Day 1

Today was the first day of my fourth-month study abroad in Hong Kong. Early on Thursday morning I left Prague….crying of course! =D I chose to travel with the Russian company Aeroflot. The flight from Prague to Moscow took two and half hour. I had probably a weak moment two months ago when I was booking my flight, because I chose the special Low fat meal. When I checked my ticket two days before the departure, I was quite surprised because I totally forgot about it. Surprisingly the Low fat meal wasn't that bad. It was a small bowl of salad (more precisely 2 cucumbers, 1 tomato, 2 pieces of celery and carrot, a bit of lettuce and three very small pieces of chicken), 2 slices of orange and bread. Trust me it was really, really, really tasty…honestly in that moment I was praying for a hunk of meat and chocolate! Next time I want to lose some weight I will go for a run! What surprised me in Russia were birds. There are pigeons everywhere! I mean in the airport, in the real building. Weird! I don’t like pigeons.

The flight from Moscow to Hong Kong took 9 hours and I have learned one thing….Never order Low fat meal! You will be starving the whole flight while enviously spying on your neighbors’ plate with a tasty muffin.

Finally I arrived to Hong Kong. I was picked up by local students from the Hong Kong Baptist University Buddy System. While waiting for other people to arrive I was chatting a bit with locals. I have learned few interesting things. For example they can all choose their English name and they don’t have to put it to their passport or any other document. So practically they can change it whenever they want. It’s like…mmm it is Monday I feel like I will be Peter today or maybe John would be better. So instead of “How are you?” they can ask “What’s your name today?”. Actually I am exaggerating. My roommie, which is from China mainland, changed her name just twice.

We drove from the airport with a shuttle bus. It was organized by Buddy System, so it was really nice, that we didn't have to lug our luggage over the whole Hong Kong. I was quite surprised that the rooms are actually not that small in student halls. The air-conditioning is everywhere. And it is quite a shock when you leave the building.

Day 2

I went on my own to the Mong Kog city. It’s crowded, warm, full of different smells from the street food, but it is just an awesome part of a city. There is a place called “Ladies Market”. Don’t go there if you can’t say no. “Good price just for you my friend”, “Very good quality my friend” “You don’t take it, the price lower for you, take it!” And yes they will take you to the side and open a box “just” for you with a plenty of fake Prada and Gucci purses and bags. In Mong Kog I had the best and cheapest sushi ever. Six pieces of sushi of your choice just for 1.50 Euro. Hong Kong is awesome.

Party life is wild. People were dancing on the streets like crazy. The public transport stops at one so after that you have to take a taxi. It is very easy, since there is a long line of them waiting, so you can just get in and somehow try to explain to the driver, where you want to go and then just hope you will not end up in the other side of the city. No, not all the people in Hong Kong speak English. However the prices are quite fair. From the center of Hong Kong to the Kowloon city we paid around 10 Euros. Hong Kong is awesome.