The Hong Kong life

My visit in Hong Kong has been amazing. I have had the chance to meet old friends and new friends. Been sightseeing and done things tourists wouldn't normally know about. There are so many fun places to go to that are not in any guides and can only be found by living here. Which is also the reason I love travelling to places where I already know people. You get more of the local experience.

Hong Kong is a fun and quirky place. It's modern and yet still has some old traditions. One thing I can not always quite get my head around is the food, such as gecko on a stick. That is one thing I don't think I would like try.

I only have a few more days left here and am going to make the most out of it! Anyone have any advice on things that I absolutely should do while I'm here?

Hong Kong so far

Hanoi to Hong Kong

I left Hanoi in just the right time. The day I was leaving the city was covered in a thick veil of fog which liquified the air and there was a thin layer of moisture on everything and everyone. I travelled all day and finally arrived in Hong Kong at 23.00 as it was way to dark to see anything I can't tell you anything about the views so far. When I woke up this morning the sky was blue and the sun shining! I have been told its been grey and rainy the past 2 weeks, which means I am really lucky with the weather. This also means the perfect day for sightseeing and shopping!

Sapa

My days in Sapa have been one of the highlights from my entire Asia trip.
I arrived in the morning, dropped my bag, had some breakfast and went straight on to a trek. My group had a total of 5 people. The perfect size for a trekking group. Our guide was a 17 year old girl from the black H'mong tribe who live in the mountains just outside of Sapa. It is unseasonably warm at the moment which meant we had the perfect weather, blue sky without a single cloud and it wasn't to warm or to cold. Just perfect for trekking!

As we started through Sapa to get on to the road which would take us to the path down the mountain, several other tour groups started at the same time. There must have been about 50 people walking along this road, as we went through a market area several tribes women and children decided to follow us. Eventually the different tour groups split up and started going different ways. We had about 5 or 6 women and children who had joined us. There was even a ancient looking woman who must have been around 70 years old, she was jumping around and walking better then most of the young westerners and most impressively she was doing it wearing blue rubber boots! All the women were friendly and chatty. They would ask us things and we would ask them about their lives and villages. We walked all day and went through several villages. We ended up staying in a village called Tavan. It is a village where two different tribes live, the black H'mong and the red D'zay. We slept at a home stay and the host family were incredibly friendly. They even gave us a bottle of rice wine to keep us warm during the cold night!

Our second day was just walking through the breathtaking landscape and then eventually being taken back to Sapa. This has been the best trek I have been on in Asia and everyone who comes to Vietnam has to come here. It's an absolutely amazing place.