The main reason I planned to spend a week in Hong Kong was to have time to apply for a new Chinese visa. The all process was a lot easier than anticipated. It took only 4 days.
I have been sick since Thursday morning, I think I didn't digest the Japanese mushroom very well
. So the only think I did on Thursday was getting my passport back. On Friday, I gattered some forces to go to the Ten Thousand Buddhas monastery. The entrance is not easy to find, I knew it was up a hill. I first got it wrong and ended up taking elevators to some sort of cemetery for cremated people. The entrance of the monastery was hidden a bit further. What a crazy idea to climb up there in that heat (it's warm today) and while not feeling well. I guess it was worth the effort. On Saturday, I was feeling better so I went to the Museum of Hong Kong History. It’s surprisingly good. It’s layed out in chronological order so you start the visit with the formation of the land, the dinosaurs follow and then the first settlements. The major part of the museum on 'modern’ish history. I decided to make my way back by walking along the Avenue of the stars. It wasn’t such a great idea since my stomach had started to ache again. I did the walk going from one sitting place to another. I took the star ferry back and then went straight to my hostel. I am done with HK.
La raison principale de ma visite de Hong Kong était de renouveler mon VISA chinois. Le processus fut bien plus simple que je ne pensais, cela n'a pris que 4 jours.
Je suis malade depuis Jeudi matin, je crois que je n'ai pas bien digéré les champignons noir japonais. Du coup, la seule chose que j'ai faite Jeudi, a été d'aller chercher mon passeport avec mon nouveau VISA
. Vendredi, j'ai rassemblé mes forces pour aller voir le monastère des 10 000 bouddhas. Ce n’est pas facile de trouver l'entré, je savais qu’il fallait monter, alors quand j’ai cru être arrivé j’ai pris l’escalator. Raté ! Je suis arrivée dans un cimetière pour urne de crématorium. Je suis redescendu aussi tôt (mais j’ai eu du mal à trouver le chemin, il n’y avait pas d’escalator descendant). Pour le monastère, l’entrée est cachée et il faut monter à pied, et ça grimpe. Franchement pas la meilleure idée quand il fait chaud et qu’on a mal au bide. Bon ça en valait quand même la peine. Le samedi, j’allais un peu mieux alors je me suis rendu au musée d’Histoire de HK. Il est franchement super. Il commence à la formation de la Terre (la région), raconte les dinosaures et les premiers humains. Bien sur la plus grande parties du musée est dédiée à l’Histoire moderne. J’ai décidé de rentrer en marchant le long de l’avenue des Stars. Il faisait super chaud et j’avais de nouveau des crampes d’estomac. Du coup, j’ai fait toute la marche en allant d’un banc à l’autre. Je suis retournée sur la rive opposée avec le Star Ferry avant de rentrer à l’auberge et de ne plus bouger. HK c’est fini !
Visiting HK at low pace
Saturday, January 18, 2014
Hong Kong, China
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