Hong Kong life report: Cheung Chau, Lamma, Lantau and...... China Visa!

In these days I have been exploring all the 3 main islands close to HK, it was very nice and surprising to see how life can be so different and calm just half an hour away from HK! It seems incredible to stay in little islands, without cars, only bike, relax, happy people, sun, fisherman's villages, Big Buddha, absolutely another world respect to caothic HK, and this is what I liked more here!

Definitely what I liked of HK is the chance to have multiple solutions, you can have a western style (and price!!) or more simple and cheap chinese life, you can be in the middle of a big metropolis or you can take the ferry and go in very relaxing places, you can use a great and cheap transportation to go everywhere you want! The mix between the 2 different cultures here is great, of course I`ll be back, even if now I get a bit tired to stay here.

Tomorrow I am going to have a day trip visit in Macau and then Thursday I am going to China, I have just get the visa! This is a little detour respect my original plan, but I am sure it will be great!

HK by night

Lamma

Cheng Chau

Lantau

Lesson of the day

What I learnt today:

1- Hong Kong is made of different parts:
2- What the world knows as Hong Kong is an island;
3- You are staying in Kowloon, which is the mainland just in front of Hong Kong;
4- Ferries and metro don't go all night long from Hong Kong to mainland;
5- If you wanna go Hong Kong island for the night, you would better ask before what time is the last ride, otherwhise you will be ranning like Usain Bolt (with handicap of sandals);
6- Life is so beautiful.

Hong Kong Avenue of Stars and so on...

Today it was my first full day out in HK, I have start visiting the famous (maybe for chinese people...) avenue of stars, a kind of the one in Los Angeles but with only HK stars! I didn't know any name apart Jackye Chan and Bruce Lee of course. Then I went the check out local markets, I found people selling live frogs (to eat), girls offering cheap body massages, some temples and many other stuff. Tonight I should meet someone local to show me secret spots here in HK, we will see...

Rome-Paris-Hong Kong business class, thank you Air France!

Just arrived, very nice and comfortable flight, I really need to say thank you to airfrance for this surprise, really appreciated!! Here it is cloudy and raining, I didn't see anything yet, now just the time for a shower and then going out for dinner and first stuff. Anyway I must see that at first glance HK is really cool!!

RTW: Ready, Steady, GO!

Finally tomorrow I am going to start my trip! On the first leg of my trip I will be focusing on the Hong Kong area, recovering from jet lag and spending some days in Macau as well, hopefully if I will have the chance to get the Chinese Visa I will go around Canton too.

Now almost everything is ready, I have packed all my stuff on my backpack, I am just checking out all the frills, credit cards, insurances, Ipod and so on, I am starting to feel butterflies in my stomach, for sure I am going to sleep very few hours tonight... anyway HK I am coming!

photo's stock clearance

Meanwhile I am looking for good flights for my big trip, I try to put order in my blog and to recover from the temporal gap created during this spring. I start with some shots of my trip in Cyprus. Nice place and great food!

Madrid, not good for my health....

Once again I am back in Madrid, this time with a professional tapas buddy...