Especially coming from Singapore waking up in Hong Kong is a different world. We arrived yesterday after our airport adventure and Hong Kong is so crazy! I love it. The lights at night, the high buildings, the chaos. There is something going on on every corner. And there are so many people. Today we went to the Victoria peak for the view. For some reason it took us all day to get there. Hong Kong is really distracting there is something to see or do every 20 meters. On our way there we came across some dope neighbourhoods and I saw some nice spots to shop so tomorrow….. you already know what time it is.
Mood: I could do this travel thing forever.
I’m gonna be really honest with you and say that I never heard of Macau before the planning of this trip. Apparently it’s a playground for gamblers and shoppers. I have to say it’s image doesn’t lie. Today we arrived in Macau and we went to this hotel called the Venetian. I’ve never seen anything like it. For one it was huge and it had a mall inside the hotel. And I don’t mean a small one, there was solid mall with all the nice stores you can imagine and it was so big that we got lost (they have to work on their navigating signs tho) And then let’s talk about the theme of the hotel called ‘The Venetian’, cause it’s Venice and these people ain’t joking around. They actually made the place look like Venice! They created a Venice fantasy and they thought of everything even the gondolas! They painted clouds on the ceilings so it would feel like you’re outside, it was crazy. And then… the casino. I have never in my life seen a casino this big and so packed, it was unbelieveble. Mind you, this casino was still inside the hotel. There where so many people playing with money, the place was so busy. I saw people throwing in 300.000 and 1.700.000 dollars like it was Monopoly money. Honestly tho, as a working student, seeing people literally playing with their millions willing to loose it all, like the tooth fairy was going to recharge their bankaccounts, was hard. I mean if you have millions to spare, just donate to the Jody Foundation…. They’ll know what to do with your lonely millions.
Today, we are leaving Hong Kong to spend one day in Macau. Really, this trip went by so fast. Actually, this whole exchange went by so fast. I can’t believe it’s already April. In such a sort matter of time I’ve seen so much and met so many nice people. I also got to work on myself and learned a few lessons (I’ll give you that tea later). Yesterday Judith and I stayed out to enjoy the night vibes of Hong Kong and walked around our under appreciated neighbourhood to window shop at all the cool stores that where now… closed.
Today the group split up so everyone could do their own thing. Judith and I where suppose to go shopping in Soho because that’s where we saw al the cute boutiques. Instead of shopping we walked around the neighbourhood and saw nice streets and crazy high buildings people live in, we really experienced some of the Hong Kong culture it was quite impressive. Also we randomly bumped into the worlds tallest escalator. Like two kids Judith and I ran to the very end of the escalator to find out… They didn’t make one that goes back down.
You know how you ambitiously plan your day perfectly and then it ends up going nothing like you have planned? That’s how our day went today. However, those are the best days. We went to the church where I want to get married (yes I’m having a Crazy Rich Asians wedding with the water and everything) and we went back to the little India like I promised we would. Today tho, we came well prepared. The Indians have this dish called banana prata and we figured that it would be even better with Nutella, so we brought our own jar to test it out:)
Yesterday, we after we arrived in lovely Singapore. We went to a hawker centre to have breakfast/lunch and went home after to take ‘a little nap’. Well… we slept untill the next morning. We were dead. So today we went out to explore Singapore some more. We saw some street arts and we had lunch at little India. Now, let’s pause right here and have a moment for Little India. Here in Singapore they have this hawker centre full of Indian foodstands. Its a place where a lot of indians come togheter so you can find some of their culture there as well. Me personally, I already like Indian food. In Amsterdam we have some nice Indian restaurants but this… this was on another level. We just orderd ramdomly and got stunned by the flavors and quality of the fresh foods. It really was something to remember the Indian restaurants in Amsterdam are good but zammmnnnnnnnn. They gon’ see us again best believe.
Jody Sifra 