HK adventures

Well I have no idea where to start, the past two days were full of experiences, emotions, and adventures.

On Tuesday we got a chance to go to the city (Central metro station) and we took the metro, it is super clean and very easy to understand. It is a bit crowded but nothing crazy like you see in YouTube videos. I was really shocked to see the amount of Westerners who work over there, especially males. There are so many shops, and restaurants, and just things to do in general, the streets are being cleaned all the time, and people DON’T litter. The only thing it is a bit way too humid but there is  AC in every building. For 9 hours we were walking downtown and still have not see even 1/8 of what we wanted to see. We went to the Monetary Institution of HK, and found out that the money is released by the banks and not by hong Kong  Government. There is a nice contrast between Western and Asian culture; you step few streets down from Financial district and you see people selling fruits, see food, and bunch of other stuff.

Our campus is huge you have to take a bus to get to the residence and other University buildings. First of all it is on a hill and sometimes you don’t want to be walking in +40 up the hill.
The food consists of rice and noodles as I expected, and on you can eat for 2-3$ with a drink depends on what you get. Our campus is alcohol and smoke free, can’t do any one the listed anywhere even outdoors.

Yesterday we had a traditional Chinese dinner with four other Universities and we had the chance to meet other exchange students, our school hosts 500 exchange students from 29 countries.

The dinner was very particular (please see pictures) but it was an experience and the venue was very nice as well. After the dinner we went out to a bar district, it was packed even though it was a Wednesday night and was so much fun. There are many locals and Westerners at the bar. Basically there is no time to sleep here, always something to do. The people are super nice and super friendly, and always ready to help you and very polite. The staff at the University speaks English very well, better than some of our professor, and crack jokes all the time.
My post got way too long; today is another day another dinner for all the students, and more people to meet.

I will keep you posted

Alona