in a cafe, lovely, but I have already spent too much time on this computer, it's soon a long queue, hehe!

I'll write again in Macau, I guess! And push K to write, don't think he has written since March. Typically.. You know him;) He is lovely! Hahaha!

Okej, have a good time! Enjoy summer wherever you are! And please ask if you want to know more about places we go, it is hard to remember everything under such free-internet-makes-a-long-queue-pressure;)

Oh, almost forgot, we saw a Human Rights campaign here, (do not read this if you are a kid..)China is really doing some terrible things to people with the wrong religion and so on, pictures of torture and so on, it really takes the appetite away, so if you can, please tell the right people with power to do something, it is horrible.. But I don't think boicotting the olympics will help. We have to be harder! Anything would help! So if anyone knows the primeminister or something, give her/him a call!
Thanks!
It is also good to be in a place where people can say and do what they want, we should all appreciate it more, we are more lucky than we are thankful for, I'm afraid. So be thankful, and help make changes elsewhere. ;)
Sorry, a lot of moral there..

Okej, I'm done!
Have a good week!
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