Hong Kong

So we arrived in Hong Kong, via the 80 pound sleeper train, Hung Hum was the name of the station we arrived at and we needed to go to some place called Tsu Tsim East. Well… we got to our room which btw was pretty dodgy but we weren’t planning on spending much time in our room, not in Hong Kong.

Overall Hong Kong went by pretty quickly, we had missions in Hong Kong and we were very driven as we knew once we entered South East Asia proper things wouldn’t be the same. We had to get our Burma visas and get Ange injected with all the shots she should have got herself fixed up with during Winter break (naughty naughty needs to be punished!). These were of great import as I didn’t want her to die, neither did she. We had one full day in Hong Kong and we were going to make the most of it!

Immigration forms wheeee!!

So our one full day turned out to be pretty full on. We needed our visas and after some Googling on the internet we found the location of the Burmese Consulate in Hong Kong. Turns out getting a visa for Burma is really really EASY in Hong Kong! ahh we dropped our passports off and were told we could pick them up later that afternoon which is what we hoped for! Burma visas – check. Next was vaccinations for Ange, a task that proved a little more difficult! we were really confused as to where to go so we consulted the ticketing desk at the train station. We had previously been told to go to a hostpital but this guy directed us to a special disease control clinic that was 15 minutes away on foot so we decided to give it a shot! well, the guy at THIS establishment gave us addresses and directions for traveler clinics that were another 10 minutes away on foot. Thoooose guys said they couldn’t do it for us but gave us some phone numbers that we could call. Eventually we ended up back at our original train station with three numbers and a pay phone. A few calls later, we had found out who could do Ange’s immunizations for the cheapest price and an hour or so later my pretty little girlfriend had her shoulders (which I like to kiss from time to time) stabbed with what she describes as massive needles!

Vaccinations ahoy!

Feeling pretty good about ourselves because we’ve been so productive thus far we get some lunch and head over early to the Burmese consulate where we were able to pick up our passports! it’s 2pm and feeling good about what’s been done so far we decide to pack in some of tourist Hong Kong into our visit. So! the decision being made we made our way to Lantau Island to investigate the Big Budda that sat on the top of some mountain. =P

Well.. the train ride there took what seemed forever but we got there only to find that the scenic lift service was under maintaince! what were we to do? take a bus of course! a long windy bus ride much to Ange’s hate. The important thing is that we made it to the top without anyone spewing tee hee, and well it was worth it! we saw the Big Budda! we saw some random cows running around loose and took in yet another monastery!

I went for the biggest highfive of my life.

After thoroughly checking out the Big Budda and covertly taking pictures of monks we returned to mainland Hong Kong for some dinner! Ange was feeling a bit under the weather at that point because of the vaccinations or the whirly mountainous roads so me being the best boyfriend ever served her Pizza Hut in bed. ^^

Now that I think about it, that was the second time we had had Pizza Hut in Hong Kong. We actually had a day before our full epic day but we didn’t achieve much! just random exploring around the city and some fine dining at Pizza Hut for dinner. But yes! Hong Kong was over the next day as we packed up and headed to the airport! we had a bit of drama getting to the airport on time if you were to ask her but I think we were fine. =P This was good bye to China proper. The first country of many we were to complete on our epic Asian adventures.