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From tourists to tour guides

Day 4; 


This morning we had rounds this morning at 8am sharp in the ENT wards. Saw some interesting cases, from tonsillectomy to quite a large number of these are cancer patients.
After this, one of the Chinese doctors bought Blaine and me breakfast and we sat and chatted with them in the canteen. More riceyness!
My bed last night. Only a real man can sleep in this.
Breakfast: Pork Dim sum served Shanghai style. With some nice red foodliquid
Something I learnt today

  • Toiletpaper is replaced on Tuesdays, Toiletpaper Tuesdays.


We had been assigned to take one of the professors flying through for a conference from South Africa on a tourist day. This was great for us and him. I persuaded Blaine to use a taxi to get to the hotel to pick Johan up because it was definitely over 10km far, which turned out to be a slight blunder because it turned out to be only a 2.3km walk. 27HK$ charge.
We immediately set off to the MTR underground at Sha Tin station and set off to Tsim Tsau Tsui. Here we drunk in the skyline views, Star Ferry across to Hong Kong island, head up the mid-levels escalators past the Soho foodster district and crossed through the Hong Kong botanical gardens to the Peak Trams towards Peak View of Hong Kong.
Mid-level escalators, great for tunnel-vision

Hong Kong Botanical Gardens, smack dab in the middle of skyscraper city
The Hong Kong botanical gardens is a haven of rich natural vegetation creating a cool walk for any passer-by, which is enveloped in a more harsh and concrete jungle. Much like us passing by Hong Kong the special administrative district within China.

The Peak Tram is a tram used by locals to travel to the Peak Mountain and back since 1880; Now a major tourist destination, a spot where we saw the greatest amount of foreigners as of yet. The tram runs at a 42 degree inclination up the mountain, and ends up in a mall (welcome to Hong Kong) on top of the mountain with many a restaurant (incl. Burger King) and curio shops (the contents of which are a fraction of the price in markets only a few hundred metres down).
Blaine and Johan passed by a restaurant menu stand on which they saw that a rib eyed steak dish cost 1150HK$. Utter madness considering Blaine and I are eating here for cheaper than Pretoria student residence prices. But considering the view as you eat that dish… no, still madness.
At the peak we went to the observation deck (note: very busy, almost as busy as Burger King) on which we saw some breath-taking views of Hong Kong and also took a 3km brisk walk on a route around this peak (note: desolate and serene, all the tourists are still eating there Whopper and fries)
Escalators up to the viewing point after the tram ride. Some concrete monsters hiding sneakily in the back
Why yes I am the architect of Hong Kong
The mad view, panorama to be seen on Blaine's blog header
Ficus elastica (rubber tree) that sends down these vines which gain nutrients from the air and ultimately  penetrate the soil, further stabilising the tree. They don't migrate for the winter like in Lord of The Rings sadly.

My flippy-floppies are steadily thinning
A long day of walking behind us, Blaine realised we had skipped lunch and could feel it, we postponed this strange hollow feeling in our stomachs and rested and talked in our rooms until it was dinnertime, which we savoured every bite.
Blaine has clearly turned into a food connoisseur 
The blood that is supposed to go to my brain is currently chilling in the area of my stomach, so it will be bedtime as soon as I complete this latest entry of my
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  1. Anonymous14 November 2012 at 11:24

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