Hong Kong!!

January 10 & 11

We, Meghan and Hannah, are going to tell you about our first few days here in Hong Kong.  We have had some different experiences, so we will tell you about what we each of us have done separately.

                Hi, Meghan Darden here! So Hong Kong is amazing! Let’s start at the beginning though, so we woke up on the 10th in Wuhan and headed out early to catch our train.  We traveled on China’s high speed rail system hitting a top speed of 306 km per hour (fast!).  

We arrived in Hong Kong in the afternoon and had a little trouble finding our tour guide, so we hung out in the train station for a while.  Once we found our bus driver we hopped on the bus and headed for the boarder, getting through customs and immigration took a while but it wasn’t too bad.  After that we got back on the bus and they took us to our motel, the Noah’s Arc Hotel and Resort!

It is so amazing, I will attach a picture!  So we got settled in here and started our Hong Kong adventure.  So the group I went with headed straight for food, (mostly guys lol!) So once we filled our stomachs we found a cool little market called Temple Street Market that was very similar to the night market in Beijing. 

  

 So we hung out there for quite a while and saw a lot of other groups, I think most of us ended up there at some point! We all bought some fun little stuff and then took the subway back to our hotel to get some rest.

                So then on the 11th we all got up and had breakfast downstairs in our motel.  Once we were ready to go, most of us headed to church.  It was Saturday here, so we went to a Seventh Day Adventist Church with some of Kent’s friends.  We had some issues finding them at the subway station though because there were like ten exits to the station and they all led to a different part of town.  Once we found Kent and Cheryl’s friend Jean she helped us walk to the church and we were forty-five minutes late. I’m glad we got there when we did though because we caught the end of the sermon and he was talking about how negativity would ruin 2014.  It was a great message and we all got to sing some great hymns!  After the service was over the church members made a potluck lunch for us! It was so fresh and yummy; it was just what we were all craving! So we ate and had some great conversations with the locals. After words a group of couples took us on an amazing hike.  We went up a trail called dragon’s back; it was the most gorgeous sight!

That was super fun! Then we split up and went all different directions.  My group went to the ladies’ market, it was really big and similar to Temple Street, although more clothes and shoes! We were pretty tired and went back to the motel!  To our friends and families: we love and miss you! Don’t worry we are being safe and having a blast!

-This was my half :) Hannah will post her experiences soon!

-Meghan