Didnt worry too much about a super early start but did have one more (horribly unhealthy) thing to tick off our food list, a cooked breakfast!
We looked online and found a place near wanchai station the internet recommended so we decided to give it a go. We walked there without too much trouble and once there ordered a small breakfast, and an orange juice, and a beer! When it came it was an awesome breakfast, and we ate it surrounded by people still drunk from the night before, or still drinking gin shots at 10am, or ladies of a certain type, of negotiable affection, strategically sat around the bar looking lonely and thirsty... Haha.
After breakfast we got the bags and the hotel told us how to get to the airport, first over to kowloon by bus, then on the metro all the way out to the border. We went to the less used border and apart from whole loads of school kids going home of the border for the weekend we had no real trouble. The only problem was letting me out of hongkong, the guy didnt beleive it was my passport and so asked for other id! 2 driving licenses, and 5 bank cards later he accepted it!
We crossed the border (a bridge over a river essentially) and entered china again!
We got the metro to the district our hotel was in and then got a taxi, all seemed fine at first, busy, and lots of cars, and then we joined the motorway....!! What?? I asked him where we were going, oh about 40-50km he said! I told him to leave the motorway at the next exit and just find a coffee shop (internet!) and so he did.
We looked online and the hotel we had booked was way out in another town the other side of the airport and then some! Maybe ok for me but no use at all for chris as tomorrow i was flying up to wenzhou again and chris off to guangzhou to meet some people he knows.. Or wants to know ;).
We looked where we were and found that we were right near the airport, and then on ctrip found a hotel right near a metro which went one way to the airport and another way to the train station, perfect!
We got a taxi to the metro station and i was trying to talk about the economy with a random taxi driver, good fun and we arrived just as i was starting to get out of my depth! Phew!
We got to the hotel and checked in using chinese, the room was nice and clean, i dont mind old fittings but i cant stand it if its dirty, especially the bathroom!
We went out for some food first and found a cool snack street in which we got some fried rice, bbq chicken and a few drinks and then chilled out before bed.
I had an early start the next day and was straight out!
We looked online and found a place near wanchai station the internet recommended so we decided to give it a go. We walked there without too much trouble and once there ordered a small breakfast, and an orange juice, and a beer! When it came it was an awesome breakfast, and we ate it surrounded by people still drunk from the night before, or still drinking gin shots at 10am, or ladies of a certain type, of negotiable affection, strategically sat around the bar looking lonely and thirsty... Haha.
After breakfast we got the bags and the hotel told us how to get to the airport, first over to kowloon by bus, then on the metro all the way out to the border. We went to the less used border and apart from whole loads of school kids going home of the border for the weekend we had no real trouble. The only problem was letting me out of hongkong, the guy didnt beleive it was my passport and so asked for other id! 2 driving licenses, and 5 bank cards later he accepted it!
We crossed the border (a bridge over a river essentially) and entered china again!
We got the metro to the district our hotel was in and then got a taxi, all seemed fine at first, busy, and lots of cars, and then we joined the motorway....!! What?? I asked him where we were going, oh about 40-50km he said! I told him to leave the motorway at the next exit and just find a coffee shop (internet!) and so he did.
We looked online and the hotel we had booked was way out in another town the other side of the airport and then some! Maybe ok for me but no use at all for chris as tomorrow i was flying up to wenzhou again and chris off to guangzhou to meet some people he knows.. Or wants to know ;).
We looked where we were and found that we were right near the airport, and then on ctrip found a hotel right near a metro which went one way to the airport and another way to the train station, perfect!
We got a taxi to the metro station and i was trying to talk about the economy with a random taxi driver, good fun and we arrived just as i was starting to get out of my depth! Phew!
We got to the hotel and checked in using chinese, the room was nice and clean, i dont mind old fittings but i cant stand it if its dirty, especially the bathroom!
We went out for some food first and found a cool snack street in which we got some fried rice, bbq chicken and a few drinks and then chilled out before bed.
I had an early start the next day and was straight out!
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