For Obon I went to Hong Kong, although its part of China you dont need a visa to go there or neighboring Macau. Using my hotel points we got to stay in this super fancy hotel on the top floor with executive breakfast every morning. At the breakfast the people working at the hotel were very helpful with our plans for the day and told us about a bus route that was much faster than a cable car up to this giant Buddha.
Near the big Buddha was the trek of inspiration, which were these huge posts in the shape of the infinity sign, with some kind of inspirational quotes or words to live by (I think, it was all chinese so I couldnt read it).
I was kind of surprised how outdoorsy Hong Kong was, I had an image in my mind that it would be one huge city like New York, and although it was big and there were a lot of people it is surrounded by hills/mountains so it seems like there is some hiking to do, here is a trailhead with and awesome bird/rooster sculpture.
View of the ropeway on the way down.
Near the big Buddha was the trek of inspiration, which were these huge posts in the shape of the infinity sign, with some kind of inspirational quotes or words to live by (I think, it was all chinese so I couldnt read it).
I was kind of surprised how outdoorsy Hong Kong was, I had an image in my mind that it would be one huge city like New York, and although it was big and there were a lot of people it is surrounded by hills/mountains so it seems like there is some hiking to do, here is a trailhead with and awesome bird/rooster sculpture.
The next day we went to check out the walk of stars, which is kinda like a hollywood for Hong Kong, unless you are interested in actors from Hong Kong I wouldnt really suggest it. There was one statue I recognized.
After the walk of stars we went to sneaker town where there are probably 100 or more sneaker stores all of which are basically the same, but it was the busy type of city i was expecting for Hong Kong.
In sneaker town we stopped to eat and there was this add for a drink.
There is a famous look out point, but there was a typhoon coming so we were worried we wouldnt be able to go up, but we did, and it was really windy, but still a good view.
The final day we went to Macau, which is supposedly like the Las Vegas of China, but there are also a lot of historical sites, so we went to one shrine and an old portuguese fort.
This picture kinda sums up Macau, old china, with some portuguese influence and this huge golden casino which you could see from everywhere.
While in Macau stopped off at this food stand for lunch and tried some Macau style gyoza.
