City tour

Igår begav vi oss trots baksmällan iväg på en guidad tur som skolan anordnat. Tyvärr var det sådant sorl i bussen att vi knappt hörde vad reseledaren berättade. / Yesterday  we defied our hang over and went on a guided city tour organized by the university. Unfortunatly people were talking so much that we did not hear much of what the guide was telling us.

 Det första stoppet var Victoria peak, med utsikt över stan. / First stop was the Victoria Peak with a view of the city.

Efter en rätt tveksam lunch inhandlad på 7-eleven rullade bussen vidare till andra sidan Hong Kong Island och Stanley, vilket är en helt annan sida av staden. / After a rather boring lunch bought at 7-eleven we went to the other side of Hong Kong Island called Stanley, which was very diffrent from the city.

 Där besökte vi marknaden och jag vart nostalgisk, det är nog första gången sedan vi kom som jag fått sådana starka minnen. Förutom tunnelbanan så klart. / There we went to a market and I got nostalgic, it is probably the first time since we arrived that I got such clear memories. Except from the metro.

 Runt hörnet bakom krukaffären väntar en överaskning. / Around the corner behind this stand you can find something amazing.

 Hit skulle jag kunna drömma mig tillbaka. / And I did not really want to leave.

 På väg tillbaka till staden passerade vi bland annat denna kyrkogård. / On the back we passed this cementary and Diana told be about the seven cementeries in London, I told her about the happy one in Romania.

 Sist på turen besökte vi The Avenue of Stars, likt Hollywood är stärnorna här tidlösa. / Last on the tour we went to The Avenue of Stars, like in Hollywood the stars are timeless here.

 Bruce Lee.

Diana och jag bestämde oss för att inte följa med tillbaka till campus utan vandra runt i stan, äta mat ur ett gatukök och försöka orientera oss på egen hand. / Diana and I decided not to go back to campus but take a walk through the city and then head home early. We had to get up early in the morning to study so we were not going out.

 Snart är det det kinesiska nyåret och vi har tio dagars lov. Vi planerar äventyr. / Soon it's time for Chinese New Year and we have ten days of holiday. We are planning some adventures.

 Vi hamnade i Mong Kok och på Lady Market. Sedan var vi hungriga och impulsköpte mat som knappast var det bästa jag ätit, men det var en härlig känsla att äntligen vandra omkring på egen hand. / We ended up in Mong Kok and at Lady Market. Then we became hungry and bought some strange street food (fish balls with curry). It was great to finally walk around on our own, it gave me some kind of feeling of belonging.

 The strangest things.

And there was no place that wasn't our place, and we wandered the streets. Far from home but not alone. We just came into the world.