Hong Kong

We arrived in HK after an evening flight from Osaka. When we arrived, we discovered a very run down building with no signs; this was our hostel. We had booked a double pod for our three nights. Unfortunately, when we arrived we found that the capsule was tiny! No way was it a standard double size! We weren't happy but as it was so late we had little choice but to grin and bear it. Luckily, we were so shattered we fell asleep fairly quickly. 

In the morning, we asked the cleaner if we were assigned the correct pod as it was so small and we were only given one towel etc. She replied saying yes it was the correct pod as if I had asked the most ridiculous question ever. We asked if we could have a refund for the rest of our stay and book elsewhere but they refused. Being on a tight budget and not wanting to waste time, we decided to stay. 

We explored the surrounding area during the day visiting temples, parks and shopping malls. On our way to one of the temples, we passed a guy who we thought looked really similar to someone we had met on our snorkelling tour in Koh Lipe, Thailand. We turned to look at each other and said, "I swear that was Eng." Luckily, we had him on Facebook so we quickly went to the nearest McDonalds to steal some wifi and sent a message asking "Are you in Hong Hong?!" He must have been a bit freaked out. He replied "wow" probably confused about how we would know. When we explained that we had just passed him in the street, he ran to the McDonalds to meet us! What a great guy. It really goes to show how small this world is. 

After our day exploring, we headed for some Chinese food which we were so excited for. It was mediocre at best. We went to see a laser light show from the pier after this which was pretty good but it was a little cloudy which was a shame.

On our second day in Hong Kong, we explored the central area. We caught the boat which cost 37p (not everything here is super expensive). The weather was still not on our side and we had a lot of rain that day. We ended up wandering around a former prison as well as some temples, gardens and shopping malls. 

We attempted to go up the 55th floor of the International Finance Centre but it was closed. We hoped the fog would have cleared up enough by the end of the afternoon for us to go up to Victoria Peak. We queued for nearly an hour to get a cable car up to see nothing from the top! Such a shame as the hike down sounded amazing on a clear day. This is definitely something I would have enjoyed doing here but we can't control the weather!

After sleeping in our pod two nights and looking at the dimensions advertised on Agoda, I was not convinced that these were correct. As we are very sad human beings and wanted to prove a point, we decided to buy a measuring tape to measure the capsule size. It turns out we were correct and the capsule was significantly smaller than advertised. 

In the evening, we caught up with Eng for some drinks at a skybar with a perfect view of the city. It was a great way to end out time in Hong Kong.