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Asia, part I: Hong Kong

Richard Rosss
2006-04-03 13:33:27

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flushing toliets (almost worth the fees!)

27th - Went to the Monte fort and rode the cannons that were pointing towards the UK, and checked out the the ruins of St Pauls. A massive fire devastated the church, but left the facade in tact. this is now the symbol of macau. Its easier here to get by, as some folk speak Portugese and I know a bit from Brasil (plus its v similiar to spanish!) Checked out the Churchs here, which were equally as tacky as they are in S America with images of jesus - alive, dying, dead and then a ghost...

Went to my Filopino chinese place last nite and then read up on Mongolia (who said travelling is easy?)

28th - Macau - Today after checking out the Mariatime museam (with the Scottish commentator, who i swear is form Glasgow) I went across the rd to the first building in Macau. A temple dedicated to the sea god who saved some sailors from a storm in the early 1600's. There were millions of chinks there, all with loads of insence. There was some sacred rocks - and buckets with turtles in, that people threw money in ? Strange ? Put me in water and throw money at me (to have a wash!) Everybody here has a scooter and a mobile fone and just drive around all day.

Off in the am back to Hk where I will head straight on the airport bus, hoping to avoid the flu which is closing down most of HK... I will just sit at the airport till my flight. Looking forward to the rubgy on Sunday nite - should be full of x-pats! I am off to Nanjing on Tues, the old capital of China.

29th - Headed from Macau to HK (where I noticed that folks were wearing masks more). Caught the bus to the airport with loads of Nigerians buying cheap electronics. Caught an early flight into Shanghai ( I was going to travel S China for a while, but SARS is most prevalent there) and tried to find a hostel. There was no cheap accom was available for tonite and that there was no train from the airport. I struggled onto a bus. The ride into town was on gleaming new roads with apartment and office blocks lining the rd. Arrived into town and drove around with a cab trying to find a bed for a while. Found the YMCA, and after I sang the song, I had some brekkie at 8pm and watched the France/Wales Rubgy game.

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