Hong Kong Student Exchange

September 2014 - April 2015

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- Sep 4, 2014
- ☀️ 33 °C
- Altitude: 119 m
- Hong Kong Sha Tin Ma Liu Shui The Chinese University of Hong Kong 22.420343, 114.20674122°25’13” N 114°12’24” E
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The Chinese University of Hong Kong
September 4, 2014 in Hong Kong ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C
This university was like home for me. I would have never thought i could get so attached to it after a year of studies here - but I did not want to leave anymore! The environment, the nature, the lovely campus with amazing facilities, the sports, and especially the people - I will never forget this year at CUHK and what it had taught me - way deeper than simply academical knowledge!!

I will always remember Vindaloo - that group of internationals (+Chloe) who were all so unique and special in their own way... our monopoly evenings, potluck evenings, or simple movie nights - it was always fantastic!

And Clover, my dear volunteering team, thank you for all the experience I have gained through you! (Even though sometimes it was reallllyyyy hard work and frustrating, it was worth it!)Read more
Caroline Sunshine At Wu Yee Sun - my college at CUHK. Go green, be sunny!, that was out motto :)
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- Sep 12, 2014
- ⛅ 29 °C
- Altitude: 15 m
- Hong Kong Sha Tin 22.37713, 114.1974422°22’38” N 114°11’51” E
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Sha Tin
September 12, 2014 in Hong Kong ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
Sha Tin District is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong - the metro station Sha Tin was only 2 away from our university, so I used to go here a lot. It is useful for any kind of shopping (they even have an IKEA!!!), or to get a bus from here to other places like to Sai Kung or the airport bus A41 ;)

Sha Tin has great parks, great shopping malls, awesome restaurants (I will always remember the hot pot place Kuba and I used to go to!!!) and dessert places (with healthy mango desserts ;) and there are also the 10,000 Buddha statues, easy to find from Sha tin metro and bus terminal.

P.S.: they also rent bikes here! great to take a tour to Tai Wai markets or some other place!!Read more
Caroline Sunshine going for a walk - from CUHK to Sha Tin :)
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Caroline Sunshine The Sha Tin Rotary Happy Run with my lovely xcountry team!! <3
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- Oct 8, 2014
- 🌬 25 °C
- Altitude: 11 m
- Taiwan Taipei Sanzhangli 25.032969, 121.56541825°1’59” N 121°33’56” E
Day 35
Taipei
October 8, 2014 in Taiwan ⋅ 🌬 25 °C
My first trip out of Hong Kong to see more of Asia - together with a group of other international students, we visited the capital city of Taiwan. It was a great trip, i found out a lot about what i liked and did not like to do during travelling with friends, and i learned a lot about how different each Asian culture could be.. A first taste to what was awaiting me the coming year when i would travel more and more more around Asia!!!Read more
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- Oct 29, 2014, 12:50pm
- ☀️ 23 °C
- Altitude: 771 m
- Hong Kong Tei Tong Tsai Lantau Peak 22.247847, 113.91795922°14’52” N 113°55’5” E
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Lantau Island
October 29, 2014 in Hong Kong ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
This is one of my favourite islands of Hong Kong - so much nature! There is the big buddha statue on Lantau (which is an amazing, hard but totally worth-it hike if up for it!) and there are some amazing beaches here as well! There is also the lovely fishervillage Tai O.

I will always remember Lantau after I won the first position in the 13.5km Lantau Run for all women from Tung Chung to Tai O village!Read more
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- Nov 4, 2014
- ☀️ 22 °C
- Altitude: 13 m
- China Guangdong Guwu 23.261141, 113.8108623°15’40” N 113°48’39” E
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Zengchen
November 4, 2014 in China ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Guangzhou province - teaching Chinese to local students was an amazing experience for me. I went twice on this trip, and each time I learned so much and I was so happy to give knowledge, energy and motivation to these students. I hope they will get far, and will be able to see that learning English and saving their money for travelling and education is the right thing to do..Read more
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- Dec 2, 2014
- ⛅ 15 °C
- Altitude: 5 m
- Hong Kong Sai Kung District Yau Ma Po 22.383689, 114.27078722°23’1” N 114°16’15” E
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Around Sai Kung
December 2, 2014 in Hong Kong ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
This is also an incredible part of Hong Kong - one would not expect to find so much adventurous, unexplored land in a city like Hong Kong. New Territories has gigantic hills, beautiful hikes, fisher villages, Islands like Sharp island, and beaches like the Sai Wan beach with its waterfall... so much, so amazing, so adventurous!

I will especially remember Sai Kung for our Dragonboat training in the beautiful water there!Read more
Caroline Sunshine my first time on a dragon boat!
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- Dec 9, 2014
- ☀️ 19 °C
- Altitude: 312 m
- Hong Kong Ying Pun Pak Tai To Yan 22.466667, 114.13333322°28’0” N 114°7’60” E
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Tai To Yan Hike
December 9, 2014 in Hong Kong ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Tai To Yan.
An 8,9 km hike (it says 4 hours in the guides but it took us less than 3 hours i think) this hike brings you to Lam Tsuen Country Park in the Northern New Territories. Beautiful hike! It was very hot, even when already winter in Hong Kong... but so worth it!!!Read more
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- Dec 11, 2014
- ☀️ 19 °C
- Altitude: 522 m
- Hong Kong Central and Western District Sheung Wan Victoria Peak 22.275884, 114.14553222°16’33” N 114°8’44” E
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The Peak
December 11, 2014 in Hong Kong ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Victoria Peak (太平山) with altitude of 552 m (1,811 ft) is the highest mountain on Hong Kong island. I went several times, at night and at day time, because the view is incredible and I love the hike up! It is short but super steep, and we managed to go up on New Year's Eve with my brother and dad in like 30min, so that we could be up there to see the beautiful fireworks all over Hong Kong Island! It was great!

They have a nice Starbucks Cafe and Haegen Dasz, and lots of other touristy shops and cafes (even a Forrest Gump Shop & Restaurant) but mostly expensive of course, but it is worth to come here simply for the view!!Read more
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- Dec 13, 2014
- ⛅ 15 °C
- Altitude: 24 m
- Hong Kong Sham Shui Po 22.32859, 114.16028522°19’43” N 114°9’37” E
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Day 101
Sham Shui Po
December 13, 2014 in Hong Kong ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
We became very familiar with this District in Hong Kong because we stayed for several weeks at a nice apartment that we rented through airbnb.com

We loved it here! Sham Shui Po offers the perfect real-life-Hong-Kong experience with its many authentic Hong Kong markets and its working-class neighbourhood. Great and cheap places to eat, shop and stay at!

Our favourite breakfast place served Western breakfasts with eggs and coffee, while for dinner there was a huge variety of places to go - Japanese (sushi, sushi, sushi!) to Thai to Chinese to Western food!Read more
Caroline Sunshine the place we stayed at was small, but in Hong Kong, everything is small ;) it was actually perfect size, a bed, a shower, and us two with a bottle of wine, what more did we need?
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- Dec 15, 2014
- ☀️ 19 °C
- Altitude: 20 m
- Hong Kong Shek O Village Big Wave Bay 22.24467, 114.24573722°14’41” N 114°14’45” E
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Big Wave Bay, Shek O
December 15, 2014 in Hong Kong ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Big Wave Bay Beach was a beautiful beach which we really wanted to come back to and try some surfing or windsurfing here! It is located at the scenic eastern end of Hong Kong Island, close to the Dragon’s Back hiking trail (an amazing and exhausting hike that then continues to Shek O Beach - another beautiful beach to chill at)Read more
Caroline Sunshine I had some wine :)
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