Hong Kong and Macao

It takes 20 minutes from Shenzhen to Hong Kong by high-speed rail, which is really convenient. I stayed in a youth hostel and found that this hostel is the worst one I have stayed in in the past few months. Apart from the disadvantages of poor environment and small space, the service is also very poor. I booked one night wrong, and it was clearly stated on the Internet that I could refund in advance, but they refused to refund. The elevators in the whole building are also very weird, they only stop on certain floors, and the elevators from the middle floors can only go down but not up. After putting away my luggage, I went to the nearby Mong Kok. I felt a lot of scenes from Hong Kong movies appeared in my mind, and I went to the Fa Yuen Street Market. At noon, I met a friend from Hong Kong who I met in Bangkok more than a month ago. I was invited to a Malaysian restaurant and had a set meal of fish steak and noodles. After lunch, I visited Nathan Rd, Yau Ma Tei, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon Park, Hong Kong Cultural Center and Temple Street. For dinner, I went to have some morning tea with another local sofa owner. You can have morning tea at any time of the day, haha. Afterwards, we went to the Star Ferry Pier to see the night view of Victoria Harbour. Subway tickets in Hong Kong are quite expensive, so it is more convenient to buy an Octopus card. I recently realized that the subways in Hong Kong, Taiwan and other places do not have security checks. Is it only the capital Beijing that is so strict?

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The next morning, I took a ferry to Central, Hong Kong Island. There were many cars, many roads, narrow roads and expensive food. The design and construction of the streets were not reasonable, and walking around required all kinds of detours. I felt that it was difficult for me to adapt to this international environment. Urban environment too. You can see many particularly narrow double-decker buses on the street. Went to the International Finance Center in Central, drank the famous Lan Fong Yuen milk tea, passed the police station and Lan Kwai Fong. In the afternoon, I went to Lion Rock to climb with my Hong Kong friend and his friend whom I met for lunch yesterday. We gathered at Wong Tai Sin Station to take the bus. The humidity was very heavy, and we were completely wet. The fog was so thick that we could hardly see anything, but it was good to be away from the crowd for a few hours. Climb back and join the group to Rainbow Village for dinner.

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On the third day, I took the subway to the Monster Building. When I was about to get off the subway, I heard the station announcement. I suddenly understood the meaning of "The Queen of Heaven at the Next Stop". "Tianhou" turned out to be the name of the subway station. Get off at the Monster Building at Quarry Bay, where "Transformers 4" was filmed. The building is surrounded by three sides, and there is only a line of sky on the top. People with dense phobia must feel uncomfortable here, and it is impossible to imagine the residents living in it. What is everyday life like. I ate fresh shrimp and wanton noodles for lunch, and then went to Longji Dragon's Back to climb the mountain. On the way, I met an Australian family by bus, and we went hiking together. Climb down the mountain to Stanley, a seaside town where many foreigners work and live. Today in Longji, Longhushan, Stanley, and in the streets and alleys, you can see many foreigners walking their dogs for exercise or bringing several children with them. I went back to the city and went to Queen Street. Yesterday I heard from my Hong Kong friends that I could see all kinds of Southeast Asian laborers and Filipino maids picnicking on the street every Sunday. I really saw it today, and there were also on the overpass. It is really everywhere in the streets and alleys. On the bustling brand commercial street, picnics were spread out in large cardboard boxes, shoes were taken off and placed on the side of the road, and there were people dancing and singing karaoke. Many intersections are blocked by them. What a long experience!

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In the afternoon, I went to the civilian Michelin three-star restaurant Tim Ho Wan: Tim Ho Wan: It was three or four o'clock in the afternoon and I had to wait in line for afternoon tea. I ate the best barbecued pork buns here. After that, take the bus to climb the Longhu Mountain behind Victoria Peak, and wait until the sky slowly turns dark to see the night view. Back near the Youth Hostel, went to Chungking Mansions. There are many Indians here who want to exchange money or something, but they dare not go in. For dinner, I ate curry fish balls, North Point egg waffles, and taro barley at "Eighteen Paparazzi".

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When I took the ferry from Hong Kong to Macau to buy a ticket in the morning, I met another man with a bad attitude. Just because I speak Mandarin and use Alipay, did he write disgust and impatience on his face? I heard Hong Kong friends say that mainland tourists will be discriminated against here. Speaking Mandarin is not as good as speaking English, and the service they receive will be better. Most of the Hong Kong people I met in Hong Kong in the past three days were friendly, but occasionally I felt unfriendly. Yesterday, I took a minibus to Longhu Mountain. Everyone in the bus shouted in Cantonese to get off, and the master would stop. In the end, I was the only one left. I yelled to get off the car several times in Mandarin and was ignored. After passing the stop, I continued to drive hard. I could only run to the driver and yell "I want to get off the car", but I didn't bother me at all. ,Impressed! Then I said in English that I wanted to get out of the car, and he stopped the car. After the stop, I asked him how to get to Longhu Mountain in Mandarin, and he answered me in Mandarin, you can understand me! ?

The people in the service industry I met in Macau for most of the day are still very friendly. There is no difference between speaking Mandarin and English. As long as it is not in a tourist area, the prices are much lower than those in Hong Kong. When I got off the ferry at the Taipa pier, I asked that I could take the free bus from the casino hotel to the city. As soon as I got off the bus at the Macau Galaxy Hotel, I immediately felt how out of place my outfit was. There are men with only a big wallet, or women with designer bags and high heels. I just wore jeans and sportswear and carried a big backpack into the hotel, just to store my luggage. Inside and outside the hotel is Las Vegas recreated.

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The Portuguese-style buildings around Guanye Street in Taipa are still very distinctive. I ate the famous Andrew Portuguese egg tart and Mo Yiji wood bran pudding. After that, I saw the Longhuan Puyun Residence and the Venetian Resort Hotel. After that, I took the bus to the Black Beach, which is really a veritable Black Beach, and the sand is really black. But the white sand beach in Kenting, Taiwan was not white but it was not white. Had pork chop buns here.

I walked wildly in Macau for a day, and when I couldn't walk anymore, I took the hotel's free bus. I took the hotel bus to the gate, but there was no place to store my luggage. I asked a few small shops, and the owner of the last beauty shop said to store it for me for free. Afterwards, I went to the Ruins of St. Paulo and wondered why it was called "Ruins of St. Paulo" so memorable. It turns out that "Sanba" is the Cantonese transliteration of São Paulo. There are many snacks and biscuits to try on the streets here, and then I went to the Church of Our Lady of the Rosary and Fisherman's Wharf. Many buildings on the streets here are very European-style, and I feel that I have traveled directly to Rome. In the end, I took the hotel bus to the border gate, bought bread and snacks with the remaining Australian dollars, found a luggage store, and hurried to the border to catch the train. The time was very tight.

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