Originally, we had only planned on Hong Kong being a visa stop, but it turned out to be a really lovely place to spend a couple of weeks. It was insanly useful for taking care of our Chinese visa (twice) and it was also a good “work” location giving us some time to give the website a face lift.

We really enjoyed Hong Kong and while it probably wasn’t very interesting to read about it, provided us with a nice rest before jumping head first into China.

(Hong Kong photos will be included in the China Photo Gallery)

Favorite moments:

• Great food
• Viewing the city from the Sky Terrace at Victoria Peak
• No spitting, no littering, and no pigeons!
• Air conditioning to our hearts’ content
• The big city park in Kowloon
• Midnight (and later) snack runs

Not so great:

• The hard, short beds and flat, floppy pillows
• Closet-sized apartments and phone booth sized bathrooms
• Being offered “tailor shop, nice tailor” 32 times in one day (no joke, we really counted)
• The crazy amount of signs which are all brightly lit and flashing

Total Money Spent Per Person: $285.36

Average Per Day Costs Per Person:

• Lodging: $9.63
• Food: $8.44
• Transportation: $0.63
• Misc: (Internet, supplies, laundry, entrance, etc.) $5.08

Total Average Per Day, Per Person: $23.78

Number of Days: 12