Hanoi ➡️ Hong Kong

I shuffled out my hostel room at 5am and packed in the corridor to not disturb anyone. I promptly napped for the entirety of my 2 hour flight, and was greeted by Angel (uni friend) at the airport, who had already put a bubble tea order in, which we collected and happily drunk on the bus into town.
We then got an MTR (underground train system here) to a restaurant where we met her parents and aunt. I felt a bit stupid with my huge rucksack on, wading through the crowds of office workers on their lunch break, but was a proper introduction to the city.
We had delicious Chinese dim sum (small dishes) for lunch, which I didn't have to make any ordering decisions for, and was constantly having different foods put in my bowl, and told to try this and that. Was great.
We then hopped back on the MTR, (all five of us) to the harbour and onto a ferry to an island called Peng Chau, which is where I'm staying for the duration of my time here. It's the smallest of the Hong Kong islands still connected by the main ferry service. There's no cars there, only bikes, is a mere 1km² with 4000 people. So it was a very short walk from the pier to the house, through a series of small lanes. Not sure if this will work, but here's a cool link to google maps ariel view of the island!
https://maps.app.goo.gl/8gcPHCn6vqiQV856A?g_st=ac
After settling in, Angel's dad pulled out a big green table and set up Mahjong (a traditional Chinese game played with domino-like blocks). I had to be coached by Janie (Angel's mum) as the rules were quite complicated and I couldn't read some of the lettered titles 😅 Aas really fun, and I actually won one round! I got left unsupervised while Janie cooked food, which went slightly less well. I then taught Angel and her dad the card game 'shithead' which is equally as cultural to backpackers as Mahjong is to Hong Kong people haha.
After food, Angel's parents left and her aunt stayed a few houses down where her Grandma lives. I didn't manage to stay awake through the entirety of the film we watched, so scurried off to bed for an early night. Czytaj więcej