Well...Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Although i'm already back to the tedious grind of teaching Korean children the magic of the english language ("no, it's actually called a L-obster... not a 'Robster'"), I had an amazing holiday in Hong Kong!
1.) Korea was -10 degrees... Hong Kong 20 degrees... Hong Kong wins.
2.) Everybody (EVERYBODY) speaks english in Hong Kong!! EVERYBODY. hmm... remember what it was like when things were easy? I'd almost forgotten.
3.) Hong Kong is probably the coolest city in asia... possibly the world.
It's pretty cool... It's basically a city right out of the future. Everything is super hightech and spotlessly clean... but there's still a little bit of dirty china town in there... yeah, it's pretty cool.
We (my co-worker/ friend Denise and I) arrived on the 24th and basically didn't stop till we left on the 30th. It was a crazy time. Lot's of eating, shopping, and partying. All the things we love best!!!
Here's us with some Christmas carollers in Causway Bay (where we were staying)
Happy New Years... er... I mean... christmas??? In Hong Kong, Christmas Eve is celebrated the same way as New Years... you name it. Party masks, noise makers, champaign, count down etc.
This is 'Isola', our favourite place in Hong Kong. A great Martini Bar on top of the International Finace Centre (IFC)... expensive drinks... but killer atmosphere and view
The Kow Loon Sky line from the 'Isola' patio
Here's us...
View of the IFC
This is the INSANE line up to get to 'Lon Kwai Fong' (the most popular clubbing/ bar scene on Hong Kong Island) on Christmas Eve
This is us foregoing the crowd and making our own party at 'Lush' a hole in the wall bar off of Hollywood Ave
And, here are some whole ducks, heads included, hanging in a storefront in Causway Bay... hungry?
Denise and I with some Weirdo Clowns in this crazy 11 story mall
Me at Isola
Oh, hi drunken Santa (Lan Kwai Fong)
Random Canadian Horse... Why wouldn't there be one?
Drinking Champaign at 'Sugar'... where the floors are actually covered in Sugar
So... you like meat?
.. then you'll LOVE these cooked ducks with heads...
This is in a Russian Bar where they give you these fur coats and hats so that you can go into a ice room and drink vodka... random... or 'Landom' as my students would say
Cheers to Hong Kong! our last night...
1 comment:
Awww Jenn! It looks like you guys had so much fun in Hong Kong! I wish we had such places like the ice bar...altho who knows what sort of disaster could arise from the wearing of the fur coats...the PETA crowd would not be impressed.
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