The view from our hotel room across the harbour to Kowloon
Us up at Victoria's Peak...
The holiday begins !!The first flights…
The flight from Wellington to Auckland was good – it only took an hour. The only bad bit was when our ears ached at the end. We flew over Kapiti Island, and saw snow covered Mt Ruapehu and Mt Taranaki. It was gorgeous! Going through the clouds was amazing.
The flight to Hong Kong was ok, up until the last four hours, when it started to get tedious. (The flight took 11 and a half hours). It was a smooth ride. There were screens on the back of the seats, and they gave us blankets and pillows. We barely slept as it was uncomfortable(Chantal) no it wasn’t (Sabine).
Hong Kong airport is huge. When we walked out of the airport it was like walking into a wall of steamy bathroom air. By the time we got to our hotel it was 03:00am New Zealand time, and 11:00pm local time. I slept like a baby that night (Chantal) I didn’t – Chantal kept hogging all the covers (Sabine).
The next day we had a big buffet breakfast. This was yummy and we stuffed ourselves full of melons, fruits, hash browns, bacon, eggs, cocoa pops, croissants, sausages, and an unidentified delicious asian food!!
We spent most of that day recovering from the flight, as well as reading and swimming. We took a walk around the local area, trying to find the biggest mall in the Southern Hemisphere, but we couldn’t find it. After half an hour, we stopped looking as me and Sabine were suffering from dehydration and couldn’t breathe due to the heat and humidity!
Today, our last day in Hong Kong, we went on a tour. Hong Kong is very tall. It is filled with tall buildings. They are currently building one which will be 118 storeys high. We are on the 21st floor, which is tall enough for us. However, the view is great. We can see Kowloon across the harbour and millions of tall buildings, some scungy, some new.
We went to Victoria’s Peak which is a mountain on Hong Kong Island. From the top of this we couldn’t see too much as the fog/smog was too thick. We then went to Aberdeen, a fishing village. There we went on a boat called a Sampan, which took us to see the boats where people lived. A sign on the boat said that it was only allowed in the typhoon sheltered harbour parts! That really freaked me out (Chantal). Next we went to a jewellery factory which was semi interesting (Chantal) and boring (Sabine). Most of the time was spent looking at jewellery that was far too expensive. Dad whinged and moaned as we did this. Each counter full of jewellery had a person behind it. When you went up to the counter the person immediately jumped up as though the Queen was coming. Dad said this freaked him out. Lastly we went to the Stanley Market. This was cool, and we bought souvenirs. They had lots of cool togs there. Tonight we have a twelve and half hour flight to Rome… which we are not looking forward to!
The flight from Wellington to Auckland was good – it only took an hour. The only bad bit was when our ears ached at the end. We flew over Kapiti Island, and saw snow covered Mt Ruapehu and Mt Taranaki. It was gorgeous! Going through the clouds was amazing.
The flight to Hong Kong was ok, up until the last four hours, when it started to get tedious. (The flight took 11 and a half hours). It was a smooth ride. There were screens on the back of the seats, and they gave us blankets and pillows. We barely slept as it was uncomfortable(Chantal) no it wasn’t (Sabine).
Hong Kong airport is huge. When we walked out of the airport it was like walking into a wall of steamy bathroom air. By the time we got to our hotel it was 03:00am New Zealand time, and 11:00pm local time. I slept like a baby that night (Chantal) I didn’t – Chantal kept hogging all the covers (Sabine).
The next day we had a big buffet breakfast. This was yummy and we stuffed ourselves full of melons, fruits, hash browns, bacon, eggs, cocoa pops, croissants, sausages, and an unidentified delicious asian food!!
We spent most of that day recovering from the flight, as well as reading and swimming. We took a walk around the local area, trying to find the biggest mall in the Southern Hemisphere, but we couldn’t find it. After half an hour, we stopped looking as me and Sabine were suffering from dehydration and couldn’t breathe due to the heat and humidity!
Today, our last day in Hong Kong, we went on a tour. Hong Kong is very tall. It is filled with tall buildings. They are currently building one which will be 118 storeys high. We are on the 21st floor, which is tall enough for us. However, the view is great. We can see Kowloon across the harbour and millions of tall buildings, some scungy, some new.
We went to Victoria’s Peak which is a mountain on Hong Kong Island. From the top of this we couldn’t see too much as the fog/smog was too thick. We then went to Aberdeen, a fishing village. There we went on a boat called a Sampan, which took us to see the boats where people lived. A sign on the boat said that it was only allowed in the typhoon sheltered harbour parts! That really freaked me out (Chantal). Next we went to a jewellery factory which was semi interesting (Chantal) and boring (Sabine). Most of the time was spent looking at jewellery that was far too expensive. Dad whinged and moaned as we did this. Each counter full of jewellery had a person behind it. When you went up to the counter the person immediately jumped up as though the Queen was coming. Dad said this freaked him out. Lastly we went to the Stanley Market. This was cool, and we bought souvenirs. They had lots of cool togs there. Tonight we have a twelve and half hour flight to Rome… which we are not looking forward to!
4 comments:
To be quite honest, when I was your age, we all thought that we would be teleporting everywhere in the 21st century. Beam me up Scotty!
Or have a flying car at the very least.....
Same old story - love being there, but hate getting there. Taking off and landing are fun, but everything in between is just pure torture.
Is it hot enough for you?
wow girls you are off to a great start! it is wonderful to follow your adventures I am looking forward to reading more!!! Have a great time
Mr Farrelly
Hi Sabine
How are you?
Remember the time we did secret santa, we are doing something like it but it’s called the secret friend. My secret friend is Elisha.
Guess what happened at school, Kiri got her nose broken when she was hit in the face with a hockey ball.
Anyway I hope you are having a good time over there. I miss you some much.
From
Caitlin
Hey guys, can't believe it has been two weeks already. I miss you all very much especially the dancing. Hope you are still practising in your heads. Sounds like you are having an amazing experience. Corinne don't let the girls and steve's boredom stop tyou from seeing the things that you want to see (ie jewellery)! Haha. Keep soaking everything in girls you are so lucky to have such wonderful loving parents to give you this opportunity. Have fun.
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