30-oct-08 flight and fly to hong kong landing the plane in the late afternoon and just come straight to the size of China, although Hong Kong is not at all a typical Chinese city, it seems a bit 'more New York City. as I had suggested the maintenance buy octopus card immediately a kind of paper to scale with which they can pay for many services such as metro, trains, ferries, taxis, supermarkets and, really cool! I opt for the fast train that takes me to Kowloon (where I have a couple of tips for placing). alternative would be the bus but it takes an hour and I do not want to waste time and weighs the suitcase!
in train ticket includes a bus VARSO hotels and make myself leave the next Holiday Inn is located where the Mirador Mansion where he rented the rooms, I trusted the lonely planet! the place is a sort of tower of babel, a 25-storey tower block which occupies an entire block where they live are the most cheap guest house in the city. the guide suggests going through the top floor and get all the rent until you find the least worst. I'm going to direct reports and to take a room for 150 HK dollars per day. the price is really cheap but the room is far from easy: it is a niche with no windows where I can hardly fit the luggage under the bed set in the wall in front of the so-called 'merdoccia', a cave where they received a bath with shower directly above the cup so you also save time as well as space! However I do not think to stay there longer than 3 days to stand in the claustrophobia and I got the system. ah there is air conditioning, television and the Internet: over!
contact alexis who is also the case for him in town and we agree to just off the doorstep meters. in making the journey only a few hundred meters underground, I realize the myriad of people around me: to lose your head! some are even dressed like carnival, but Halloween is tomorrow?!
kisses and hugs the meeting with the Portuguese, was there really a chance that in those days, was just been to a show in HK and then moved to the largest and most famous Canton Trade Fair. the world's largest in Guangzhou, about 2 hours by train from the former British colony. my plan is to spend a few days there then go to China to stay there a few weeks, it would not hurt to switch from GZ (Guangzhou), where I also contact michele a guy who works for a company my client. alexis has, however, only one more night to spend in HK before moving to China, but tomorrow is halloween and we will not lose so we can convince you to stay a day longer. I then also meet with Zhu, a Chinese girl in Shanghai she knew about skype here on vacation for a weekend of shopping. Alexis brings me now to take a drink at the rooftop bar in the peninsula, a very expensive but also class and with a magnificent view over the bay! drink something and then we decide to change places, in front of the elevator we are approached by a well-dressed man with a turban and accompanied by a beautiful girl in Italian tells us that we have not seen the best of the room: the bathroom! In fact there is a urinal next to a wall of glass directly overlooking the harbor. not bad sight until you make it! seems a bit 'to piss on his head all the Chinese:) Thank turbaned man who tells us that a trademark owner has sold well in Italy for what speak my language, let along the way exit of the hotel and then we say goodbye because he has a bentley waiting for him while we continue on foot!
decide to go and start the evening at the Lang Kwai Fong entertainment district near central island is not the first to meet with Zhu that the hotel is behind the peninsula, is also her.
take a taxi in ten minutes brings us to the destination. The area is full of bars, pubs and clubs and start drinking. there is a lot of people around but they seem to expect the next day to celebrate the night of Halloween. We soon met 2 Spaniards too there for a few days after the first bar we head into a hard little further afield. prices are almost compared to European standards and quality of the drinks are decent, the British have done a good school here! we stay up late at night drinking and dancing, the music here is strictly live!
alexis is convinced to stay an extra day and convinces him to take a room in the mansion where I am, so we agree to find the next day in the morning, so we take a taxi when kawloon are now 4 and I zhu go down to Tsim Sha Tsui and alexis goes to his hotel a few miles beyond. I enjoyed a lovely evening and I am really happy that it has revised alexis, I really needed a friend after almost one month alone. the room is really small but I'm too tired to think about it and I fall asleep now! first day of voting in china 8!
