再見 台灣, 你好 香港!
"Zai Jian Taiwan, Lei Ho Hong Kong," or in other words "Goodbye Taiwan, Hello Hong Kong!"
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| view of Taipei from Maokong |
After the perfect fun-packed week in Taiwan, it was time to move on to our next destination: Hong Kong!
Meanwhile at the airport in Taiwan....
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| A Hello Kitty check-in counter for Eva Airlines |
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| A Hello Kitty check-in counter for Eva Airlines |
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| I met this guy back at the airport in NY! |
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| hmmm |
Our flight from to Hong Kong was really good and only an hour and a half. The best part of our flight was our food. We had two desserts. We received a light chocolate cake topped with chocolate mousse. If that was not good enough already, we also received a chocolate covered cannoli! If only I can have such great desserts on all my flights...
At the airport, I passed by an area to get brochures of the city and a man kindly gave me a few of them (a little more than I needed). I started to say "thank you," but I like learning a few local words of the area I am in so I asked him how I say "thank you." He told me to wait a moment and pulled out a small paper from a shelf on the counter and hands it to me. It had a few useful phrases in Cantonese with their English translation. He showed me where it said "ngoi" ('thank you') and "dor tse" ('thank you' when you receive a gift). I thought that was it and was about to leave when he started talking some more saying "...for example, let's say you are in a market and something is too expensive." So I looked for the phrase "too expensive" and said "ho gwai ah!" I said it in the way I would have in any language if I would have been annoyed at someone for overcharging me. His face shot up and he had a big look of surprise on his face. I must have said it perfectly. He responded with "I see you are good with languages." Well, as long as I made someone's day!
To get to Kowloon (the section of Hong Kong we were staying in the first few days) we took a bus from the airport and then walked a few minutes to get to our lodgings. The temperature was already somewhat humid but still nice. It is a good thing we went in March and not in the summer.
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| the double decker bus we took from the airport even has special luggage racks |
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| the double decker bus we took from the airport |
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| traveling from the airport passing the busy ports in Hong Kong |
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| traveling from the airport passing the busy ports in Hong Kong |
Stay tuned for the rest of our day after we got settled in!
Also check out our first destination, Taiwan!
