Last week I went to the one place I’ve always dreamed of
going to, Hong Kong. The entire trip was amazing, and the hotel was put right
in the center of what we call “the good stuff”. It was crazy being on the
sixteenth floor of a small (but mighty!) building while being over half way
around the world. Each day was entirely different from the other, and this is
what we did while we were there.
Day One: Peak Tram
The day my mom, dad and I arrived at Hong Kong it was
about 8:00 A.M and we were all extremely tired. When we arrived at our hotel
the workers said it would be about a two hour wait until our rooms were going
to be ready, and we were annoyed.
Luckily, they let us drop our luggage there so we could go for a wander.
Somehow three minutes away from the hotel we found one of Hong Kong’s iconic
places to visit: The Peak Tram. It was essentially one of the worlds steepest
trams taking us up to an amazing view, as well as a huge mall. Forgetting how
jet-lagged we were, we got in line for our tickets then went straight up to the
tram. After we went up the tram we made
it to the mall. There wasn’t anything too interesting in there, but I did end
up getting a few body lotions (they smelled exactly like peach and banana!).
The mall was about five floors high, leading to the view. It was utterly
breathtaking. You could see buildings and water and mountains for miles. After
staring at the scenery for what felt like a lifetime, we finally came back down
and our Hong Kong, we wanted to do something awesome to wrap up the trip. My
dad was done working so we all went to some of the longest cable cars I have
ever seen. The cable cars went over an ocean and up a mountain, making the trip
about 45 minutes. We got out and arrived at a small village, where the Big
Buddha was sitting. He was the worlds largest Buddha statue made out of Bronze,
and he was massive. He was so high up
on the mountain that it took 250 steps just to get up and see him. We took lots
of pictures of him, and went back down the cable cars, then to the airport to
leave.
This trip
to Hong Kong was defiantly my favorite trip I’ve ever taken, and defiantly the
most memorable. The way the place was built I could only describe as dense.
There was so much in such a little place, and every corner you turned it was
either wealthy of poor, but everything blended together. This is what I did
when I went to Hong Kong.
hotel room was ready for us.
Day Two: Cat Café
The next
day I would say was one of my favorite days in Hong Kong. My dad had to start
work so my mom and I went to some nearby malls and looked around. At around lunch
time, we decided to go to a cat café. Essentially a cat café is a café where
you drink cat themed drinks, eat, and play with roaming cats. When we got
inside the café I freaked out a little too much. There were ten cats roaming
around the café and jumping on tables, playing with cat toys, etc. It wisent
hygienic at all but I didn’t care, I love cats! We sat down and got drinks, (I
had a hot chocolate with cat face marshmallows and whipped cream in the shape
of a tail) and played with the cats. They weren’t too friendly, but adorable
none the less. For the rest of the day we mainly walked around, and visited
some shops.
Day Four: Shopping
The Friday
of our trip, my dad was working again so my mom and I chose just to walk
around. Sadly, I was feeling extremely jet-lagged so I chose to stay at the
hotel and sleep while my mom went out and shopped. They Saturday however, we
went out to one of the most famous malls in Hong Kong, and spent our day there.
When we were there I found my favorite store, Sanrio. Sanrio is a store that
sells Kawaii items. Kawaii means “cute” in Japanese, so Kawaii stores sell
cute, Japanese items. I spent at least one hundred dollars on Kawaii items, but
I don’t regret a thing! We spent the rest of the day locked up in the hotel
room trying to warm up from the cold weather.
Day Five: Chi Lin Nunnery
When my mom
and I woke up that Sunday, we found a nunnery and we went there. A nunnery is
where women go to prey (nuns), instead on men (monks). We aren’t religious at
all, but the statues we saw were still very pretty. Inside the rooms there were
thirty foot golden Buddha’s, and people praying all around them. There was also
a garden connected to the nunnery and we went inside, getting completely lost.
It was gigantic. There were trees
everywhere, along with temples, and a huge lake. We finally got out, and went
back to they hotel.
Thats mostly everything we did there! It was an awesome experience and I would love to do it again :)
