HongOver

"The most important trip you may take in life is meeting people halfway."

By and large, travelling abroad for the first time is an exhilarating experience. More so if you’re going to a country more developed than yours.  Everything around you seems so fascinating.  It is said that the World is a BOOK, and those who do not travel read only a page. I read my first page last week in Hong Kong. And what a page it was.
When you travel to a foreign land you realize how wrong everyone is. It is strange to note the ease with which we presume things about them and they typecast us. Anyway, you should never try to feel at home abroad anyway, so I guess a little misunderstanding is ok.
Here is a great travel tip “When preparing to travel, lay out all your clothes and all your money.  Then take half the clothes and twice the money”. We spent more than we planned on shopping and pleasure (I won’t itemize pleasure) simply because it is so easy to lose control and soak as much as possible like a sponge.
With the obvious reference to cleanliness, civic sense, infrastructure and standard of living, there is something so different in Hong Kong that you will feel it every second. Let’s call it “the pulse”. The pulse is breezy in the morning and shimmering at night. It is glittering and glamorous in luxurious malls and serene and refreshing at the beaches. It will make such a mark on you that you may forget the place but never “the pulse”.

One striking difference that you identify 4 times a day is the Food. Non vegetarian is a way of life and even the Mc Donalds in Hong Kong serve Veg burger with fish oil. So pragmatically, there is hardly anything to eat there for hardcore veggies. But for those who like sea food, they can have a sea full of it.
For a moment you may love the food but the language (Cantonese) will make your life difficult for sure. Though they claim to understand English, they don’t. Even if you have to call up the room service and ask for fresh towel, it will take few minutes of explanation starting from bathroom to beaches to swimming pool and what not.
It does cost money, which may be a deterrent to travel, but remember that going through the pages of the BOOK is so valuable that the money excuse just doesn’t cut it. There is a famous Chinese proverb that says “you learn more by travelling a mile than by reading a mile of paper.” So that's where I leave you..suggesting that your honeymoon destination better be Singapore than Shimla. 
But at the end of the day, no one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow. See you on the next page. Till then "Bo Zone" .