Update from the East
Sorry guys for my lack of updates while in Hong Kong, internet access is not as easy to come by as in other places that I've visited prior.
A couple days ago, we decided to try some of the Sushi here, little did we know that we probably walked into the most expensive restaurant in Hong Kong! The bill for all 3 of us came out to 1975 $HKD (or just under 300 $CAD), but it was incredible, none of us had Sushi this good and this fresh before.
A few notes about the public transit system, I've heard it before from a friend who had travelled here recently, but I was really surprised in how right he was. It's absolutely fantastic, it's super convenient, quick, and clean! We never have to wait more than 5 minutes for the subway. Finally, they use a touchless smart-card system call the Octopus card. Essentially, it's a prepaid card that you use to pay most any kind of public transport here including the busses, trams, subways, trains and even the ferries! Unlike Montreal, there are no flat fees for travel, you pay by how far you travel, even so, I'd take this system over an out-dated flat-rate one.
As I had mentioned previously, we were going to attend two concerts while we're in Hong Kong. What an experience those were! The first was on St. Valentine's day and it consisted of a traditional Chinese orchestra as well as two performers in full custumes coming on stage to perform short excerpts of traditional Chinese songs. It was amazing to see the orchestra, which was about the size of a western one, but the instruments were all completely different!
The second concert was even better, this one consisted of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra which is a standard Western orchestra. The orchestra, however, performed Chinese classical compositions that followed more western guidelines as well as use more western instruments (violins, violas, double bass, etc...). There was however a couple compositions that incorporated chinese instruments such as Erhu Concerto. The Erhu is a string instrument similar to the Violin but sounds completely different!
That's all for now, we can see some of the sky for once, so we'll be heading to Victoria peak. I promise to upload more pictures before we head to Singapore.
A couple days ago, we decided to try some of the Sushi here, little did we know that we probably walked into the most expensive restaurant in Hong Kong! The bill for all 3 of us came out to 1975 $HKD (or just under 300 $CAD), but it was incredible, none of us had Sushi this good and this fresh before.
A few notes about the public transit system, I've heard it before from a friend who had travelled here recently, but I was really surprised in how right he was. It's absolutely fantastic, it's super convenient, quick, and clean! We never have to wait more than 5 minutes for the subway. Finally, they use a touchless smart-card system call the Octopus card. Essentially, it's a prepaid card that you use to pay most any kind of public transport here including the busses, trams, subways, trains and even the ferries! Unlike Montreal, there are no flat fees for travel, you pay by how far you travel, even so, I'd take this system over an out-dated flat-rate one.
As I had mentioned previously, we were going to attend two concerts while we're in Hong Kong. What an experience those were! The first was on St. Valentine's day and it consisted of a traditional Chinese orchestra as well as two performers in full custumes coming on stage to perform short excerpts of traditional Chinese songs. It was amazing to see the orchestra, which was about the size of a western one, but the instruments were all completely different!
The second concert was even better, this one consisted of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra which is a standard Western orchestra. The orchestra, however, performed Chinese classical compositions that followed more western guidelines as well as use more western instruments (violins, violas, double bass, etc...). There was however a couple compositions that incorporated chinese instruments such as Erhu Concerto. The Erhu is a string instrument similar to the Violin but sounds completely different!
That's all for now, we can see some of the sky for once, so we'll be heading to Victoria peak. I promise to upload more pictures before we head to Singapore.
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