Alright, so my blog posts haven’t been as up-to-date as I would have liked lately but it’s been quite the ride transitioning from Arctic weather, back to Oakville for Christmas, off to Hong Kong for a week and then settling down in Bang Saen, Thailand for 4 months.

I’m only 21 yet some how I’ve managed to already begin forgetting my age. I thought that only happened when you hit 40? apparently not.

I cannot believe I am already in Asia, traveling has been the best of times – the best year of my life to date – but it really makes time fly.

I spent less than a week in Hong Kong and boy was it different than home sweet home.

What can I say? It’s beautiful much like all of the other places I have been on this 2012/2013 adventure – oh yeah, Happy New Year Tumblies.

Let me start by saying – I was stupid not to research the destination before arriving in Hong Kong – but I guess I thought that all of Asia had the same temperature (part of my foggy minded travel exhaustion). Hong Kong was cold, not Canada cold, not Arctic cold, but definitely not what I had imagined. I packed for Thailand and their 35 degree weather. Hong Kong was on average about 15 degrees, like a nice fall day in Canada but it definitely didn’t cut it when I showed up with short shorts and tanks.

We had the opportunity to walk the streets of Hong Kong, much like I had anticipated – busy streets, people everywhere, pushing, shoving and exhausting. Is it strange to say I had a blast but am glad it is over?

The night markets were amazing, everything and anything you could imagine. Our greatest purchase – 13 pairs of TOMS shoes about CAD$10.00 each.

I guess I should start off by mentioning I am studying with a Tourism and Environment third year class from Brock University for the semester with 7 girls.

Back to my story – We visited many night markets, took too many subway rides and learned all about transportation in Hong Kong. We were able to climb up to Victoria Peak (the hills behind the photo above). The photo was the daily light show at 8:00pm on Victoria Harbour – definitely a must see if you’re traveling to Hong Kong. It’s free, don’t worry.

All the days/nights spent in Hong Kong were jam packed with activities all planned out by a professor from Brock – who by the way has the most adorable baby girl.

We visited the Big Buddha (a widely renowned tourist destination), climbed 268 steps and took a photo op at the top. To my surprise (I’m learning day-by-day here) it’s frowned upon to take pictures with this buddha as it’s a religious statue made over the course of 12 years to look down and bless all people in China. Whoops. It was too beautiful not to photograph, I guess I really am a ‘typical tourist’.

Once we had visited all there was to visit in proximity to our hotel along the harbour it was off to WARM WEATHER in Bang Saen, Chon Buri, Thailand.

I promise I will post my next blog very soon :)!