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Tuesday Night David left me for his adventures in Thailand ,  so I had to go on discovering Hongkong on my own.  Since I am not very writative (compare: talkative) right now, I will choose a rather visual approach to let you take part in my days in the Special Administrative Zones of China.

Hong Kong

David did fly away, so of course I tried to chase him, but since I couldn't get a plane I just took a cable car.

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But I think it took me in a wrong direction. At least the signs at that place were kind of confusing...

That guy was quite surely not David...

Even my new David-substitute couldn't find David on that Island. We were more and more convinced this might not be Thailand...

But we found what we named "Buddha's Loo". More correct information about this things use is highly appreciated

Just enjoy escaping the troubles of the big city 🙂

Afterwards I got to know a little more about Hongkong Island, tried to find my way to bars with rather incomplete information.  The tourist office offers really helpful maps, but their helpfullness ends at the point where you wanna go to a street that is too small to be named in Chinese AND English. Usually they decide for Chinese in that case, which is quite reasonable, since you hardly ever can fit an English Street name into two to three characters 😉 Got to know a few other people in the backpacker (staying in a dorm helps, even if you are as shy as I am 😉 ), which were nice companions for the remaining days.  Failed the first time in recognizing German accent, but who could know, that a Danish accent sounds THAT similar?!?

Macao

“Oh, you’re going to Macau?!” People were usually rather bored about that  idea, but pleased again, when you told them you only have a day left for that anyway. “Ok, one day Macau is okay!” I would disagree, I think one could easily spend two or three days there, at least if one wants to take its time.
Macau is a former Portuguese colony, but in the late 20th century it wasn’t really wanted by it’s “mother country” any more, and after Portugal begged hard enough, China finally decided to take Macau back in 1999.  Nevertheless it is still nearly independent and has similar rights like Hongkong (compare David’s introduction about HK).  So I got another passport stamp for my collection, yiiiha!

Macau is strongly influenced by Portuguese culture, which you can easily see when you visit one of the restaurants in the city or just by walking around and have a look at the mediterranean-style buildings of the past.  So feel invited to take a strawl with me and have a look at the picture gallery.

(Since there is no additional HK thread for the time WITH David I just included those days pictures here as well. Now, if that isn’t a picturesque post… 😉 )