Like a King in Hong Kong

Hong Kong was great for Lunar New Year. It was especially great because we got a four day weekend with Monday and Tuesday off for festivities (I hear that in China, workers get up to a week off). We had to make up the missed days with extra classes on Wednesday and Saturday, but so is life in Korea.

Saturday we left Yeonsu at 6am in a taxi with falling snow (-7C/20F)
The 8:50am Cathay Pacific flight out of ICN got delayed for about an hour and a half due to de-icing the wings several times. When we finally arrived in Hong Kong it was about 2pm to cloudy 12C/54F weather. We stayed at the Yess Inn Hostel which was small, but clean, inexpensive, and central for our needs.

Throughout the rest of our trip we saw monkey mountain (where 50 monkeys were originally released to eat a toxic fruit that would poison the water supply and there are now over 2000) , Victoria Peak, Maccau, and various streets and alleys.The really nice place was being able to get western items like Pabst Blue Ribbon or Lays potato chips. The food was great from restaurants as well like Agave (better than On The Border for Mexican food), some Chinese place that was diner style in speed and quality, and Fernando (a popular Portuguese restaurant in Maccau). The ferry between Maccau and Hong Kong was inexpensive at ~$300HKD (~$38USD). Unfortunately we missed the parade due to being in Maccau and the fireworks due to an obstructed view. Either way I would return.

Hong Kong