I'm back from my travels to Hong Kong and Tokyo and it was so amazing and wonderful and awesome etc. I went with my red haired partner in crime Allie and stayed in her house for a week in Tai Wai, Hong Kong. Allie basically lives on a mountain, while a very beautiful location is absolute hell to commute to. There is a path that cuts through the forest (or should I say jungle) which is about a five minute walk to civilisation but it's only useful when it hasn't been raining/typhooning during the day. We did take the path at night by the light of iPhone but never again, my nerves couldn't handle it. Therefore meaning every time we wanted to return home we had to have an argument with a cab driver who complained she lived in a place too dangerous to drive and sometimes even refused to take us all the way so we had to walk.
I had dim sum with Allie and her family which means anything I eat in Chinatown in London really just doesn't compare. It's just not the same. There's such a wide variety of food and I tried most of them but I really had to pass the cold pig's intestine. I also feel like my Nanny and Allie's Grandma would get on so well, every time I thought the food had stopped coming to the table about three more courses came. Another thing I found interesting was in some places you get sat on the same table as strangers. I know British people would have major issues with this, I mean how many times have people requested to move tables because you might accidentally touch elbows with the stranger next to them causing an unimaginably awkward situation. But for me it's fine and even better when the food arrives in a huge bowl under two minutes. Happy Choom.
Obviously, we went shopping a lot and we started at the cheapest of shops before working our way up. Most of the clothes were from 50 to 100 Hong Kong dollars which is super cheap and I even managed to pick up exact replicas of some UNIF platforms for a fraction of the price. They look exactly them same it's unreal! In this case I'm all for fakes. Then there were the more pricey shops which we did buy a few things from there (more shoes!) and of course there were malls dedicated to the lux ie Chanel, Dior, Gucci etc which made me cry as I walked past. One day my budget will stretch that far, but not right now. We also took a lot of purikura (special pictures in Japanese photobooth that you can decorate) and all the HK middle schoolers gave us odd looks as we ran around but who cares. Between Hong Kong and Japan I don't know how much purikura we took but in the end we became rakugaki (decorating) pros.
Allie being a resident of HK knew a lot of people and was/is a nightlife veteran so she took me to her favourite club Play in Lan Kwai Fong which is the clubbing district of HK. Before that however, we went to Bloop! a shisha bar with a huge shark tank which was so cool then onto Play for the UV paint party. I have permanent reminders of that night etched on my Vans and Longchamp bag but they're good memories so I'm not worried. Also it looks kinda cool to have a custom UV bag and shoes. We were at a VIP table with a lot of champagne and the whole night was such a different experience to a night out in London. We went to the same club the next night with more of Allie's friends and it was so good but I think we were all partied out and couldn't handle three nights out in a row.
Other more touristy stuff included visiting the harbour and pushing other tourists out the way to try and get a picture with the Bruce Lee statue, going to the Peak, Charlie Brown café and of course three hours of karaoke. Hong Kong was so fun and I loved it, even the 30 degree heat and extreme overwhelming humidity. I can't even begin to describe the humidity it was insane, but it warmed my reptile blood. Even the mini typhoons were all just part of the cool experience. I'm going back next year for a lot longer than a week there is no doubt about it!
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