Hong Kong

pic courtesy of wikipedia.org

I will be traveling to Hong Kong the first week of May. Staying for four days. Kowloon as my base. Although i'm not one who is fond of traveling into a city with mega buildings and skyscrappers boasting and lining its bay and coasts and occupying almost every inch of land space there is in the country, I shall endeavor to establish a spark with this city and explore the best i can with the limited time i have.

Since i can't seem to read or find anything about Hong Kong that fascinate me, the thought of getting myself lost (literally) somewhere in this city appeals to me right now and sounds something like I would love to do. Exploring into foreign and unfamiliar territoritories and trying out food, attempting conversations with the locals and dealing with their ways of life, all without prior knowledge or research - that's adventure to me. Unlike India, Hong Kong, I imagine, would be an easy city to navigate into. So, i guess heavy duty of research isn't that all necessary.

As of right now, I do not yet know what exactly i want to really see and experience in Hong Kong. I've heard of the Venetian hotel in Macau where you could look out above to ceilings that look like real Venice sky in the summer. Nothing spectacular really, just something to marvel at when you think there isn't any other things to marvel at. The Peak i heard is a must if you want to have a stunning perspective of the city. I'd definitely do this. And Madame Tussauds, the wax museum of real life figures of known personalities and local celebrities, i'd definitely pay a visit. Perhaps, i'll just stop the readings about this fragrant harbour city and do impulse explorations once i get there.

Other source:
Hong Kong - wikitravel

Hong Kong - Lonely Planet

India: Rajasthan

Rajasthan is the largest state, area wise, covering 342, 269 km, in India. Rajasthan's state capital, Jaipur, is where I will first head to once i arrive Delhi. Jaipur is 238 km away and approx. 2-3 hours journey by train from the point of my arrival.

As i only have 2.5 weeks of travel to play around with, i will only be able to visit Jaipur this trip for 3 days and skip the camel rides (*sobs*) in Jaisalmer in the far west.

Here's what Rajasthan in a nutshell looks like:

Next Travel Destination: India

photo by entrelec of flickr.com

As revealed in my other blog, I am embarking on yet another travel adventure. This time to a land where as a child i could and have only identify through watching the various genres of Hindi movies produced by the largest film producer in India called Bollywood. Just a few years back (probably after watching the Hindi filem Devdas) i began having this deep and non-ending fascination for this beautiful and colorful land and started stumbling myself on guide books and magazines, just to learn something about this country.

Now, I want to go there and see her with my own eyes and experience the real essence of what she is all about.

In Hindi, this land goes by the name of Bharat. The name that you and I are most familiar with is India, a country in the shape of an inverted triangle located in the (mid) south of the asia continent. She is also most refered to as the 'subcontinent' or 'south asia', mainly because of her feature as lying substantially on the Indian tectonic plate as well as having a certain geographical or political independence from the rest of the continent. India borders Pakistan in the west, China, Nepal, Bhutan in the north, and Bangladesh and Myanmar in the east. And being the seventh largest country by geographical area, India is the second-most populous country in the world with her population already reaching the billion mark.

India is a federal republic with 28 states and seven union territories. Vast enough to say that she is the world's second most culturally, linguistically and genetically diverse geographical entity.

There is so much to learn about this fascinating land and i hope to share with you in the next entries the processes that i go through as i plan my travel to India.