Asia I Go

Hong Kong.

A place where I thought was quite different from Canada.

It`s a place where the culture, people, environment is different.

I went to Hong Kong in January 2007 and let me tell you, it was certainly a blast.

Even though our time there was only for a short time, my family and I enjoyed every bit of it. 

We had only gone to Hong Kong because it was a stop over flight from the Philippines to Canada, so we were only there for 3 nights. 

Already just setting foot out of the airport, you could already feel a different type of air than here in Canada. Not hearing English as the main language any more really got me turning my head in every direction. Everything was just so new to me, I was too excited to be in a different country. In Hong Kong, the roads were different. Instead of driving on the right side... they drove on the left side. 

The feeling of already being on the other side of the road was really weird. 

My family and I had stayed at the Disney Land Hong Kong Resort because over the course of our stay we would be going to Disney Land --- May I say that Hong Kong's Disneyland may not be the biggest Disney Park but the scenery and the view, I would say Hong Kong was the most beautiful I have seen... beautiful in that the plants and the way the architecture of buildings and designs were so carefully thought out to make a beautiful area.

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Anyways back to my main point, the Disney Land Hotel was gorgeous... The hotel itself was a beautiful structure, the scenery and gardens around it were amazing. The rooms were spacious and really made you feel super comfortable and grand... it was clean and well polished, as well as professional. I personally would like to recommend this hotel to anyone who wishes to visit the Disney area. 

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Not only was the resort beautiful, but also Disney Land itself. In Hong Kong, Disney Land is a lot smaller than our normal Disney Land in America. It was really cute visiting Mickey Mouse and all the other Disney Characters, it was still a very magical few days for us when we walked around.

We also took the time to visit around the city of Hong Kong. Walking around the busy streets of Hong Kong can turn into a crazy gong show. There was people everywhere!! People moving in all different directions, the streets were always busy and traffic was always a problem there. It was definitely a different feeling from Calgary.. but it was still a great adventure to walk around and experience a slightly different atmosphere. It was pretty crazy but my family and I got the chance to go shopping and to go across a ferry just to cross onto the other side of the city. It was pretty adventurous but can get pretty tiring by the end of the day.

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Even though our time in Hong Kong was not very long, it was filled with memories that we will always forever remember. I plan to go back one day to explore it in depth even more, or just the chance to explore more around south-east Asia.