The London-Hong Kong flight was as per my expectations... Noone sat beside me, had 3 free seats and a ~10 hours continuous sleepy time. Watched Sex and the city 2 and arrived after ~12-13 hrs. "OH YEAH", I thought...when I've seen the Hong Kong runway is just beside the Pacific ocean. It was so beautiful. Huge mountains standing out from the water...hm...very beautiful.
London-Hong Kong distance is just around 9700 km :))
There is a common smell at all airports in Asia. Hong Kong airport is not an exception from this. This is the mixed smell of dust, thick humidity throughout the year, the smell of coffee and food from restaurants... This is always there and always the same. I smiled when recognized this smell. Adds a certain safety to the entire journey. You feel you know the place. It makes you feel comfortable. Although there is still much more to that :)
Back in Asia after 9 months. Shocking humidity, very loud- fast speaking people, honking cars, traffic jam... and people do not speak English. ( exceptions are not examples :)) )
I am trying to find the ferry ticket office at Hong Kong and everything is written in Cantonese. Huge arrows pointing to certain directions...I feel mad and for some reason sad. I see airport security people, I'm asking them about the ticket office...they are nodding with their head, showing they have no idea what I want. I need a coffee now and trying to get out from the crowd and one thing is in my head: "Cool down girl!" After purchasing my ticket, have about 50 min ferry ride to reach China; "as it is called" Mainland.
My first few days went on with work. Noone spoke English at the hotel. I keep repeating to myself: "Positive thinking girl! You are brave!"
My expat colleagues took me to Shekou which was a fishing village and now a blooming economic centre built from scratch over the past 20 years. The population is made up of mainly Chinese- and a lively Expat community. This makes life in Shekou acceptable.
A picture of Cruise Inn, the hotel where I stayed in Shekou.
We are celebrating Oktoberfest too :)
The Sea World, the area where this ship is docking, has really exquisite cuisine (Thai, Japanese, Chinese, Malaysian, Indonesian, Vietnamese, Indian, German, Italian ..), Irish pubs, clubs, live music entertainments, shopping malls.. It is always lively!
Just it would not be so far far far :) Anyways, let's see what life brings...
I will most probably have to stop updating my blog (if not via other sites) since this is restricted in China. See you again. Keep well and keep in touch :)
A következő projekt: Kína. Érdekes és ismerős szag van a reptéren. Minden Ázsiai reptérnek ilyen "szaga" van :) Az első, ami feltünő, hogy az emberek nagyon hangosan beszélnek. Majdnem kiabálnak. A második ami feltünő, hogy mindenki mosolyog...igy mosolyogva ordibálnak :)))
Egy gyönyörű hajón laktam (képek felül). Ez egy expatrióta központban van, ahol minden nemzetisegű megtalálja a kívánságának megfelelő étel- italt és nagyon mozgalmas az élet. Hát majd meglátjuk...mit hoz a jövő :) Nem tudok irni a blogomba Kinából, mert sajnos tiltva van.
Legyetek jók, minden jót nektek es maradjatok közel hozzám:)
